The problem with most so-called theology in the past several centuries has been its STARTING POINT! It's starting point has primarily been philosophical man-made ideas about what it is supposed to mean to be God. It has started with ideas about how God is supposed to act if He is almighty, sovereign, holy, a judge, etc.
In most cases in theology, sovereignty and power were made the primary attributes of God while love was minimized and made unimportant. Even worse, all of these attributes were redefined from their normal meanings to fit within a certain ideological narrative. Then theologians scoured the Word of God to find proof-texts that would help them spread their philosophical ideology concerning God and deceive men to into accepting it as Biblical truth.
When the starting point of theology has been men's ideas about God sprinkled with proof-texts then you get a mean, ugly, arbitrary, unloving and unattractive picture of God that causes men to hate Him. He becomes a devil of a deity.
When the starting point of theology is Jesus then God becomes the BEAUTIFUL person that He truly is. Jesus shows us exactly what God is like. He shows us that God is not mean, arbitrary, uncaring, and a flaunter of His divine power. On the contrary, God only uses His power to help and bless. He uses His power to deliver from oppression. He is the epitome of love. God is everything we would ever want or need. When we see Jesus and His life displayed in the gospels, we see everything we need to know about God's personality.
I hate the god of most theologians, especially the Calvinist ones. But I LOVE the God that Jesus is and has introduced me to.
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