PEOPLE NEED A MORE PERSONAL REVELATION OF GOD THAN GENERAL REVELATION, PART 2.

The New Dictionary of Theology says : “Thus at the heart and centre of special revelation is a divinely initiated solution to the universal moral and religious predicament of man which takes the form of the incarnation of the Son of God. As Jesus told Philip, ‘He who has seen Me has seen the Father. ( John 14:9)’ “ 1 So , a person after being justified by faith then comes the baptism of the Holy Spirit by which the believer, who is being taught from the Scriptures, starts becoming wholly or holy; receiving redemption from his fall from grace and God in His grace provides a plan to bring about his recovery! And as believers mature in their knowledge of God, Jesus becomes incarnate in them! They will have the mind of Christ, their heart will beat with the heart of Christ! They will walk just as Jesus walked, anointed by the Holy Spirit, and seeing miracles, healings in their midst! Some will be anointed as teachers , evangelists, prophets , shepherds or apostles ( 1 Corinthians 12: 28)!

In addition to the incarnation , there is revelation in divine speech. In the Old Testament He spoke clearly through His prophets who told the people certain events would occur and after some time these events came to pass! As an example, Moses told the Israelites, at the leading of the Lord, I AM, that he was being used by God to deliver them from Egyptian bondage and that the Lord had told Moses that he would be used in leading them to the Promised Land! There were signs and wonders in their midst after Moses, speaking through Aaron, gave each divine word! In the New Testament, the words of Jesus, of course, are all God’s words, as He is God Himself come in the flesh! Today, there is still divine speech coming through His prophets. Of course, they need to be proven prophets in the church, as it says in 1 Corinthians 14:37 : “If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.”

GOD IN THE FLESH
“ In the beginning was the Word,
And the Word was with God,
And the Word was God.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” John 1, 14.

ENDNOTES
Sinclair B. Ferguson, David F. Wright and J.I. Packer, eds., New Dictionary of Theology, (Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 1988),586.