Trusting in Truth About God vs. Trusting in Theology — Part 2

Trusting in Truth About God vs. Trusting in Theology — Part 2

“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” — 1 John 5:20 KJV

There’s a subtle shift that can happen in the heart so quietly that we rarely notice it.

It’s the moment when what we know about God begins to seem safer than actually sitting in the Spirit and trusting God.

In Part One, I exposed that drift. So, my purpose in Part Two is to press and plunge deeper into it.

Because, if we’re honest, theology is easier to manage than truth.

You see, theology lets us categorize God, but Truth calls us to surrender to Him.

Theology can be mastered. Conversely, Truth maintains its mission of mastering us.

John writes in 1 John 5:20 that the Son of God has come to give us understanding, not merely information. Understanding is relational. It’s experiential. It’s the kind of knowing that reshapes how we think, how we choose, and how we live. And that’s where many of God’s people quietly putter out, not because they reject God, but because they settle for concepts that never confront them and doctrines that never direct them.

Therefore, Part Two is about that confrontation.

It’s about the places where theology becomes a shield instead of a spotlight, where knowledge becomes noise, and where truth is calling, but we’re hiding behind what we’ve learned.

I respectfully submit to you that this is where the Spirit of God invites us to move from clarity to conviction, from information to intimacy, and from knowing the facts of God to fixing our trust in the heart of God.

Theology Without Trust Produces Pride, Not Power

Theology is meant to humble us. But when divorced from trust, it inflates us.

Knowledge without surrender produces:

  • Pride instead of worship

  • Arguments instead of obedience

  • Opinions instead of transformation

  • Confidence in self instead of dependence on God

John says Jesus came so that “we may know Him who is true,” not so that we may win debates, and not so that we may appear spiritually intelligent.

The objective is not to be right. The objective is to be rooted in a true relationship.

Trusting in Theology Keeps You Safe; Trusting in God Cultivates Surrender

I propose to you that theology can be controlled, but God cannot and will not ever be controlled.

Theology can be systematized, but God refuses to fit into our systems.

Theology can be mastered. God demands to be obeyed.

Trusting in theology causes you to stay in the classroom. However, trusting in God forces you into the deep waters of faith.

One will keep you comfortable, but the other keeps you committed and connected.

I invite you to join me next time as we close this series of Trusting in Truth About God vs. Trusting in Theology.

Not a sermon, just some thoughts.

FtGG

Philip King