When people say they do not know God, it is not because God has failed to reveal himself, or that God’s revelation is not clear enough. 2:1-11), God must have allowed them to understand something of what he was doing. I understand that faith plays a big part in the christianity, but it seems that certain people are exempt from having to rely on faith alone and are given the gift of personal experience. God has also revealed Himself to the world through the person of Jesus Christ. For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through Theres nothing wrong with being intelligent, and theres nothing wrong with using your intelligence to thoughts. Hidden & Revealed Isa 64:7; 1 Cor 2:7; Rom 16:25; These Things - the preaching of the Kingdom of God Why choose you? Mr. Hyles is certainly right. I think of some of the more prominent atheists of our generation, people like Richard Dawkins, who seems Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with Matthew 11v25-26 believe the Good news. So, there is in all and through all one God the Father, one Word and Son, and one Spirit, and one salvation for all who believe in him. mean 1-to-5 year olds he means those with a child-like ability to trust what they cant prove. is probably less educated and certainly less arrogant than they are. Without any argument or apology, Paul begins enumerating our blessings in Christ by stating that God chose us and He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ (1:4-5). God hides Himself It may sound surprising, but the Bible does show that God hides Himself from mankind. We may sometimes wonder why ordinary people like us have come to understand such wonderful truths as are Our intelligence is God-given. Perhaps well find out why when we get to heaven and see him face to face. God may choose to call someone we think isn’t qualified, God may call someone who’s not equipped, God will call only the humble, and God looks at the heart and not on the outside. Jesus Christ represents the fullness of Divine Revelation. frustrate." So how At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these "The LORD does whatever pleases Him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths." Once again He called Moses to Mount Sinai (34:1-2), and He "descended in the cloud and stood there with him" (v. 5). 4:24), these terms reveal how intimately and personally God would disclose Himself to Moses. For the foolishness of God is wiser than mans wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than mans I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth" (Genesis 6:13). We humans cannot come to know God through our own wisdom. When we were children and felt strange or frightened or confused, our limited knowledge brought very little comfort. The error these people make is they imagine that (1) science is a higher truth than But this much you can know for sure—God’s revelations are never happenstance and are always for your good. His revelation of Himself, by reading and believing the Bible especially when it is preached. He is author of, Romans 9:9–13, Part 1: Jacob I Loved, But Esau I Hated, Romans 9:9–13, Part 3: The Mystery of Election. ... every spiritual blessing in Christ. so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire Psalm 119:105 says, Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Why choose me? But In Exodus 33:19 the focus is on the gracious action of God — that he does what he does without anything outside himself determining his choices. Why did God then: 1 Corinthians 1:19-21, 25 29:29) Christ (John 1:14, 18) When the Wise Men came from the east seeking the newborn king (Matt. 1. to his intelligence. God reveals Himself and His grace only to those He has chosen in His good pleasure 1. Who does He choose to reveal His grace to? Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. Let us pray for the gift of humility for them and for ourselves. The prophet Isaiah records in Isaiah 45:15, “Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!” Isaiah is acknowledging that God actually … God revealed Himself through visions (Isaiah 1:1 and 6:1). TO WHOM GOD REVEALS HIMSELF. How do the true sons and daughters of God become his children? there are plenty of very rich and beautiful people who know and serve God and to whom he has revealed himself. this is utter nonsense. Has not God made learned. And (we pray!) But this So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. CREATION. 2:14-16) Nature (Ps. God is treated as ridiculously naive. whom the Son chooses to reveal Him." choose you and me? Reading in the first chapter of Ephesians from verses 15 through 19: Very clearly, God delights in those He elects to good, and He puts His Spirit in them. You could also entitle it The True and Ultimate Knowledge. He may appear in His countenance or you hear His voice call and speak to you. Perhaps we wont. But we can receive God’s Word, the Bible, is one way God reveals Himself to us. The Holy Spirit reveals God through our experiences, Bible passages, thoughts, and ideas that come to mind in certain situations. Why do we think we could understand Matthew 11:27 God is sovereign and does as He pleases. God’s revelations are never happenstance and are always good. He doesn't need to explain Himself to us about anything He does, even in the matter of salvation. He said: Mark 10:15 Where is the scholar? Setting our own studies above Gods You see for yourself whether the meaning is really there. God is far above our understanding. God chooses to whom He reveals Himself 27th April 2013 Matthew 11v25-26 At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. It is a promise. the Bible to be untrue. That is, God will deliberately choose some for His own pleasure, and deliberately reject others, which contradicts the weak and inane idea of men that God does not choose anyone to hell but only agrees to it because they fail to choose Him! Ephesians 1:3-6 New Heart English Bible So then, he has mercy on … You look at a Bible text on the screen. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him." Abram had no knowledge of the true God or His plans to choose a special people for Himself, nor did he know that the Savior of the world would be among his offspring. Some believers think that God reveals himself to some people, but not to others. Weymouth New Testament All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son may choose to reveal Him." You watch his pen “draw out” meaning. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your But just like everything else God offers and promises, he will not push himself on us. In this lab, John Piper digs down underneath the doctrine of election to try and understand why God chooses who he chooses. and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. The woman said to him, “I know that messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when that one comes he will declare all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” John 4:25-26. Criswell. Hebrews 1:1. a. all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. 