God’s revelation of Himself
March 5, 2010 (Friday)
The old T.V. Series, “Dragnet,” featured a character named “Joe Friday,” who always started an interview with the words, “Just the facts.” That’s all he wanted to hear as he investigated a crime. Just the facts.
There are some fundamental facts of our Christian faith, and they are taught in Hebrews 1:1-3. What are these basic facts?
Fact number one: The Fact of God
Fact number two: The Fact that God Has Spoken to Man
Fact number three: The Fact that God Has Spoken in His Son
1. God exists. There is a universal hunger for God. The world makes no sense without God. The Bible does not attempt to prove God’s existence; it assumes it. God is real to all. It is a waste of time trying to prove God’s existence. He is the great “I Am.”
2. God has spoken to man. As Hebrews 1:1 says, He has spoken “in various ways.” He has spoken through nature, miraculous revelation, signs and types, individual people, events, and the Bible. He has spoken “at many times” also. He let each generation know what each needed to know. No one individual received the entire revelation. The Bible is “God-breathed.” It is the record of God speaking in various ways at many times.
3. God has spoken in His Son. The life and work of Jesus Christ is God’s final revelation to mankind. He completed God’s revelation of Himself. Nothing remains to be said. There is none greater through whom He might speak. He is God’s final word on sin and salvation.
God continues to speak to us through His Holy Spirit. Everything the Spirit does, however, is in perfect harmony with these basic facts of our faith. He will not lead us to deny any of these facts. God has spoken to us from time to time in many ways, but His full and complete revelation is in His Eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ!
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Hebrews 1:1-3 NIV – In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.