An unknowable God?

In this passage, we see that the Athenians worshiped an “unknown god.”

Basically, this was their way of covering their bases. They didn’t want to upset any god unintentionally.

But the truth was, when they actually heard who this God was and that they were accountable to him, many wanted nothing to do with him.

Many people today are the same way. They are comfortable with saying that there’s probably a God out there somewhere.

Unlike the Athenians, they tend to think that this God is generally benevolent, a doting grandfather in the sky, so to speak. But like the Athenians, they are content to think of him as someone that is basically unknowable.

“Oh, it’s all well and good to talk about God, but we can’t truly know him, can we?”

Why is it comfortable to think that way?

That kind of unknowable “God” is very convenient to “believe” in. You can basically shape him into whatever form you like. And in most cases, as I said, he is very non-threatening.

But do as Paul did, and present God as someone to whom we are accountable to and by whom will we be judged someday, and most people will run as fast as they can from him.

But as one song puts it,

You can’t package faith in some shrink-to-fit size.
You can’t market truth wrapped up in happy, happy lies. — Russ Taff

How about you? Are you content with an unknowable God? Or will you accept him as he truly is and submit to him?