STUDY OF THE CHARACTER OF GOD
"Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said . . . .
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare, if thou hast understanding."--Job xxxviii. 1, 4.
Since men have lived on earth their feeble intellects have
struggled to realize the majesty of God.
Succeeding nations and civilizations have expressed through laws
or religions their puny conceptions of the power that controls
the universe.
As mental and moral standards have improved, there has been
constant improvement in the conception of God.
The Greeks and Romans imagined a variety of gods, and attributed
to these the vices and weaknesses of men.
The Fijians worshipped a god who devoured the souls of the dead,
inflicting torture in the eating, but mercifully releasing souls
from pain when the meal was ended.
The ancient Mexicans went to war "because their gods demanded
something to eat." Their armies fought "only endeavoring to take
prisoners, that they might have men to feed those gods." ----
Even with the birth of the one great idea--THE UNITY OF GOD--the
personality of the universal Creator was but a reflection of His
worshippers.
He was a "jealous" God, a "man of war." "God Himself is with us
for our captain.
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