Knowing God
Getting to Know God
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the Word given to man
In this world we live in there are not many people interested to come to know God. Today the majority of people is largely pagan. Man has lost any sense of the authority of God, because he has lost any basis for belief. Left to his own imaginings, he lacks all conviction; he is confused and indifferent.
It is surely self-evident that if a religion is to have any power and authority for mankind, it must be revealed by God Himself. For there is only one alternative: if the message is not from God, it must come from man. But how can any man presume to tell other men and women what is true and right?
The teachings of the great majority of the religions of the world obviously come from human thinking. There is one notable exception. The religion of the Bible. Jews and Christians say they are following the Bible or Holy Scriptures. They consider their set apart Book of books to be revealed by the Divine Creator of heaven and earth. As such we can say that Judaism and Christianity are emphatically revealed religions, bringing the https://christadelphians.wordpress.com/tag/word-of-god/ for man.
Its message is never presented as of human authority. "The word of the Lord" comes to the prophet and he delivers it as just that. Old and New Testaments are alike in this. When that Word is written down for the benefit of future generations, it is, says Paul, "inspired of God". Literally he wrote, "God-breathed" (2 Timothy 3:16), a remarkable expression conveying the thought that God's Spirit (or 'breath') was in the very written words. So, says Peter, the Scripture "came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit" (2 Peter 1:21). Notice the contrast: not "by the will of man", but from God direct by His Spirit.
This is why the Bible is the book of supreme authority. It is God's Word for us. But an important consequence follows: if this is so, we dare not neglect it. We must take it seriously.
So to the Bible let us go. What has it to tell us about God? > God's Self-Revelation
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