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The Bible as a Divine Revelation

. The Bible as a Divine Revelation. YP Fellowship 2013 Abednego. Definition. Supernatural communication Written or oral Horne says, “Revelation is a discovery by God to man of Himself , or His will over and above what He has made known by the light of nature or reason .”.

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The Bible as a Divine Revelation

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  2. The Bible as a Divine Revelation YP Fellowship 2013 Abednego

  3. Definition • Supernatural communication • Written or oral • Horne says, “Revelation is a discovery by God to man of Himself, or His will over and above what He has made known by the light of nature or reason.”

  4. Reasonableness • Possible • Granted the existence of a personal God, omniscient and omnipotent • No insurmountable difficulty to believe in such revelation

  5. Reasonableness • Probable • Granted the sovereign grace and wisdom of God • Logical to expect – man’s creator and ruler to communicate with man

  6. Reasonableness • Credible • Granted that a special divine revelation is both possible and probable, It is natural and easy to believe that one has been given. • Human nature is more credulous than incredulous

  7. Reasonableness • Necessary • A. The imperfect light of nature calls for the perfect light of revelation. Nature throws no light on the trinity, the atonement, pardon, method of worship, personal existence after death, etc. Even the truth to which we arrive by our natural powers needs divine confirmation and authority when it addresses minds and wills perverted by sin.

  8. Reasonableness • Necessary • To break this power of sin: we need a special divine revelation • Conscience: God is a God of holiness • We have not, from the light of nature, equal evidence that God is a God of love.

  9. Reasonableness • Necessary • Reason teaches man that, as a sinner, he merits condemnation; but he cannot reason alone know that God will have mercy upon him and provide salvation.

  10. Reasonableness • Necessary • His doubts can be removed only by God’s own voice,assuring him of redemption in Christ’s blood – the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace, and revealing to him the way in which that forgiveness has been rendered possible.

  11. Reasonableness • Necessary • The dense ignorance, low morality, and abject helplessness of man in his natural side demands the illumination, righteousness and power which the Scriptures reveal and provide. *Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans

  12. Reasonableness • Necessary • Man’s spiritual longings require the satisfaction which revelation alone can fulfil – Job 31:35 • Man needs a final authority for creed and conduct for faith and practice, which can be had only in an authoritative revelation from God.

  13. Revieeew!  • What is “REVELATION”? • Supernatural communication • Written or oral • Horne says, “Revelation is a discovery by God to man of Himself, or His will over and above what He has made known by the light of nature or reason.”

  14. Revieeew!  • What are the 4 things that make the Divine Revelation reasonable? • Possible, Probable, Credible, Necessary

  15. Certainty • We are not left without absolute certainty that the Bible is such a revelation • By the two-fold proof of attested miracle and fulfilled prophecy God has certified His Book.

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