The Holy Spirit reveals the Word of God Who are we? Once we find the answer to this question of who, then we can know our purpose. For some the answer of “who”, is irrelevant. Others see our identity as the result of one big accident, followed by many smaller accidents called random mutations[1]in the evolution of life. If we are just accidents, nothing more then highly evolved animals, what is our purpose? Well, we would have no purpose; to have purpose assumes there is some greater goal or meaning. Something beyond ourselves, gives purpose, without God, our purpose is no more relevant then a leaf on tree, which exist and falls away from the tree. According to the Bible, this is not the case; we are made in the image of God, the Creator of the universe. Our being is modeled after His existence. Through logic, we can determine the existence of a First Cause[2]and an Intelligent Designer,[3]both which point to the logical need for the existence of God. However, logic cannot identify God, unless God chooses to reveal Himself. Why is this so? If God made the eyes, ears and mind of humanity, how would we know whom the creator is, unless the creator revealed Himself to creation? The Bible teaches, we are made in the Creator’s image, but our condition is fallen, we lack the ability to know God apart from His willingness to reveal Himself. Isaiah in the Bible paints a vivid picture of our fallen nature in the Isaiah 59. He shows how our fallen nature prevents us from knowing our Creator. 1 Behold, the Lords hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places. 11 We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us. 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And as for our iniquities, we know them: Isaiah 59:1-14 This is our predicament, how can fallen humanity know God? We cannot! That is the point, it is impossible for us to know God, unless He reveals Himself. Does God choose to reveal Himself? Yes, He does, the Bible, the Word of God, is the written record of God’s revelation. The revealed record is the inspired word of God, which the Holy Spirit revealed through the prophets to us. Therefore, understanding and knowing God is beyond our nature, meaning it is super-natural. Since we are fallen, the Holy Spirit plays two roles in revelation. One role, the Holy Spirit reveals the Word of the Lord to fallen humanity through the prophets who transmit God’s Word. Second, after the word is revealed the Holy Spirit reveals these words to fallen man, moving them to understand and apply God’s Word. These two aspects of the Holy Spirit work together in Revelation. Holy Spirit and Revelation Isaiah captures our situation; he paints four pictures of our condition in Isaiah 59:10, each pictures the helpless condition of humanity. Notice Isaiah includes himself, saying “We”, the “blindness’ of the human condition is at issue. We grope for the wall like the blind, We grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places. Therefore, the Holy Spirit revealed the communication of God to fallen humanity. The Holy Spirit then gives us the ability understand the words revealed to humanity. In our fallen state, we are enveloped in darkness, unless God reached down to us, we would be without hope. These are two aspects of the Holy Spirit’s revelation; 1. He reveals God’s Word 2. He gives us the ability to understand the revelation. 1.The Spirit reveals God’s Word How does the Spirit reveal the Word of God? When we read the Bible, we see the diffe
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