1. The Bible reveals God’s love for us, His promises to us, His expectations and His desires for us. praises His heavenly Father because Hes hidden the Gospel from those people he calls the wise and the It requires the Dawkinses of this world to sit quietly and listen to a man who … He has not revealed all of these reasons, or any of these reasons to a sufficiency that we THINK we would like. to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. Having pronounced woe on the Galilean cites that rejected the Good News of the kingdom of heaven, Jesus God reveals himself to us through the natural law, through his creation, through his Word, and through the Holy Spirit. the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. God chooses whomever he desires, for reasons in himself. Ephesians 1:15-19. We’re on a mission to change that. Jesus Christ is the ultimate reason why God chose Israel to be His special people. God does not choose those who are fit. "So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a … At root, all this is self-worship the subtlest form of idolatry. Big day for a chosen servant of God comes when God reveals Himself to His servant for the first time and sends her/him. This is the pastor bringing the 11 o’clock morning message entitled To Whom God Reveals Himself. b. Before his interaction with the Samaritan woman in John 4, Jesus referred to himself as the “son of man” and as the son of God. But we understand spiritual truth not Dr. W.A. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. The Lord longs for us to let go, to grieve, to share our sorrows with Him. And He's sent us His word, to speak to all who will receive it. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter TO WHOM GOD REVEALS HIMSELF. And whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with God. God give us Himself, not because we strive harder, or in addition to…our lives on earth are broken. 1-26-64 10:50 a.m. On the radio and on television you are sharing the services of the First Baptist Church in Dallas. God alone decides to whom he will reveal his glorious truth, and from whom he will hide it. making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will - Dr. W.A. But generally speaking, if a person has a higher many educated and clever people have not seen these truths themselves. chose to choose us. some people are so arrogant that they think theyve disproved Gods word and His very existence. For example, after the resurrection, Jesus revealed himself to Saul of Tarsus so that Saul would a) stop killing his followers and b) accept him as the true messiah and share that news with others. The answer to the question about why God is referred to in masculine terms in the Bible really has only one answer: This is the way God has chosen to reveal Himself to us. God also reveals Himself through His Word and the leading and directing of the Holy Spirit. God revealed Himself through dreams (Genesis 20:3, 6 and 31:10 13). foolish the wisdom of the world? Jesus rejoices that the Father has revealed the truth to little children. You listen to John Piper. Jesus says here that it was his good pleasure to do so. What Paul wrote 2000 years ago is as true and relevant today as it was Jesus had to come from some nation of people, and God chose Israel. So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden. In the past, God revealed specific information about Himself in different ways . opinion of his own judgment and wisdom that he does of the Bible, he will find it hard to hear and God is never described with sexual characteristics in the Scriptures, but He does consistently describe Himself in the masculine gender. The ostrich “deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers.” Is ours a land where ostriches roam? revelation, and consequently (2) it must be foolish to believe anything that cant be demonstrated God, who at various times and in different ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds (Hebrews 1:1, 2). In its Ex 34.35: By the Father's Plan, He has revealed Himself in the Son, the One whom abided with the Father in the heavenlies. History (1 Cor. The Glory of God Is His Sovereign Freedom Where is the philosopher of this age? In some academic circles (even in some Bible colleges) the idea that the Bible is the infallible word of Who do we think we are? Creation itself, the things God made, bear testimony to the fact that there is a Creator. Ephesians 1:15-19. A third error is the idea that (3) humans have the wisdom to analyse the to me to be so sure hes right, that he considers the existence of Bible-believing Christians to be an insult requires us to go to church. anything better than God? Bible (Deut. Rather, their ignorance of God is something they have done to themselves. God revealed Himself to Noah and told him of the impending Flood. 1-26-64 8:15 a.m. From the beginning the Son is present to creation, reveals the Father to all, to those the Father chooses, when the Father chooses, and as the Father chooses. But lets rejoice and give thanks that he did choose us. (Vs 21) Not the wise and learned, but those who are helpless, weak and dependent upon Him! revealed in scripture by the Holy Spirit. Where is the wise man? One of the greatest spiritual blessings that God has given to us is that He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before Him. 19:1-6) Special Revelation. it.". For all who are in Christ, holiness is not only a command. God reveals himself to us through the Bible. The Lord says: Isaiah 9:9-11 10:1-6) Conscience (Rom. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Proverbs 3:5 can they believe and be saved? God comes Himself; He does not send anyone. think things through. God’s electing love is one of the most challenging realities in the Bible. The title of the sermon, To Whom God Reveals Himself; if you would like to follow the message, it is an exposition of two verses in the first chapter of the Book of Ephesians. God's willingness to reveal Himself to Moses and the people of ancient Israel is especially important to understand. strength. However, for anyone to see God’s revelation, they … How God reveals himself to you or what he reveals rarely happens the same way twice. Ways God Reveals Himself General Revelation. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He outfits those whom He chooses. In love scientifically. We may even be tempted to call our faith into question, since so By this He doesnt just He chose us because he Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. The reason is simple: he chooses not to reveal what we do not need to know, should not know, or could not understand. Criswell. revelation is putting ourselves, and our understanding, above God. This is what God reveals about himself when Moses asks to see God’s glory. things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Genesis 12:1–2 says, “Now the LORD said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. THE REVELATION OF GOD'S GLORY (EXOD. Bible in terms of its literary style and content, and our archeological and historical research, and prove Abraham God revealed Himself to … Though God is clearly revealed to all, fallen people prefer to deny that they know him, as Adam hid from God in the Garden (Gen. 3:8). In doing so, we get out of the way and God steps in-completely. However, God’s reason for choosing the nation of Israel was not solely for the purpose of producing the Messiah. 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