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<blockquote data-quote="Pullman Brown" data-source="post: 6126984" data-attributes="member: 73012"><p>Integrity: “I can know God or Christ without the Bible”</p><p></p><p>“You may know about God from nature and conscience, but you cannot truly know Him—nor rightly know Christ—apart from God’s authoritative self-revelation, which is the Bible.”</p><p></p><p>1. Natural Revelation Is Sufficient to Condemn, Not to Save</p><p></p><p>Romans 1:18–21 says:</p><p>All people know God through what He has made (creation = general revelation).</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">But this knowledge is suppressed in unrighteousness.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This makes people “without excuse”—not because they fully know Him salvifically, but because they reject the truth they do see.</li> </ul><p></p><p>“General revelation reveals the true God, but because of sin, this knowledge is distorted, repressed, and morally misused. Without special revelation, people do not know God as Redeemer.”</p><p></p><p>Bahsen</p><p></p><p>So while someone can know there is a God, they cannot know who He is, or how to be reconciled to Him, apart from Scripture.</p><p></p><p>2. Only the Bible Reveals Christ Clearly and Savingly</p><p></p><p>The name and nature of Christ (John 1, Colossians 1).</p><p>The gospel by which we are saved (Romans 10:14–17).</p><p>That Jesus is Lord, crucified and risen (1 Corinthians 15).</p><p></p><p>“Christ cannot be known truly unless He is known through the Scriptures. The Scriptures must therefore be the foundation of all our reasoning”</p><p></p><p>If you claim to “know Christ” without the Bible, you are likely creating a Christ in your own image—an idol—not the real Christ of Scripture.</p><p></p><p>3. To Know God Rightly Requires His Own Interpretation of Himself</p><p></p><p>People can and do talk about “God” apart from the Bible—but which god?</p><p></p><p>A god of feelings?</p><p>A distant “higher power”?</p><p>A moral force?</p><p></p><p>“God’s Word is the standard of truth. All human knowledge must submit to the norm of God’s revelation. To know God truly, we must know Him as He reveals Himself”</p><p></p><p>John Frame</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pullman Brown, post: 6126984, member: 73012"] Integrity: “I can know God or Christ without the Bible” “You may know about God from nature and conscience, but you cannot truly know Him—nor rightly know Christ—apart from God’s authoritative self-revelation, which is the Bible.” 1. Natural Revelation Is Sufficient to Condemn, Not to Save Romans 1:18–21 says: All people know God through what He has made (creation = general revelation). [LIST] [*]But this knowledge is suppressed in unrighteousness. [*]This makes people “without excuse”—not because they fully know Him salvifically, but because they reject the truth they do see. [/LIST] “General revelation reveals the true God, but because of sin, this knowledge is distorted, repressed, and morally misused. Without special revelation, people do not know God as Redeemer.” Bahsen So while someone can know there is a God, they cannot know who He is, or how to be reconciled to Him, apart from Scripture. 2. Only the Bible Reveals Christ Clearly and Savingly The name and nature of Christ (John 1, Colossians 1). The gospel by which we are saved (Romans 10:14–17). That Jesus is Lord, crucified and risen (1 Corinthians 15). “Christ cannot be known truly unless He is known through the Scriptures. The Scriptures must therefore be the foundation of all our reasoning” If you claim to “know Christ” without the Bible, you are likely creating a Christ in your own image—an idol—not the real Christ of Scripture. 3. To Know God Rightly Requires His Own Interpretation of Himself People can and do talk about “God” apart from the Bible—but which god? A god of feelings? A distant “higher power”? A moral force? “God’s Word is the standard of truth. All human knowledge must submit to the norm of God’s revelation. To know God truly, we must know Him as He reveals Himself” John Frame [/QUOTE]
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