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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 contains a wonderful variety of subject matter, language and writing styles.
- 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 ...
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.
Jan 4, 2022 · Special revelation is how God has chosen to reveal Himself through miraculous means. Special revelation includes physical appearances of God, dreams, visions, the written Word of God, and most importantly—Jesus Christ.
- God Is Infinite – He is Self-Existing, Without Origin. "And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together." - Colossians 1:17. “Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure” – Psalm 147:5.
- God Is Immutable – He Never Changes. “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.” Malachi 3:6. God does not change. Who he is never changes.
- God Is Self-Sufficient – He Has No Needs. “For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.” – John 5:26.
- God is Omnipotent – He Is All Powerful. “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.” – Psalm 33:6. “Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
19 hours ago · After the patriarchs, God formed Israel as His people by freeing them from slavery in Egypt. He established with them the covenant of Mount Sinai and, through Moses, gave them his law. Israel is the priestly people of God and “the first to hear the word of God.”. Through the prophets, God forms his people in the hope of salvation, in the ...
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God loves to reveal Himself to us—His beloved people—in a variety of ways. He is not only a historical God, but he is also a personal God here and now, and He shows us more of His ways in nature, in Scripture, and in prayer when we become more aware of God’s dealings with us.
