On the matter of Special Revelation, we need to consider just a couple of other matters. First, what about places in the NT that speak of a “revelation” that occurs in the life of one who believes in Christ? Jesus reveals the Father to those who come to Him (Matt. 11:25-30). Jesus told Peter that his knowledge of Christ had not come from man but was revealed to him by God (Matt. 16:17). In 1 Cor. 2:6-10 we see that God has revealed to believers the wondrous things He has prepared for them. Paul referred to his moment of salvation as the time when Christ was revealed in his heart (Gal. 1:16).
What is this revelation? First, it is not a new content of
revelation. It is not what we call
Special Revelation. It is the personal
experience of one who believed in Christ.
It is a New Covenant experience.
Jeremiah spoke of this, saying no more shall every man teach his neighbor,
and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know Me (Jer.
31:31-34, 3sp. v34). It is what we call
a relationship with God, not knowing about God.
But we can also say that this “personal
revelation” by which we come into relation with Christ is dependent on Special
Revelation. Jesus said that the
Scriptures testify of Me (Jn. 5:39-40).
The Scriptures are able to make one wise for salvation (2 Tim.
3:15). The implanted word (not
just heard or thought about but planted deep in the heart) is able to save
your souls (Jas. 1:21). We have been
born again of incorruptible seed through the word of God
(1 Pt. 1:23-25). If we are to come to
Christ by faith, the best thing we can do is to immerse ourselves in the Bible,
the word of God!
This leads us to our
second question and conclusion to our study of Special Revelation: why must the
Scriptures be translated? Hopefully this
is easily answered in light of our studies.
·
The universal character of Christianity is the
necessity which calls for the translation of the Christian revelation.
·
In order to fulfill "the stewardship of the
Bible" the Church must translate the Scriptures. We do this by...
o
Preserving the Scriptures
o
Understanding the Scriptures
o
Interpreting the Scriptures
o
Translating the Scriptures
·
The intention of the translation of the
Scriptures is to provide a national or regional church with a Scripture which
is for that church a product of special revelation.
· Because no translation is a perfect reproduction of the graphe in its original languages, the Christian Church can never grant any version the same status as it does the graphe in its original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
· The goal of the Christian Church in translating the Scriptures is to give every national or regional church the Christian graphe in its own language.
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