STRONGHOLD OF TRUTH s Truth." The Holy Spirit has as one of His titles-"the Spirit of Truth." And we are told that every one that is of the truth heareth Christ's voice (John 18 :37). Now let us proceed step by step in regard to this question of Divine revelation. I. I think I shall carry you all with me when I say that Revelation is possible. If we believe that God exists and is Almighty, then of course He can communicate Himself to us. No one will deny the possibility of a revelation, unless he is prepared to deny the existence of God. The Bible pre-supposes, takes. for granted, the existence of God, and never attempts to prove it. "In the beginning God!" vVe must learn to do the same. Revelation is possible, because God is, and is Almighty. II. Revelation is probable.-We ought to agree with this, for the reason that self-revelation is natural to us. We cannot help communicating ourselves to others. Interest and love prompt the communication of self. Since, then, God is love, the fact that He is love implies that He will-I was going to say that He must-com municate Himself, because it is the essence of love to reveal itself. Love would not be love unless it communi cated itself to others. Therefore the fact that God is love suggests at least the probability of revelation. III. Reve/a.tion is necessary.-There are two things essential for life-Knowledge and Power: what :Mat thew Arnold once called "light and leading." And surely no one can say these things are unnecessary, for we are faced with that which the Bible calls sin. Sin has brought uncertainty, and this demands knowledge. Sin has brought weakness, and this necessitates power. I need not spend any more time in proving that revelation is necessary. In ·nr. Orr's little book, Revelation and Inspiration, it is said that there is probably no proposition on which the higher religious philosophy of the past century is more agreed than this, that all religion originates in revela tion. The only questions are, What is this revelation? and how does it come?
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