Revelation and Faith

Introduction To The Series

What Is Revelation? By definition it is an unveiling; a making known, or a disclosure of knowledge wherein the living God shows himself to man and makes known his inscrutable will.

Zophar asks Job (Job 11:7) if he can find out the whole sweep of God's nature? The answer is that we cannot know the uttermost limits of God's perfection, or holiness, and what we do know of God must be revealed otherwise it would remain a secret. Revelation does not spring from the reasoning powers of man, nor from his ascending spirituality; but from the God who is outside of ourselves. 'Revelation rather than discovery is the keynote of the Bible' (H. H. Rowley). See for example: Heb. 1:1-2; Matt. 11:25ff.; 16:11; John 14:6-14; 1:18; Gal. 1:11, 16; Rom. 16:25f.; Isa. 40:5; Deut. 29:29.

Revelation and Faith confronts numerous questions such as the relation between faith and revelation, e.g.

• Does faith precede and cause revelation?

• What part does human reason play in revelation?

• How does God reveal himself, what media does he use?

• Is revelation subject to a particular culture?

• How reliable is the biblical revelation?

• Can faith have any certainty?