Why Theology? (3 of 10 notes)

Part One
INTRODUCTION: 3 WHY THEOLOGY?
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

2. The Bible is not a textbook or encyclopedia. It is a book containing many facts which may be compared with the building materials for a house. A pile of bricks and lumber and hardware may contain everything essential to the construction of a house, but it cannot be called a house until each piece is fitted together according to plan. This is not to say that the Bible is a jumble of incoherent statements. Bricks, lumber, and hardware may be piled in a very orderly arrangement before being assembled. The materials of the Bible were delivered, so to speak, over a period of more than fifteen centuries. This makes it necessary to go through the Bible over and over again to ascertain all that it has to say upon each subject which it treats. Knowledge which is classified is always more valuable than that which exists as isolated islands. Man has known certain facts about electricity and magnetism for thousands of years, but it is only since he has made a science of these things that he has learned to use them to the best advantage. The Bible reveals many facts about God, man, sin, and a host of other things all the way from Genesis to Revelation. By assembling, classifying, and drawing conclusions from these facts our knowledge is greatly enhanced.

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