Why is revelation necessary?
Couldn't God just download to us a complete understanding of his Word and instill in us a desire to worship and obey him?
Sure, He could have programmed us to praise but all he would have is robotic servants.
Because we aren't programmed at the factory...we need revelation. The Bible says some knowledge is still hidden and needs to be revealed. We don’t know what we don’t know.
Consider the first time we heard the message of the kingdom of God. We progressed from an understanding of living toward an ultimate destination of heaven...to a REVEALED understanding that we can partake of heaven, while living on the earth. We can live an abundant life in Jesus!!!
“I come that you might have life and that you might have it more abundantly.”
As the “Kingdom of God” message was revealed to us as “right thinking, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” ...our beliefs changed. Decisions are the fruit of beliefs. Outcomes are the result of decisions. Godly outcomes develop from Godly beliefs.
God's wisdom “confounds the wise.” Those who walk in the dark are often confused. It’s hard to find True North in pitch black.
Intimacy with God is highly dependent on our intimacy with His Word. “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
The Word ushers light into our personal darkness. “Here a little, there a little.”
Right Thinking,
Pastor Steve
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