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Gökler Tanrı’nın görkemini açıklamakta, Gökkubbe ellerinin eserini duyurmakta. Mezmur 19:1

Psalm 19:1 ESV

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Burada aranızda olmak gerçekten harika, uzun bir aranın ardından yine kilisemize gelmek çok teşvik edici. Sanıyorum ki bazılarınız takip etti. 12000 km’den fazla yol yaptık Amerika’da. Bir çok dostumuzu gözdük, bir çok yerde konuşma yapma ve vaaz verme fırsatı yakaladık. Rab bu zamanı yüreklerimizi yenilemek, ruhumuzu dinlendirmek için kullandı. Yolculuğumuzun en ilginç yanlarından bir tanesi de bir çok yeri görme fırsatımız oldu. Bu kadar uzun bir süre boyunca farklı yerlere gittiğinizde, doğal hayatın aktif bir şekilde değiştiğine tanık oluyorsunuz. Bazı yerler dağlar ve göllerle kaplı iken bazı yerler, ovalar ve çöllerle kaplı, bazı yerlerde okyanus olabildiğine uçsuz bucaksızken, bazı yerlerde kanyonlar uçsuz bucaksız. Ancak ne tür bir coğrafi güzelliği severseniz sevin. Her bir noktada Tanrı’nın inanılmaz parmak izlerini görebiliyorsunuz.

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Doğa aslında sadece işlevsel özellikleri yada görsel güzelliğinden ibaret değil. Nasıl göründüğünün ötesinde bize ne söylediğide bir o kadar değerli.

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Nature exists not for a merely natural but for a moral end; not alone for what it is, but for what it says or declares. God looks upon nature as a basis of language. The heavenly objects are signs. Signs are vehicles of ideas. They say something. The universe is God’s telephone system, His grand signal system by which He flashes messages from the heights above to the deepest valleys below. The material system is God’s great instrument of conversation. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.”

God’s world is not a veil hiding the Creator’s power and majesty; “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” (). The natural order proves that there is a mighty and majestic Creator. Paul says the same in , and in calls Aratus, a Greek poet, to witness that every living person was created by the same God. Paul also affirms that the goodness of the Creator is evident from kindly providences (; cf. ), and that some at least of the demands of His law are apparent to every human conscience (, ), along with the uncomfortable certainty of eventual judgment (). These evident certainties are the content of general revelation.

The Reformation Study Bible: English Standard Version General Revelation

God’s world is not a veil hiding the Creator’s power and majesty; “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” (Ps. 19:1). The natural order proves that there is a mighty and majestic Creator. Paul says the same in Rom. 1:19–21, and in Acts 17:28 calls Aratus, a Greek poet, to witness that every living person was created by the same God. Paul also affirms that the goodness of the Creator is evident from kindly providences (Acts 14:17; cf. Rom. 2:4), and that some at least of the demands of His law are apparent to every human conscience (Rom. 2:14, 15), along with the uncomfortable certainty of eventual judgment (Rom. 1:32). These evident certainties are the content of general revelation.

General revelation is so called because it comes to everyone, just through their being alive in God’s world. God has revealed Himself this way from the start of human history. He actively discloses these aspects of Himself to everyone, so that failure to thank and serve the Creator is always a sin against knowledge. In the end no denial of having received this knowledge will be admitted. Paul uses God’s universal revelation of His power and goodness as the basis for his indictment of the whole human race as sinful and guilty before God for our failure to serve Him as we should (Rom. 1:18–3:19).

God has added to general revelation the further revelation of Himself as the Savior of sinners through Jesus Christ. This revelation, accomplished in history and written in Scripture, is called “special revelation.” It includes explicit verbal statement of all that general revelation tells us about God.

General revelation is so called because it comes to everyone, just through their being alive in God’s world. God has revealed Himself this way from the start of human history. He actively discloses these aspects of Himself to everyone, so that failure to thank and serve the Creator is always a sin against knowledge. In the end no denial of having received this knowledge will be admitted. Paul uses God’s universal revelation of His power and goodness as the basis for his indictment of the whole human race as sinful and guilty before God for our failure to serve Him as we should ().

God has added to general revelation the further revelation of Himself as the Savior of sinners through Jesus Christ. This revelation, accomplished in history and written in Scripture, is called “special revelation.” It includes explicit verbal statement of all that general revelation tells us about God.

Burada aranızda olmak gerçekten harika, uzun bir aranın ardından yine kilisemize gelmek çok teşvik edici. Sanıyorum ki bazılarınız takip etti. 12000 km’den fazla yol yaptık Amerika’da

Peki ne açıdan Tanrı’nın görkemine tanıklık ediyoruz.

Doğanın Varlığı, Tanrı’nın Varlığına Tanıklı Ediyor

Tanrı yaratılışı ile varlığını açıklıyor fakat insanlık buna karşı koyuyor. O kadar çok eğitimli, entellektüel kişi.

Yaratılışın Büyüklüğü, Tanrı’nın Sınırsızlığını Deklare Ediyor

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Büyük Kanyon

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Doğa’da ki Uyum, Denge ve Düzen, Tanrı’nın Değişmezliğini İşaret Ediyor

Doğa’nın Farklılığı, Tanrı’nın Cömertliğini Gösteriyor

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Doğa’nın Güzelliği, Tanrı’nın İyiliğini Açıklıyor

3. The Uniformity of Nature Declares His Unity

4. The Regularity of Nature Discloses His Unchangeableness

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6. The Adaptations of Nature Unveil His Wisdom

7. The Happiness of Nature Displays His Goodness

Nature tells us to think of God. God would have us contemplate nature. It is not His only revelation, but it is a very great and beautiful one. God’s testimony is of both the works and the Word. Nature is a volume in which the Godhead of the Creator is plainly discoverable. Scripture is the volume in which all may read the Divine will concerning them. Study both.

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Nature exists not for a merely natural but for a moral end; not alone for what it is, but for what it says or declares. God looks upon nature as a basis of language. The heavenly objects are signs. Signs are vehicles of ideas. They say something. The universe is God’s telephone system, His grand signal system by which He flashes messages from the heights above to the deepest valleys below. The material system is God’s great instrument of conversation. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.”

1. The Fact of Nature Reveals the Being of God

2. The Vastness of Nature Shows His Immensity

3. The Uniformity of Nature Declares His Unity

4. The Regularity of Nature Discloses His Unchangeableness

5. The Variety of Nature Manifests His Exhaustlessness

6. The Adaptations of Nature Unveil His Wisdom

7. The Happiness of Nature Displays His Goodness

Nature tells us to think of God. God would have us contemplate nature. It is not His only revelation, but it is a very great and beautiful one. God’s testimony is of both the works and the Word. Nature is a volume in which the Godhead of the Creator is plainly discoverable. Scripture is the volume in which all may read the Divine will concerning them. Study both.

Hallock