Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Theology authority

     Theology does have such a vast movement for theology comes from God, from the Word of God. Thus, theology has the authority and power. Theology has the power to heal, to forgive, to assess and has the power to love. However, theology is something that is humane. Why say theology is something that is humane?, Why are people using theology to give teaching the Word, preach and explain the Word of God to other human as the target of preaching the Word of God. Preaching the Word of God is part of efforts to theology, so that with this theology of human effort will be more familiar with what the Word of God and the God who works in the totality of human life. God's Word also has a strong authority and the authority to assess the human understanding and how to apply God's Word in the context of everyday human life. Therefore, often it is the divine union with the humane thing or things that are God's authoritymingled with human authority.
     In doing so, the authority of theology in practice through the works of the power of God that is by understanding, words, and actions of human beings. But people are always trying to interpret, and apply the Word of God in the manner and style of their own limited and even mundane. Is there a question in theology spoken and preached by man is truly pure theology of the Word of God?. Must be aware that human beings should not assert something that he said is not mixed with natural theology or claiming that he utters is a hundred per cent coming from God theology. In actualize the Word of God as the product of interpreting the Word of God must be true comes from the Word of God is not the word of man or the world. Definitely something that God himself would claim and decide whether spoken man in a theology that is true, good and true. But we realize, through a man's decisions and the will of God is actually carried out or reported in the reality of human life. 
     A concrete example of these dynamics, which tended to humans in preaching the Word of God is always saying the words such as the "gift of God" by His power and also the expression "Law". In the news people are always taught "we will obtain the blessings God both on earth or in heaven" for those who faithful to God, but "we will go to hell" for failure to faithful to God. The hazards to be generated from these expressions is a manipulation. Danger here is that there is manipulation of churches asserts that only through the church that one's sins can be forgiven. These expressions will be consecrated in church sermons given divine authority. Human and earthly things will be declared a saint and the sacred. If this really happens, then theology has been mixed human theology, religion, power politics even. 
     To avoid many of the above, the believer in Jesus Christ must always remember that the "Authorization" has been depicted and described in the Bible and through the expressions of the Lord Jesus Christ. Power that exists on earth is not something that ruling but as servants of God's Love. Existing power of the Christians is not the power to govern but a willingness to serve despite having to deal with suffering. Willingness to serve is an attitude to serve more people and even for the "Glory of God." Theology must say by all theologians of contextual theology, is intended to be preaching the Word of God as an effort to theology was really touched and accepted by the various realities of human life. 
Good theology, good theology is that we speak through so many people will believe and follow Jesus Christ.

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