Read Acts 17:22-31 and you will see that everybody is religious and have wrong views about the true and living God. Athens was full of idols; even an empty altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. In Paul’s sermon there he also tells them (and us) many things about God.
The point is, everybody has an opinion about God, what they think He is like. They assume their opinion is correct, at least they hope it is, because they base their whole lives on what they think God is like. What you think about God is the most important thing about you. Everyone lives out their own view of God. To get a heavenly perspective for earthly living, paramount in getting the right perspective on life is your view of God.
You might be thinking, “Why do I need to know what God thinks about Himself? What difference does that make to me? What does that have to do with me?” Well, what you believe about God will determine how you behave on this earth, whether good or evil. How you behave is what God will judge you on at the judgment. The worst thing you could do in your life is have an incorrect opinion or view of God. The Pharisees had an incorrect opinion of God and Jesus told three stories to correct their erroneous view (Lk.15). Only God can give you the correct view of Himself.
How does one know if his view of God is correct or incorrect, if it has been given by God, or some demon? I mean, there are many different opinions about who God is and what He is like. Muslims have one view, Buddhists have another, Islam has another, and on and on it goes. Who’s to say who’s correct? Isn’t one about as good as another? Doesn’t everyone have the right to think what they want to think about God? God alone has the correct opinion of Himself.
You don’t want others to think wrong things about you, now do you? Of course not. Someone spreading lies about you can be arrested on the charge of slander or libel. If your neighbor tells everyone things that are not true about you, you will want to correct them. They say you are a liar, or a thief, of a child molester. You don’t want others to think things about you that are not right. God is the same way. He actually wants us to know the truth about who He is and what He thinks, likes, and does. It’s actually for our own good.
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