Can We Actually Know God?

Episode Summary:

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley dive into the doctrine of Revelation to discuss how we can know God.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

  • What are we currently working on?

  • How has God revealed Himself?

  • Is it possible to say true things about God? 

  • How do we speak truthfully about God?

  • What is Illumination?

  • Can we read the Bible just like we would read any other book?

Helpful Definitions:

  • Natural Revelation: A common knowledge of God that is given to all humanity.

  • Special Revelation: God has revealed himself to us in Christ and through Scripture.

  • Theophnustos (θεόπνευστος): God-breathed.

  • Illumination: The Holy Spirit who has inspired God’s word, turns the light on for us to rightly hear and receive what God has already testified to. 

  • Christological Analogy: The Bible is fully divine and fully human yet one text.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

  • Romans 1:20, Hebrews 1:1, Colossians 1:15, 2 Timothy 3:16, Psalm 36, Revelation 5

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