Throughout the ages, man has accumulated great amounts of knowledge. We
have experienced advancements in the sciences that have led to many
technological achievements. The majority of these advancements have come
by way of mans ability to reason. In reality it comes down to the
knowledge that his five senses can understand which I call sense
knowledge. However, anything outside of the five senses that cannot be
explained becomes a guess. For instance, Charles Darwin could not fully
understand the reason for creation. He did not truly know the reason or
origin of man, nor the origin of life, motion, matter or light.
Therefore, at the end of what his senses could make tangible, he
developed a system of nothing more than ideas, theories, that were
unproven and today many accept as fact. The theory of evolution is a
product of Darwin's lack of knowledge of the aforementioned things due
to his rejection of a revelation of the Creator. His limitation was then
transformed into nothing more than the great guess that has deceived man
for over a century and a half.
Although man has advanced in many fields, he is still limited to what
his senses can achieve. Many today refuse to step beyond the sense realm
which keeps man in darkness and come into the light of revelation
knowledge. It is the lack of the revelation of God that keeps man in
this impassable chasm causing him to make one guess after another. This
is not God's doing, For it is God, "who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." (1 Timothy 2:4) If Charles Darwin would have sought the Lord, he would
have found Him and would have received the revelation knowledge that
would have supplemented his limited sense knowledge. This would have
brought him to a real conclusion of creation.
Jesus said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3) This is the only way that man can escape from his own
thinking and see the things of God. Unfortunately, many church leaders
today look to senses knowledge and have missed the freedom that comes
with revelation knowledge. They say the Bible is the Word of God but totally deny it through their words and lack of action. The Bible stands
alone among all of the books of the world as the book of a revelation
from God to man. It presents a revelation of the origin and reason for
man and creation as well as the origin of sin and mans redemption. It
provides a revelation of the new creation in man through Jesus Christ
and most important, it provides a revelation of God Himself, His nature,
character, will, purposes and plan.
Many reject the reality of God because they say that they cannot see
Him, hear Him or touch Him so He is not real. Well, think about this.
Silent movies mean nothing to a person who is blind, but it does not
mean that they are not real. Radio means nothing to a person who is deaf
but it does not mean that it is not real. In the same manner, God may
mean nothing to the person of sense knowledge but in the same way it
does not mean that He is not real. Many Christians today also operate in the same realm of sense knowledge.
They do indeed say that all things have been created by God,
but when it comes to His nature, character, will, purposes and plan,
they tend to balk. They quickly return to reasoning and in doing so have
limited
God in their lives. God is not out of reach, He
is not out of touch nor has He or His Word changed (Malachi 3:6,
Hebrews 13:8) So, it stands to reason that if Christians are struggling
in this life (apart from persecution for Christ's sake) then chances are
they too are operating through their senses and not through revelation
knowledge.
To grasp revelation knowledge is to let go of the senses and hold on to another intangible, faith. The writer of Hebrews says it this way, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews
11:1) In other words having the assured confidence that the things you
want to happen, which are inline with God's Word, will indeed happen even though there is no tangible
evidence. This is the realm that makes the impossible, possible (Matthew
17:20) This is the only realm where God responds (Hebrews 11:6) and it
is the realm that every Christian can walk in (Mark 9:23). So if you want
to come into the realm of revelation knowledge, you must yield to the
Lordship of Jesus Christ, believe God's Word has not changed nor will it
change and then act upon His Word. Grace and peace be multiplied to you...
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