5. A Knowable, Good God

The Apostle Paul writes of “the Father and of Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:2, 3). Implicit in these statements, and the hundreds like them in Scripture, is the assumption that knowledge proceeds from God and that we can have access to that wisdom and knowledge. It is no wonder that the serpent's initial assault on humanity was “Indeed, has God said” (Genesis 3:1)?