We know God but as men born blind know the fire: they know that there is such a thing as fire, for they feel it warm them, but what it is they know not. So, that there is a God we know, but what He is we know little, and indeed we can never search Him out to perfection; a finite creature can never fully comprehend that which is infinite.
— Thomas Manton (1620–1677), Puritanischer Prediger
Topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Humility & Pride, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: For Reflection
Thomas Manton
Thomas Manton war ein englischer puritanischer Theologe und Prediger des 17. Jahrhunderts, der vor allem in London wirkte und nach der Uniformitätsakte von 1662 als Nonkonformist aus dem kirchlichen Staatsdienst entlassen wurde. Er ist vor allem für seine umfangreichen, systematischen Predigtreihen und Schriftauslegungen bekannt, in denen er reformierte Theologie mit seelsorgerlicher Praxis verband. Heutigen Bibellesern vermitteln seine Schriften eine detaillierte Auslegung biblischer Texte mit Fokus auf die alltägliche Glaubenspraxis.
All quotes by Thomas Manton (18)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I would not be able to seek you if you had not already found me.
Augustine of Hippo
When you see a child, you catch God in the act.
Martin Luther
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
God seeks you more than your offering.
Augustine of Hippo
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
God is closer to us than we are to ourselves.
Augustine of Hippo