When philosophers and theologians speak of divine transcendence, they often interpret it to mean that God is so far from us that he can have little to do with our thought or experience. On this view, we cannot know God. Indeed. God cannot reveal himself to us in clear ideas, words and sentences. Although this view can appear to be a pious recognition of God’s mystery, it actually fits best with claims to human autonomy. If God is so far from us that he cannot interact with us, cannot reveal himself, cannot speak to us, then practically speaking there is no God. We must then learn to live our lives without consulting God, that is, by our own autonomous thought. But such ideas sharply contradict Scripture. We shall see that according to Scripture God identifies himself clearly in nature, history, and in words, spoken and written. He is mysterious, to be sure, incomprehensible. But his incomprehensibility does not contradict his knowability. And if God is not knowable, he cannot save us from sin. For to have eternal life is nothing less than to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom he has sent (John 17:3).
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 22:15:58 +0000
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