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Doctrine of Revelation Classes 1 to 3 (Who has the authority to speak…
Doctrine of Revelation
Classes 1 to 3
Who has the authority to
speak about matters of God and our relationship to him:question:
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DEFINITION:
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Authority is the right to demand belief and obedience
Authority ultimately lodges in God himself. Any other authority is a derivative authority that comes from God being
God’s authority is ultimate. God is the final court of appeal.
God’s authority is unlimited. God speaks authoritatively on all matters.
General Revelation
Two types of General Revelation
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Nature
:book: Romans 1:18-20
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Conscience
(Implanted Moral Law)
:book: Romans 2:14-16
Four Functions of General Revelation
:two: To render people morally culpable before God
People will be judged on the basis of their innate knowledge of God’s moral law
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Romans 2:15-16
Serves to remove any excuse that people might have for their unbelief in God’s existence.
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Romans 1:19
Could General Revelation also provide saving knowledge of God:question:
General revelation simply does not give us any
knowledge of redemption or of the redeemer.
General revelation has
the effect of leaving people condemned before God but not saved
Read Quote from:
Jack Cottrell "What the
Bible Says about God the Creator" - page 342
:one: To show forth God’s glory.
Psalm 19:1
:three: It can provide access to salvation
Responding positively to general revelation man is able to avoid condemnation. He accesses the salvation that is wrought by Christ but without having a conscious knowledge of Christ.
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Romans 2:7
(e.g. Abraham, Melchizedek, Job, King Abimelech on Genesis 20)
The transition from the old covenant to the new covenant not occurring instantaneously worldwide, but it occurs as the Gospel message geographically spreads
:four: Stabilize human society through God's implanted moral law
Two Senses of “General”
:one: Universallity
Generally available to mankind as a whole
:two: Provides merely general knowledge or information about God. A kind of generic monotheism
Relationship to natural theology.
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DEFINITION:
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Branch of theology which explores justification for God’s existence apart from the resources of authoritative divine revelation.
Paul's thinking endorses the project of natural theology
It is by reflecting on the creation that one does perceive and infere that this is created by God.
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Romans 1:20
Romans 1 bears a clear resemblance to an inter-testamental Hellenistic Jewish work called "The Wisdom of Solomon", chapter 13:1-9
Romans 1 bears resemblance to Greek/Hellenistic philosophical thought about God
The greek word "theotes" (divine nature) is used only here
The greek word "aidos" (eternal nature) is used only 2 times in the entire New Testament
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Acts 14:15-17
Paul says that the seasons and the fruitfulness of nature, God’s revelation in creation, is a witness even to these Gentile nations who had not yet heard the Gospel.
In :book:
Acts 17
there is a connection between this view of inferring God’s existence from general revelation to God’s desire for man to seek him out
Remember
:!!: Natural Theology are made products and formulations. It is not the same as General Revelation
The Concept of Revelation
God has revealed his will and mind to us
Narrow concept
Greek word = unveiling something hidden
But not all of Scripture unveils something hidden
Paul letter to Philemon
Luke inteviewed eyewitnesses and consulted sources to write his Gospel
"Levicula"
from Scripture. Latin word for those elements in Scripture that are literally lightweight or trivial
Broader concept
Communication from God
Special Revelation
Two Senses of "Special"
:one: God reveals himself more clearly than he has in general revelation
:two: It is a fuller revelation of himself to human beings
Three Types of Special Revelation
:one: Jesus Christ who fully reveals God the Father to mankind
:two: Holy Scripture
:three: Particular revelations via dreams, visiones and prophesies
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1 Corinthians 14:26, 29-30
Revelation in Scripture is universally applicable but these particular revelations are made at a specific time and place for the people involved there.
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Discernment is important here
:book:
1 John 4:1
