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“ Summary, Part 4 (final) ” 1 CORINTHIANS 10:5-11 – Paul warns the Corinthians to not follow that generation. JUDE 7 – that was just a picture of the coming Day of Wrath. 2 PETER 3:4, 7-10 – we live between the flood and the fire. Illustrations of that coming day can be found in 2 THESSALONIANS 1:7-10, REVELATION 14:10-11, 19-20, and NAHUM 1:6. b. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF INCOMPREHENSIBLE WRATH [37:35]. 1) GOD’S INCOMPREHENSIBLE WRATH ISSUES A SOLEMN CALL TO FEAR GOD [37:45]. Some rebuke faithful preaches and Christians for using “scare tactics” because they speak of God’s wrath and eternal punishment. If we are guilty of that, then so is Moses. Incomprehensible wrath is its own reason to fear God (MATTHEW 7:21-23, HEBREWS 3:12-14, 10:26-29). 2) GOD’S INCOMPREHENSIBLE WRATH ISSUES A SOLEMN CALL TO FACE THE BREVITY OF LIFE [39:20]. Moses lived constantly with premature death. It was a part of daily life. God’s wrath should take us to school and make us serious about the shortness of our lives.
Ian Migala (5/19/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 ” Look further at the 145th PSALM. In this psalm, David unfolds God’s great works (vv. 4-6), goodness (vv. 7-10), and dominion (vv. 11-13) as the King of glory. God’s decrees are unsearchable. In verses 14-20, David unfolds specific expressions of God’s power, goodness, and rule. A. CONSIDER GOD’S INCOMPREHENSIBLE NATURE: WHO AND WHAT HE IS [23:10]. We survey five aspects of God’s nature which Scripture closely ties to incomprehensibility: God’s anger (PSALM 90:11, 12), knowledge (PSALM 139:6, ISAIAH 40:28, 55:8, 9), love (EPHESIANS 3:19), power (EPHESIANS 3:20, 21), and peace (PHILIPPIANS 4:7). All these truths are understandable at a devotional level. 1. BEHOLD GOD’S INCOMPREHENSIBLE WRATH AND ANGER (PSALM 90:11-12) [24:35]. a. THE MEANING OF INCOMPREHENSIBLE WRATH [25:45]. God expresses His wrath, or vengeful anger, when He inflicts on sinners the punishment their sins deserve (ROMANS 12:19). Moses lived among the generation that perished in the wilderness (NUMBERS 14:26-38, PSALM 95:10-11). Out of some two million that wandered in the wilderness, only two entered the Promised Land.
Ian Migala (5/19/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” The Greek word derives from the idea of searching rigorously. In ROMANS 11:33 and EPHESIANS 3:8, it derives from the idea of unfathomability: too much to be measured. And that word derives from the idea of steps, connoting that God’s ways are untraceable. Although men can and do know God personally and truly, men can neither comprehend Him completely, nor comprehensively explain His nature, actions or decisions [11:30]. What may appear almost ironic is that God’s incomprehensibility rests on His knowability. Just as one doesn’t know God if one determines Him to be wholly other, one doesn’t know Him if one determines Him to be wholly knowable. It takes God to know God completely. II. THE DISPLAY OF GOD’S INCOMPREHENSIBILITY (PSALM 145:3) [13:20]. What is God’s unsearchable greatness? Seventeen texts refer to God’s greatness: EXODUS 15:7, 16; NUMBERS 14:17, 19; DEUTERONOMY 3:24, 5:24, 9:26, 11:2, 32:3; 2 SAMUEL 7:21, 22; 1 CHRONICLES 17:21, 29:11; NEHEMIAH 13:22; PSALM 66:3, 79:11, 145:6, 150:2; ISAIAH 40:26; and EPHESIANS 1:19. These texts teach us that God’s greatness encompasses His great capacity to love and give. His great capacity to design and execute His works, and His great capacity to order and judge.
Ian Migala (5/19/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” [Pastor Nutter credits his former professor, Pastor Greg Nichols of Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the outline of this message, which can be found in Pastor Nichols’ book, *What does the Bible say about God?: The Biblical doctrine of God*.] JOB 11:7, PSALM 145:3, and ROMANS 11:33 speak of God’s incomprehensibility. The Bible presents the truth of God’s incomprehensibility experientially, not philosophically [starting at 3:45 of the audio]. It is couched in devotion, not speculation. We must beware not to wrench this truth from biblical context and ethos. It must be devotional, practical, and preachable. The neo-Orthodox turned God’s incomprehensibility into “Wholly Otherness”. But that is ungrounded philosophical speculation, not inference from biblical truth. A biblical approach to systematic theology seeks to expound and apply Scripture, to explain its meaning and to present its practical relevance. I. THE CONCEPT OF GOD’S INCOMPREHENSIBILITY (JOB 11:7, PSALM 145:3, and ROMANS 11:33) [7:45]. The word rendered ‘searching’ or ‘search out’ means to discover by enumeration, examination, or investigation. It can be found in ISAIAH 40:28, PSALM 145:3, JOB 5:9, and ROMANS 11:33.
