How’d He Do That? General Revelation 3:

Religious longings -

Theologians tell us that God has used two primary means of revealing Himself to us - General revelation and Special revelation. In the first post on this subject, I looked at General Revelation as found in Creation. The second part looked at General the revelation of our moral character. This third part looks at the universal longing to worship. I believe that to date, no people group has been discovered who lack a sense of awe before the supernatural. Atheists pretend this isn’t so, hence the descriptor “fool” as it is used in the Bible. Be it dung beetles or God Himself humans have a “sense of deity” as Calvin notes. Luther rightly states that humans will either worship God or an idol but worship we will.

While I’ve talked about God’s revelation to us, it’s important to note that this revelation is not something external to ourselves. Even with the fact of creation, we know at a fundamental level that it is God and not we ourselves who is at the top of things. Only when we humble ourselves to that inner knowledge do we awaken to the reality of things. When people refuse to adopt that attitude the door to further revelation is closed. A continuation of that hardened heart will lead to a point whereby revelation cannot be desired even in the smallest sense.

God promises to hold us accountable for refusing general revelation.