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Jan 4, 2022 · The first two ways that God reveals Himself to us are general and limited. But the second two avenues of revelation are personal, full, and complete. Creation Reveals God. Paul said in Romans 1:19–20 that, ever since the creation of the world, God has made the knowledge of Himself evident to all people: “They know the truth about God ...
- Consciences
First, conscience is a God-given capacity for human beings...
- Jesus Christ
God the Father bears witness of Jesus’ identity as well:...
- In Christ
In Christ, we are made an entirely new creation, just as God...
- Consciences
- God Reveals Himself as The Lord
- General and Special Revelation
- Media of Revelation
- Conclusion
God’s personal name is Lord, which translates the mysterious name I AM which God revealed to Moses in Ex. 3:14–16. His lordship connotes particularly his control, authority, and presence in relation to the world he has made (see John Frame, The Doctrine of God, pp. 21–240, and The Doctrine of the Word of God, pp. 3–14, 47–68). Everything he does re...
Theologians make various distinctions among types of revelation. The most common is between general and special revelation. General revelation is revelation of God given to everybody. It is the kind of revelation described in Romans 1. It tells us that God exists, what kind of God he is, and his moral standards. In revealing God’s standards, it sho...
Another way to distinguish between types of revelation is to distinguish the different ways in which revelation comes to us, the media of revelation. There are basically three types of media: events, words, and persons. These three categories correspond roughly to our earlier distinction between control, authority, and presence. But both these thre...
If we are to know God, it is important for us to seek knowledge in God’s own way. Many have tried to gain knowledge of God through their unaided reason, or through some kind of subjective intuition. But the God of the Bible has told us not only who he is but also how we should seek knowledge of him. That knowledge comes as we attend to his created ...
Jul 17, 2024 · 1. Through the Teachings of Jesus. Part of Jesus’ ministry on Earth was to represent God to the world. As He explained it to His disciple, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). And as we read through the Gospels, it becomes clear that God reveals Himself through what His Son did and taught.
Jan 14, 2024 · He reveals Himself as one God existing eternally in three persons – God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Genesis 1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19). He displays attributes including: Righteousness and justice (Psalm 119:137-138) Wrath toward evil yet patience and slowness to anger (Nahum 1:2-3)
Jesus reveals to us what God is like (John 6:37). “No one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him” (Matthew 11:27). Trinitarian theology is first and foremost Christ-centered. Jesus is the unique Word of God to humanity and the unique Word of humanity to God (John 1:1-14).
May 16, 2022 · God reveals Himself to us through nature. He made the sunshine and rain to fall on sinners and saints alike (Matthew 5:45). Even the animals and shrubs understand they were created by the hand of God ( Job 12:7–10). We also know something of God through lives, human experience as His image bearers (Genesis 1:26–27).
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Jan 4, 2022 · In Christ, we are made an entirely new creation, just as God created the heavens and the earth originally—He made them out of nothing, and so He does with us. He does not merely clean up our old selves; He makes an entirely new self. When we are in Christ, we are “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4 KJV).
