KNOWING GOD BY REVELATION

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KNOWING GOD BY REVELATION

…………………..No man knoweth who the son is, but the father; and who the father is , but the son, and he to who the son will reveal him. Luke 10:22

In addition to the written word of God, revelation is another way of knowing Him.
I mean God revealing himself to us. This he could do by way of dreams, visions, special encounters (like it happened to apostle Paul and some others. This is very powerful because in it, God is dealing with us – directly and rarely do we have inhibitions. Most people who lived and are transformed by god’s direct revelations rarely look back!

God chooses whom to reveal himself to. For instance, He chose to reveal himself to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and latter to Moses. (Exodus 6:1-6.) and to other early fathers and leaders of Israel. God reveal himself to his prophets, many of who had not known him closely before such encounters, such as Amos! (Amos 7:14-15)

Another example was that of Samuel where the Bible categorically states the two conditions of Samuel; one where he had not known God and the other where God has been revealed to him.
Now Samuel DID NOT YET KNOW THE LORD, neither was the word of the Lord yet REVEALED to him (1 Samuel 3;7)

Then later we have this account:

And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh, for the Lord REVEALED HIMSELF to Samuel in Shiloh, by the word of the Lord. (1 Samuel 3:21)

In the New Testament, a classic example of knowing God by revelation was that of St. Paul who was instantly turned from a murderer to a servant of God – by the Revelation of God which he had on his way to Damascus (and at various other occasions in his ministry).

THE PURPOSE OF REVELATIONS.

Revelations are powerful messages sent down by God directly, to the receiver!
God reveals Himself not just for the fun of it. His revelations carry powerful messages. For instance His revelations to Paul were loaded with great conviction for the Gentile world (Acts 9:15). Making this clear, the Lord said:
…........For I have APPEARED unto thee FOR THIS PURPOSE – to make thee a minister and a witness both of THESE THINGS WHICH THOU HAST SEEN, and of those things in which I WILL APPEAR UNTO THEE: Delivering thee from the GENTILES, unto whom now I send thee (Acts 26:16&17)

Testifying to this by his own mouth, St. Paul also says;

How that by REVELATION He made known unto me the mystery ….......... Which in other ages was not made known unto the SONS of men, as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. That the GENTILES should be fellow heirs and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ…. .........(Ephesians 3:3, 5&6)

In the same way God’s revelation to John in the Island of Patmos was with a message;

…..........To show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass......…. (Revelation 1:1).

In the Old Testament, God revealed Himself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as ‘God ALMIGHTY’, with a promise to give unto them the land of the Canaanites for an heritage. But by the hour of fulfillment of that promise, He chose to reveal Himself to Moses and the children of Israel as “JEHOVAH”, saying:
I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians… with a stretched out hand and with great judgment (Exodus 6:1-6)

YOU TOO CAN RECEIVE

Dear Readers, the God of revelation, He is your God. Have you known Him by revelation? Do you want Him to reveal Himself to you? Daniel asked and God gave him revelations concerning the entire Jewish people and terrible events yet to come. Let’s read that account:

Yea, whiles I was SPEAKING IN PRAYER, even the man, Gabriel, whom I had SEEN in the VISION of the beginning, …. TOUCHED me about the time of the evening oblation. And HE INFORMED me, and TALKED WITH ME, and said, O’ Daniel, I am now come forth to GIVE THEE… UNDERSTANDING. (Daniel 9:21&22)

Praise God. We have a LIVING GOD who relates to His children in a living way, even by visions and revelations! So, if Daniel, why not you! Ask!

St. Paul, another man that interacted with God much through great visions (11 Corinthians 12:1-7) agrees that we can receive revelation of God by merely asking. Thus, knowing the importance of revelation to the believer, he asked on behalf of his converts (ordinary Believers) in Ephesus that they too might receive. He said:

…........Making mention of you in my PRAYERS, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory – may GIVE unto you THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION in the KNOWLEDGE OF HIM. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may KNOW…..............
(Ephesians 1:16-18)

You see, this summarizes it all. God gives revelations and through revelations we know Him. So, why not ask! But remember, revelations are messages. As the end time has come, the Spirit of revelation is quite busy revealing the Father’s will to all who are WILLING to “receive and to go” on errand for Him. God will not continue to reveal to us if we prove disobedient and too rigid for the “new thing” He is doing. If you know that you are simple and open at heart, then ask and you shall receive wonderful revelations of God!

GOD BLESS YOU

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