Confident competence in matters of faith and God is something that could be thought of as elusive for humanity. We are finite creatures, thoroughly limited in our faculties. This reality relegates the discussion of God decidedly one-sided, in that only if God initiates the communication can humanity receive any sure information about the Infinite One.
Fortunately, God has revealed Himself to mankind in nature, in His written Word of the Scriptures, and, most fully, in the incarnation of Christ Jesus. It is, then, not man's initiative to transcend to knowledge of God, but it is God's condescended to humanity that makes the communication possible at all.
There are profound implications in this, for if God did actually reveal Himself to humanity it is for purpose(s), and if God's revealing is for purpose, then to ignore that revelation is to ignore the Creator and Sustainer of all that is. On the flip side, if we do accept that God has revealed Himself to mankind in manners and mediums that are accessible for humans, then this revelation warrants more than inquiry: it demands some adherence.
That is to say because God has revealed Himself, we are obligated by our very nature to cohere to that revelation, for to neglect would be tantamount to a vessel of clay looking up at its maker and, upon hearing the potter's intention and purpose for the clay, refuses to be molded and demands to be let go of the potter's grasp.
However, as we all know, clay cannot mold itself. Clay requires the hands of the potter for its purpose and for achieving its intended design. Similarly, for us to recognize that God has revealed Himself to mankind, we would be right and wise to heed to His revelation and to cohere to that revelation as it informs our lives.
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