Theology

 The word theology is a compound word made up of two words. The word Theos is the Greek word for God. Ology means the study of. Put those together and theology means the study of God. He is worth studying. No subject in the universe is more inexhaustible than studying God. There will always be more to learn. 

The truth is God is infinite, and our study will always be limited by finite minds. We are able to grasp complex concepts, but to fully comprehend God is a whole other matter. It is impossible to know Him fully and yet God wants to be known. He delights to reveal Himself to us in fresh ways when we seek Him with all our hearts. [Jer 29:13] Our limited vocabularies cannot fully grasp all that God was, is, and forever will be. 

It is true that we have the holy book of the Bible where God reveals Himself. That is a living God breathed book. I have devoted 35 years of my life to studying that book, reading it repeatedly, and expounding the truths about God contained in those sacred pages. I have files of thousands of sermons and studies. They are like a thimble filled with ocean water. Nothingness in comparison to the whole of the rest of the ocean. 

We could spend hours devoted to studying one single aspect of God. For instance, consider His love. A love that is purer than other love. A perfect love. An undeserved love. [Rom 5:8] An enduring love. A love that cannot be separated from us no matter what happens or comes against us. [Rom 8:37-39] A proven love. [Jn 3:16] A love totally initiated by God. [I Jn 4:10] A love that began at conception. [Ps 139:13] Who can fully fathom the depths of His love. It is a forgiving love. [I Jn 1:9] An eternal love. [Rom 6:23] 

Mind you, that is just the tip of the iceberg of just one attribute of God. We could study His grace, sovereignty, power, wisdom, compassion, holiness, righteousness, justice, perfection, majesty, massiveness, creative genius, omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence, tenderness, indignation, never grows weary, never slumbers, God in three persons. Go further and study Jesus. Another inexhaustible subject. Move onto contemplating the Holy Spirit in [John 14-16]. It is impossible to fully study God as it is to explore every single inch of every ocean in the world. Just as impossible as trying to count every grain of sand on a beach or desert. 

After you have expended all your days, all your energies, all your mental faculties, and given your best efforts to study God, there will be more to learn. The pursuit of knowing God is the most noble of all pursuits in this life. We should be grateful that true believers will have all of eternity to keep learning and experiencing more of Him.