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Theology (1) Lecture Part II: Revelation

Theology (1) Lecture Part II: Revelation. Jintae Kim, PhD Alliance Theological Seminary Nyack, NY 10960 (845) 770-5762 E-mail: Jintae.kim@nyack.edu Website: http://all4jesus.net. Refer to my other note on Revelation. http://www.all4jesus.net/eng/bib100lect2.pdf. Revelation ? (42).

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Theology (1) Lecture Part II: Revelation

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  1. Theology (1) Lecture Part II: Revelation Jintae Kim, PhD Alliance Theological Seminary Nyack, NY 10960 (845) 770-5762 E-mail: Jintae.kim@nyack.edu Website: http://all4jesus.net

  2. Refer to my other note on Revelation. http://www.all4jesus.net/eng/bib100lect2.pdf

  3. Revelation? (42) • Because humankind is finite and God is infinite, we cannot know God unless he reveals himself to us. • Revelation is the communication of divine truth from God to humankind in such a way that they can know and fellowship with Him.

  4. General Revelation : God's communication of himself to all persons at all times and in all places. Special Revelation God's particular communications and manifestation of himself to particular persons at particular times, communications and manifestations which are available now only by consultation of certain sacred writings. General vs. Special

  5. General Revelation

  6. The Modes of General Revelation (42-3) • The traditional modes of general revelation are three: nature, history, and the constitution of human being. (1) Nature(Ps 19:1; Rom 1:20) (2) History: Preservation of the people of Israel. (3) Human: Morality (Kant, C. S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer), religious nature.

  7. The Reality and Efficacy of General Revelation (1) Natural theology: It is possible to gain some true knowledge of God from general revelation. (Rom 1:20). (Ex) Aristotle, “unmoving mover”; Thomas Aquinas, “The first cause”; Kant, “Pure Reason”; Teleological argument (2) A critique of natural theology: against its hypotheses and logic. (3) General revelation, but without natural theology (Calvin) (4) General revelation and human responsibility

  8. Calvin: General Revelation (1) “God has given us an objective, valid, rational revelation of himself in nature, history, and human personality. It is there for anyone who wants to observe it.” (John Calvin) (2) General revelation evidently does not enable the unbeliever to come to the knowledge of God.Why? (3) The key: Fallen nature of man and nature (Rom 1-3; 8:18-25; Gen 3:17-19)

  9. General Revelation and Human responsibility (48-9) • (1) The internal law(Rom 2:14f) • (2) The OT saints: Though they did neither know Jesus Christ nor believe him as the savior, they received the promise of salvation.

  10. (3) The reality apart from the special revelation: “There is no one righteous, not even one” (Rom 3:10) • (4) Necessity of the special revelation (Rom 10) • (5) Thus, it is apparent that in failing to respond to the light of general revelation which they have, men are fully responsible, for they have truly known God, but have willfully suppressed that truth.

  11. Particular Revelation

  12. The Definition and Necessity of Special Revelation (52-3)

  13. Definition • God’s manifestation of himself to particular persons at definite times and places, enabling those persons to enter into a redemptive relationship with him.

  14. Necessity • Humans had lost the relationship of favor which they had with God prior to the fall. It was necessary for them to come to know God in a fuller way if the conditions of fellowship were once again to be met.

  15. The Style of Special Revelation (53-4) (1) Personal (2) Anthropic: Revelation coming in human language and human categories of thought and action. (3) Analogical: God draws upon those elements in our universe of knowledge that can serve as a likeness of or partially convey the truth in the divine realm.

  16. The 3 Modes of Special Revelation (1) Historical Events in the Bible (2) Divine Speech (Jer 18:1; Ezek 12:1, 8, 17, 21; Hos 1:1; Joel 1:1; Amos 3:1; Heb 1:1-2) (3) The Incarnation of Jesus Christ (Heb 1:2; 1John 1:1; John 14:9)

  17. Special Revelation: Propositional or Personal? • Revelation is not either personal or propositional; it is both/and. What God primarily does is to reveal himself, but he does so at least in part by telling us something about himself.

  18. The Preservation of the Revelation: Inspiration (60-7)

  19. Inspiration: Definition

  20. Definition of Inspiration • Supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit upon the Scripture writers which rendered their writings an accurate record of the revelation or which resulted in what they wrote actually the Word of God.

  21. Inspiration without Revelation • The Holy Spirit in some instances moved Scripture writers to record the words of unbelievers, words which certainly were not divinely revealed.

  22. Revelation without Inspiration • Instances of revelation which went unrecorded because the Holy Spirit did not move anyone to write them down (cf. John 21:25)

  23. Evidence of Inspiration

  24. Internal Evidences (1) “God speaks,”“Thus the LORD says” :3,808 times in the OT (2) Humility of Moses (Exod 4:10-12) (3) The Bible recorded the weaknesses and failures of main characters: Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Peter…. (4) Jesus himself held regarding the OT writings (John 5:39; 10:34,35; Matt 5:18)

  25. External Evidences (1) Diversity of writings, but coherence of the themes: 1,500 years, 60 generations, 40 writers – Salvation history (2) Scientific and historical inerrancyhttp://www.all4jesus.net/eng/otq13.pdf (3) Archaeological evidenceshttp://www.all4jesus.net/eng/first10.pdf

  26. The OT 2 Tim 3:16 “All scriptures is inspired….” Prophecy (2 Peter 1:19-21) Law (John 10:34-35) The NT Pauline writings and other writings (2 Peter 3:16) 1 John 4:6; 1 Thess 1:5; 2:13. Extent of Inspiration (64-5)

  27. The Dependability of God’s Word: Inerrancy (68-75) http://www.all4jesus.net/eng/otq13.pdf

  28. 3 Evangelical Conceptions of Inerrancy (69-70)

  29. Inerrancy The Bible, in its original autographs and correctly interpreted, is entirely true and never false in all it affirms, whether that relates to doctrine or ethics or to the social, physical, or life sciences. Infallibility The Bible makes no false or misleading statement about matters of faith and practice. Inerrancy and Infallibility

  30. Importance of Inerrancy

  31. Inerrancy does not imply (1) Modern technological precision. (2) that only non-metaphysical and non-symbolical can convey religious truth. (3) that the NT quotes the OT with the same verbal precision that is required today. (4) that we can now dispense with our faith since we now have a book we can trust. (5) that the evangelical orthodoxy follows automatically when you accept the doctrine of inerrancy.  The evangelical orthodoxy can be denied even by people of inerranciest.

  32. Inerrancy does imply (1) that the Bible is free from error, not only theological, ethical teaching but also historical and scientific matters. (2) that the very words, the very sentences are inerrant, not only concepts on thoughts. (3) that the concept of inerrancy is applicable only to Autographs.

  33. The Power of God’s Word: Authority (76-81)

  34. Definition of Authority (1) By authority we mean the right to command belief and/or action. (2) God is the ultimate authority in religious matters. He has the right, both by virtue of who he is and what he does, to establish the standard for belief and practice. (3) God has delegated that authority by creating a book, the Bible that conveys his message and carries the same weight God himself would command if he were speaking to us personally.

  35. Incorrect View of Authority

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