{"id":11124,"date":"2016-08-17T01:26:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T06:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/gods-revelation\/"},"modified":"2016-08-17T01:26:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T06:26:27","slug":"gods-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/gods-revelation\/","title":{"rendered":"GOD\u2019S REVELATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b>PSALM 19<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>(Psalm 19:1).<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>John the Baptist came preaching the kingdom of God. When Jesus appeared, He also proclaimed God\u2019s good news. Both were \u201crevealing\u201d the truth from God. While God preserved this truth in Scripture, we often wonder about the accuracy or necessity of passages such as genealogies. For the rest of this month, we will concentrate on the authority and inspiration of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>There are many different ways that God reveals Himself, according to the Bible. For instance, the universe reveals God in the same way an artist\u2019s personality is revealed in his art. God made the universe, and thus it shows forth His person and character.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>God also reveals Himself in personal appearances: theophanies. <i>Theophany<\/i> comes from the Greek <i>theos<\/i>, meaning \u201cGod,\u201d and <i>phaneia<\/i>, meaning \u201cmanifest.\u201d A theophany occurs when God reveals Himself through some created means. Examples are the burning bush and the pillar of cloud. The Bible also shows us God revealing Himself to men in dreams and in visions. We remember Joseph\u2019s dreams, or the night visions of Zechariah 1\u20136.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>God reveals Himself in events, and also in words. The crucifixion of our Lord is the greatest revelation of God\u2019s love. But, the event by itself is silent. Apart from word-revelation, we only see a man nailed on a cross. Without word-revelation to inform us of the \u201cmeaning\u201d of this event, the event is silent.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Word-revelation often comes in the form of God speaking directly to men, as when He spoke to Moses at the burning bush. God also wrote some things down, such as the Ten Commandments and the hand writing on the wall in Daniel 5. God also inspired the prophets and apostles to write the books of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Finally, God reveals Himself in Jesus Christ: \u201cIn the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son\u201d (Hebrews 1:1\u20132).<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b>CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Numbers 1\u20132<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Mark 3:1\u201319<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:   normal'>God   is most clearly revealed in Scripture. Since it is to the Christian\u2019s benefit   to read all of God\u2019s revelation, reconsider how diligently you have pursued   this goal. If you are not reading the Bible through each year, begin today.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:   normal'><i>For   further study: Daniel 3:1\u201327; Zechariah 1\u20136; 1 John 1:1\u20135<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'>tuesday<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'>february<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSALM 19 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands (Psalm 19:1). John the Baptist came preaching the kingdom of God. When Jesus appeared, He also proclaimed God\u2019s good news. Both were \u201crevealing\u201d the truth from God. While God preserved this truth in Scripture, we often wonder about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/gods-revelation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GOD\u2019S REVELATION&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}