Basis for Theology: God Reveals

bryan on July 2nd, 2008

It is standard for many that when they start the conversation we call theology that they start with the Bible as the first basis. While the Bible is certainly very important to how we do theology, there is an important first thought which we imply, which is two-fold: there is a God, this God reveals Himself.

When we want to start this conversation, we start by asserting that there is a God, for the basis of a conversation about the nature of God must start with a statement that there is a God. And further to begin a discussion about God we must also assume that this God is knowable. Stating that we can know God already puts us apart from some who would say “there might be a god, but I am not sure that we could really know this god.”

The basis of Christianity is this idea that God reveals Himself, from the story of the beginning of Israel as God coming to Abraham, throughout Israel’s history and culminating in God revealing Himself in Jesus, who is fully human and yet fully divine. Jesus shows us the character of God by how He lives. At one point there is a discussion with His disciples when they ask Him to show them the Father. Jesus replies that by seeing Him, they have seen the Father.

Although usually we imply this though, it is important that we realize it is there before we start a conversation on foundations for having a conversation about who God is and how He interacts with us.

This is a continuation in our Basis for Theology series. Click the links below to see the other entries.

Basis for Theology: Introduction

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