REVELATION-SPECIAL
General
Revelation Specific Revelation
Given to all Given to few
Intended for
all Intended
for all
Sufficient
for condemnation Sufficient for
salvation
Declares
God's greatness Declares
God's grace
Author Unknown
Theologians
regularly speak of general revelation and special revelation. By the former is
meant that non-redemptive knowledge of God to be found in creation and
conscience, a knowledge that is universally accessible (hence, “general”). By
the latter is meant that redemptive knowledge of God as revealed in the person
of Christ, the living Word of God, and in the Bible, the written Word of God, a
knowledge that is restricted to the recipients of saving grace (hence,
“special”).
Sam Storms
General Revelation, November 8, 2006, www.enjoyinggodministries.com.
General
revelation is the essential prerequisite to special revelation. And special
revelation is that which redemptively supplements and
interprets general revelation. Therefore, if by God's gracious and sovereign
enablement and enlightenment, any unbeliever responds positively to the
revelation of God in nature (and conscience), God will take the necessary steps
to reach him or her with the good news of Christ whereby they may be saved.
Sam Storms
General Revelation, November 8, 2006, www.enjoyinggodministries.com.
Used by Permission.
God does not reveal information by communication: He
reveals Himself by communion. Revelation is a personal meeting of God with man.
It is a meeting of mind with mind or person with person
Sam
Storms
Special Revelation II, November 8, 2006, www.enjoyinggodministries.com.
Used by Permission.
The
one is addressed generally to all intelligent creatures, and is therefore
accessible to all men; the other is addressed to a special class of sinners, to
whom God would make known His salvation. The one has in view to meet and supply
the natural need of creatures for knowledge of their God; the other to rescue
broken and deformed sinners from their sin and its consequences.
B.B Warfield
Revelation and Inspiration.