GENERAL REVELATION OF GOD FOUND IN NATURE, HISTORY AND HUMANITY, PART 3

The New Dictionary of Theology says: “ If we posit a basic unity between general and special revelation, does it not follow that both possess saving potential and that a sinner might turn to God and trust God in the context of general revelation alone if he were limited to it?” 1 If a man were limited to general revelation as for example some of the people living in certain jungle areas where the gospel has not made its entrance, they could reason that all creation around them has a Creator and that they themselves are created creatures by Someone that they can call ‘God’ or any other name. And God can show Himself to them in a personal way, through dreams, miracles or healings. This is a reason why Christians need to be in prayer for those unreached peoples to have a personal revelation that Jesus is their Savior and God. That He touches them at the point of their need and that they believe. I , though, do not believe that where the gospel is preached, that natural revelation alone, where the person can reason about his environment, will turn to God and trust God, or even believe he is a sinner. I believe that in some cases this natural revelation will be enough but from my own personal experience I knows that most people are hard-headed, and not until God reveals Himself in a personal manner, when circumstances have brought them to the end of their rope, and then they seek God by putting themselves in the place where they can hear the gospel and make a confession of faith, will they turn to Him! So yes, both general and special revelation possess saving potential but would lean more to the special revelation as being the most popular, reaching the masses with salvation!

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

OBUlokozi OKUYITA MU YESU KRISTO!

Ebyafaayo by’Ekikristaayo bwe byagenda bikulaakulana, erinnya ‘Yesu’ lyali limanyiddwa nga ‘Yahweh is Salvation’. Okuva mu ndowooza z’endagaano enkadde eza Mukama, Omununuzi, Omununuzi, Katonda, amakulu gano gaakyusibwa ne gadda mu Yesu n’engeri Abakristaayo gye baamukkiririzaamu. 1 Kya lwatu, oluvannyuma, tulaba kati Yesu ng’Omununuzi era Omununuzi okuva mu kibi n’ekizikiza eky’omwoyo, eyayiwa omusaayi ku musaalaba okusobola okusasula ebibi byaffe, bwe tukkiriza! Era nti Ye kkubo lyokka erigenda eri Katonda! Olwo Ye Mulokozi waffe!

Kati twetaaga okuba n’obumanyirivu obw’okuzaalibwa omulundi ogw’okubiri okusobola okuba n’enkolagana naye! Mu Yokaana 3:3,16 kigamba nti: “ ‘Yesu n’amuddamu n’amugamba nti, ‘mazima ddala, nkugamba nti, omuntu bw’atazaalibwa omulundi ogw’okubiri, tayinza kulaba bwakabaka bwa Katonda’….’Kubanga Katonda yayagala nnyo ensi n’awaayo Omwana we eyazaalibwa omu yekka, buli amukkiriza aleme kuzikirizibwa wabula abeere n’obulamu obutaggwaawo.’ “ Era ne mu Yokaana 11: 25-26 bwakyo agamba nti: “ Yesu n’amugamba nti, ‘NZE kuzuukira n’obulamu. Oyo anzikiriza, ne bw’anaafa, aliba mulamu. Era oyo yenna aliba omulamu n’anzikiriza talifa emirembe gyonna. Kino ggwe okikkiriza?’ “

Kale twetaaga okukkiriza n’okwenenya okuva mu bibi byaffe okusobola kati okuba n’enkolagana ne Katonda ejja okuyita mu bumanyirivu obw’okuzaalibwa omulundi ogw’okubiri ne Yesu Omulokozi waffe era Mukama waffe! “Entandikwa y’obulamu bw’Ekikristaayo yeetaaga okutegeera ekibi ky’omuntu yennyini n’okumalirira okulekawo engeri y’obulamu ey’okwefaako yekka.”2

EBINTU EBINTU

1Sinclair B. Ferguson, David F. Wright ne J.I., abawandiisi b’ebitabo bino. Packer, eds., Enkuluze empya ey’eby’eddiini, (Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 1988), 610.
2Millard J. Erickson, Eby’eddiini y’Ekikristaayo,(Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006),959.

GAMBA ESSAALA ENO DDAALA OKUZAALIBWA OMUKULU:
“Yesu nkkiririza nti Wafiira ku musaalaba, .
okuyiwa omusaayi gwo olwokusonyiyibwa ebibi byange ;
Era n’asituka nate ku lunaku olw’okusatu!
Nkimanyi nti ndi mwonoonyi. Nsaba onsonyiwe ebibi byange;
Nsaba mujje mu mutima gwange!
Jjangu obeere Omulokozi wange era Mukama w’obulamu bwange!
Webale Yesu”