The God Who Speaks

Can you imagine living in a world in which God is silent, and all the questions about life go unanswered?

Why am I here? Do I have a purpose in life? How can I understand a world filled with such beauty, yet, filled with such evil? What will happen when I die? Is there any hope for me after I’m gone or is this it?

Thank God, he is not silent, and he has not left us alone with unanswered questions. God has in fact, revealed himself to us throughout history and has graciously made himself known to us.

God desires a relationship with his creation

God revealed himself to the Israelites in the Old Testament as part of the kind and enduring bond he established with them through his covenants with Abraham, Moses, and David. God described himself as "merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness"

In the New Testament, the culmination of God's revelation is his Son, Jesus. God no longer speaks to us through prophets but through his son. (Heb1:1-2)

Through the life and death of Christ, God begins his new covenant with us. God reveals his intentions, plans, and promises to us in Jesus Christ as part of this new covenant connection, and he gives us instructions on how to relate to him in return through Spirit-filled living.

God strengthens our relationship with him through showing himself to us revealed in scriptures. It is through these Scriptures, we encounter the God of the universe, who is dedicated to loving us through Jesus.

As we engage with the Scriptures we engage with God, this is how we grow in intimacy. There is nothing more valuable than to pursue and know a loving God, who first loved us.
(Jer 9:23-24)

John 17: 3 - Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent

 

God’s word is infallible and inerrant

God reveals himself truthfully in Scriptures and his trustworthiness bears witness to the importance of his revelation. God revealed himself to us through his Spirit everything pertaining to a relationship with him and that relationship is only found through Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:3)

God speaks with a purpose

When God speaks it is in order to accomplish his purpose in our lives. (Isa 55:10-11)

Revelation and Scripture engagement

Through the power of the Holy Spirit, the same Spirit who makes God's message effective in our lives, draws us to him, deepening and strengthening the relationship he intended to have with us from the very beginning.

When we read the Bible with the goal of drawing near to God, that relationship develops, and the ultimate purpose of God's revelation is revealed.