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Jan 4, 2022 · The Bible tells us that God reveals Himself to humans in four primary ways. All that God has created in nature discloses who He is. Our consciences (the human mind and heart) bear witness to the existence of God. He reveals Himself to us through His Word and the person of Jesus Christ.
- Consciences
First, conscience is a God-given capacity for human beings...
- Jesus Christ
Since no one on earth is righteous before God (Psalm 53:1;...
- Consciences
Jul 17, 2024 · God wants us to “grow in the grace and knowledge” of Him (2 Peter 3:18). He invites us to seek His wisdom and even provides us with the perfect resource to find it. For within the pages of His Word, God delights in revealing Himself to us.The Bible contai...
Almighty God is Spirit and, in His usual glorified state, is invisible to the human eye (Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 11:27). That partly explains why John said, "No one has seen God at any time" (John 1:18).
God revealed himself supremely through the incarnation, where the second person of the Trinity humbly entered into human history as the God-man Jesus Christ. During his earthly ministry, Jesus was led and empowered by the third member of the Trinity, God the Holy Spirit.
- Creation Reveals God
- God’s Purpose For Humanity
- History Reveals God
- The Bible Record
- What Is God?
- What Is “The Image of God”?
- Spiritual Realities, Human Language
- “Anyone Who Has Seen Me Has Seen The Father”
Many people have looked at the cosmos and concluded from it that God exists, that God holds all power and that God works in order and harmony. Romans 1:20tells us, “Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made.” Looking at God’s fab...
What did God intend when he made all things and gave us life? Paul explained to the Athenians: Or, simply, as John wrote, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).
Skeptics ask, “If God is real, why doesn’t he show himself to the world?” This question assumes that God hasn’t already shown himself to humanity. However, the Bible says that this assumption is not correct. From the time of the first family on, God has often communicated with human beings. But they, for the most part, have wanted nothing to do wit...
The Bible reveals God in these ways: 1. The Bible contains statements God makes about who and what he is. 2. In Exodus 3:14, God revealed his name to Moses: “I am who I am.” God’s name reveals that God is self-existent, self-perpetuating life. The other names of God, found throughout the Bible, offer additional insight into who and what God is. 3. ...
Suppose you are in a class in which a professor is trying to give the class a better understanding of God. She asks the students to close their eyes, relax and imagine God in their minds. “Think about what he must look like, what his throne would be like, how he would sound and what would be going on around him.” The students sit in their chairs, e...
Genesis 1:26 quotes God as saying, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over…all the creatures.” Verse 27 tells us God followed through on his intent: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Genesis 5:1adds, “When God created man, he made him in the lik...
God shows us facets of himself throughout creation. He has intervened many times in history. The Bible tells us much about him. He even manifested himself in various ways to various people in the Bible. Still, since God is spirit, his fullness cannot be seen or heard or touched or smelled. The Bible gives us truths about God by using words that phy...
God’s self-revelation, as we have seen, encompasses creation, history and the Bible. But God also revealed himself by becoming a human. He became like us and walked and served and taught among us. God’s greatest act of self-revelation was in Jesus Christ. “The Word became flesh,” John 1:14tell us, and this divine Word we know as Jesus Christ. The S...
Feb 5, 2022 · He reveals Himself to the human race through His Word. The very word “revelation” means “to make known,” “to unveil.” Revelation requires a “revealer,” who in this case is God. It also requires “hearers”—the chosen prophets and apostles who recorded in the Bible what the Lord told them.
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A theophany is the temporary appearance of God in a human body in order to reveal something specific to His people. According to the Old Testament, this has occurred a number of times. The Bible says God appeared in human form to, among others, Abraham, Joshua, and Gideon.
