Quotes About Understanding

Theology is necessary for all of thought and life.

We must overturn any theologian that appeals to God's incomprehensibility in order to negate God's knowability.

ignorance of divine revelation affects all of thought and life, from one's view toward history and philosophy, to one's interpretation of music and literature, to one's understanding of mathematics and physics.

The Bible leaves no room for anti-intellectualism, and offers no excuse for withholding agreement or obedience.

If God has revealed something, then we should learn it and believe it.

The wrath of God is just as much a divine attribute as his love; therefore, to have a proper understanding of God, we must know and embrace the doctrine of the wrath of God.

all that God has revealed – all biblical doctrines – are conceivable, understandable, reasonable, defensible, and undeniable.

The Bible contains all that is necessary to construct a complete worldview, a true view of reality.

Everything that we need to know as Christians is found in the Bible.

as Paul puts it, "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14).

Theological knowledge, or intellectual knowledge about God, is one of the most despised spiritual gifts. It is often regarded as unholy and unspiritual. However, Jesus says that to be God's friend means to have knowledge about him, about his being, his principles, and his plans and works.

This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:23-24)[69]

Their minds are so feeble and blinded that they cannot perceive or understand true wisdom.

a person who hears the word of God but does not understand what he hears will fail to retain or apply it.

If the word of God is not absorbed by the mind through understanding, it is likely to be lost, like how a dream may slip away after one wakes up in the morning. It can be as if the person has never heard God's word at all.

we need to emphasize doctrinal teaching in the church, in the family, and in our individual lives. We should emphasize not subjective experience or emotionalism, but depth and scope in our understanding of Scripture.

Any person who fears God is superior in wisdom to one who does not fear God. Thus all Christians are superior to all non-Christians.

It is no secret that Christians lack scriptural discernment in most areas of their lives; yet, they continue to resist any doctrinal teaching that will help them remedy the situation. They refuse to hear "what the Spirit [is saying] to the churches" (Revelation 2:7).

since God has revealed himself through the Scripture, to know the Scripture is to know him, and this means to study theology.

All non-Christian systems of thought begin, proceed, and end in intellectual and practical failure. Thus God has made all non-Christian religions and philosophies foolish and futile.

If we think deeply enough, we will realize that every single proposition we speak or every action we perform presupposes a set of interrelated ultimate principles by which we perceive and respond to reality. This is our worldview.

God is the only source and cause of knowledge.

The text we fall in love with is the one in which we never cease to learn what we already knew.

There's something fascinating about seeing something you don't like at first but directly know you will love—in time. People are that way, all through life. You come against a personality, and it questions yours. You shy away but know there are gratifying secrets there, and the half-open door is often more exciting than the wide.