Biblical Theology – Page 17

By what process does man acquire the knowledge of God?

For an accurate knowledge of God we are dependent upon God’s self-revelation. Revelation implies a difference between God’s knowledge and man’s knowledge. Let me explain by asking and answering a few questions regarding knowledge:

What does God know? His knowledge is comprehensive and self-contained. (God never learned anything.)
How does God reveal what He knows? God’s revelation is both natural and special. Natural revelation is the disclosure of His power and glory in the created universe. Special revelation is the disclosure of His redemptive purposes, primarily through Scripture. In the past special revelation included appearances of God and the incarnation of Jesus Christ.
What do men, as creatures, know? Generally, all of his knowledge is limited and derived. He is dependent upon God for knowledge.
What can a lost man know? Continue reading “By what process does man acquire the knowledge of God?”

Growing Up into Salvation

1 Peter 2:1-3

Through faith in Christ, we are brought into union with Christ and into this wonderful experience called ‘salvation.’ 1 Peter tells us that salvation is something we possess in Christ; we anticipate more fully in Christ, and we ‘grow up into’ in Christ. This is how he says it in 1 Peter 2:2: “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—.“

Growing up into salvation is like walking through the caverns of Jeita Grotto. Once inside, you move from wonder to wonder, from awe to awe, from beauty to beauty. Growing up into salvation is a journey of moving through the unfathomable depths and breadths of God’s love and grace, from wonder to wonder, from awe to awe, and from beauty to beauty. The caverns come to an end but the wonders of salvation are infinite because they reside in an infinite God. Continue reading “Growing Up Into Salvation”