Friday 23 March 2018

4. Scripture can communicate to us what revelation in the creation cannot


Do you believe Calvin with the title to this section? Can something written by fallible human hands reveal things about God that His magnificent creation cannot?  Calvin justifies his position through reference to the Psalms such as Psalm 18:8-9 where the law of the Lord is “clear, enlightening the eyes”.  The contemplation of creation is not sufficient without the testimony of scripture.  He regards the word of God imparting revelation through Jesus Christ in the New Testament as central because he refers to the Jews as “seeking God without the Word”.  His evidence for this comes from the story of Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan woman in John’s Gospel chapter 4.  So many people today seem to think revelation of God starts and ends with creation- are you one? If not then which passages of scripture reveal Jesus Christ to you?


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