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REVELATION

WHAT I LONG TO COMMUNICATE IN MY
MESSAGE ON REVELATION

I desire to prove that every part of the Bible is given to unveil
the Lord Jesus to our hearts. Only the Holy Spirit can reveal
Christ in the Scriptures. A merely academic study of the Bible
will never reveal Christ. The Bible, like the Lord Jesus, has
both a human side and a divine side. Only God can reveal God.
Mastering the human side of the Bible without receiving the
Holy Spirit’s revelation of Christ will cause us to become
increasingly proud. We need the Bible, the revelation of Christ,
and we need a revelation of the revelation to have a heart
knowledge of Him.

The Indispensable Principle

As we come to look in the word there is a principle of Bible
study that is absolutely indispensable. If we substitute what is
helpful for what is indispensable God will not use it anymore.
Only God can reveal God. So, we come as little children and
we say, “Show me Jesus.” John 6:45, “It is written in the
prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who