The Revelation of God | Lesson 2

How has God made Himself known, and why does that matter for us? Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher, continues the series “That Which May Be Known” by showing from Hebrews 1 that God has spoken “at sundry times and in divers manners” in the past, and now climactically in His Son. Walking through the Law, Psalms, Prophets, Gospels, and Paul’s epistles, he asks us to consider how each portion of Scripture testifies that God has been actively revealing Himself—through the burning bush to Moses, the commandments at Sinai, the voice in the Psalms and Prophets, the Father’s declarations about Christ in the Gospels, and the mystery revealed to Paul.

What does God’s choice to reveal Himself tell us about Him and about us? Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher, presses home that because God is infinitely beyond human reach, we would know nothing rightly—about God, ourselves, or reality—if He had not chosen to speak. Yet He created us to know Him, took the initiative to disclose His character, will, and purposes, and preserved that revelation in written form. He closes by asking us to reflect on several implications: that relationship with God rests on His gracious initiative, that His revelation is profoundly personal, and that its central content is God Himself—who He is, what He has done, and what He will do—preparing us to consider, in future lessons, the specific kinds and means of His revelation.