GOD'S REVELATION OF HIMSELF

John 5:39

God reveals Himself in these WAYS, and all these are through His church.

I. The Way of His Salvation.

In His Pages.

John 5:39 (AV)

39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

In His Purpose.

1 Timothy 2:4 (AV)

4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

In His Persons.

1 John 5:7 (AV)

7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

II. The Way of His Sanctification.

In His Plan.

Ephesians 4:1 (AV)

1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

In His Place.

John 14:1–3 (AV)

1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

In His Payment.

Colossians 1:14 (AV)

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

III. The Way of His Service.

In His Placement.

1 Timothy 1:12 (AV)

12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

In His Power.

Acts 1:8 (AV)

8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

In His Preparation.

Luke 24:49 (AV)

49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.