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    • Jan 4, 2023
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Roots of the Faith: The Knowability of God - 1/4/23

Can we really know God?


How much of God can we know?

Because of his self-revelation, God can be known, but never fully understood, by his human creatures GREGG ALLISON, PAGE 65

Scripture


God reveals Himself to man.


If we are to know God at all, it is necessary that he reveal himself to us. Even when discussing the revelation of God that comes through nature, Paul says that what can be known about God is plain to people “because God has shown it to them” (Rom 1:19)

“No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him” (Matt. 11:27)


General Revelation – God’s disclosure of Himself to all peoples at all time and in all places (Gregg Allison, page 66)

  • There is a God (creation)

  • Old Covenant – Visions, Dreams, Divine Speech

Special Revelation – God’s disclosure of Himself to particular peoples at particular times and in particular places. (Gregg Allison, page 66)

  • New Covenant – The incarnation, Scripture

  • Salvation. The way to God.

  • The Spirit of God

  • The Word of God


We can never fully understand God.


Because God is infinite, and we are finite or limited, we can never fully understand God.

Because we can never fully know God, then that means that we should never stop learning. We can never know too much about God!

Yet we can know God truly.


Because of the New Covenant/The Gospel we can TRULY KNOW Him.

Indeed, truly knowing God himself, which is what happens in this personal relationship with God the Father, with God the Son, and with God the Holy Spirit, may be said to be the greatest of all the blessings of the Christian life. (Wayne Grudem, pg. 181)

Indeed, truly knowing God himself, which is what happens in this personal relationship with God the Father, with God the Son, and with God the Holy Spirit, may be said to be the greatest of all the blessings of the Christian life. WAYNE GRUDEM, PAGE 181
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