EPST: Natural Revelation Flashcards
What is the idea of revelation?
man is able to know reality, he is able to reason an effect back to cause
how do we get revelation?
He reveals himself in his word and creation
What is natural revelation?
the knowledge and information about God that can be derived from creation.
Who argues that god reveals himself through nature (to argue outside of scriptures teaching)?
Clement of Alexandria, Augustine, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, William Daley
what is natural theology from creation (Aquinas)?
the idea that we can know specific things about God from what we derive from creation.
What were Aquinas’s arguments for natural theology?
argument from motion, causation, possibility and necessity, gradation, purpose
Cornelius Van Til argued that nothing can be known with out —?
acknowledging God as its cause
What do we know about God from his creation?
he is glorious and a creator (Psalm 19); he has wrath towards sin, he is knowable, powerful, eternal, God (Romans 1)
What is Science?
our observation or study of the truths God as reviewed through nature that is reflective of his truths.
What does science demonstration about God?
He desires to be known, he has power, he is beautiful, he is reliable, he is personal.
Can only believers understand natural revelation?
no it can be clearly seen and known by all
What does conscience have to do with natural revelation?
we have a law written on our hearts that points to a
conscience testifies that there is…
morality, a rule giver, judge
How is common grace a form of natural revelation?
There is regularity (one who made things regular) which shows provision
Humans have limitations and are…?
Finite, perspectival, fallible, sinful, bound.
