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Theology On Tap- Episode 205: How God reveals Himself in Creation and Nature
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Natural Revelation- What we learn about God from Creation – the natural world.
As our beginning point, we will notice that the Bible itself does say that creation does have something to say to us.
Psalm 19
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.
Over time the Bible’s statements like these led believers to look at creation in order to see what creation might be saying. These observations are now sometimes categorized as “arguments” for the existence of God.
If you are a Christian, you do not need to stand in opposition to science. Rather, you can embrace science. This is where we learn important and useful stuff about the natural world. We may or may not learn about God, but we can learn about nature. So, please don’t assume that because you are a Christian you have to ignore science or speak against it. If fact, if you think God might be calling you to work in a scientific field, feel free to explore the possibilities.
When it seems that “science” and the Bible are contradicting each other, we as Christians can’t simply ignore that observation AND we can’t automatically conclude that science is always wrong.
It could be that our interpretation of the Bible is incorrect.
It could also be that what we think we “know” from science is incorrect.
“What can we learn about God from the natural world?”
- We can learn that God exists.
- What else can we learn?
And I think there are a few other related – and very important – questions:
- What do we NOT learn about God from nature?
- What do we learn about God from the Bible’s story of creation?
- And again do we NOT learn about God from that story?
Put another way:
- What do we learn – and not learn – about God from His creation?
- What do we learn – and not learn – about God from His account of creation?
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