If there was no word of God

If there was no word of God to tell us anything how should we be comforted that when we die we shall be meeting a fair judge? How would we know if we were found guilty whether there was any way to have redeemed ourselves? Our senses would have told us that there is a God by reason. But how would we know what to expect if by being good we would dwell in his presence forevermore? Would it have been for our good or ill? How would we know what pleases him or what he loathes?

There was a travelling girl who came to the church after the service had finished. She joined us for lunch and I had the opportunity to engage her in a discussion. She described herself as an optimistic agnostic. I acknowledged her views and asked her whether she was actively seeking or wanted to know for definite if there was a God. She was content with her situation and at the same time curious.

I explained to her that we can only know who God is by revelation, that is God has to reveal himself to us for us to know anything about him for she had said there was a great many religion and in someways they are all correct and you only need pick one or all of it. I said yes indeed there are many religion but what matters is choosing the right one because all cannot be true as they contradict each other.

I explained to her that if God was a father, yea a loving father then it would be his natural disposition to want to reveal himself to his children. And also that if God is the creator and has made the man a relational being because he has made them in his image, then surely it would be natural for him to want to reveal himself to us and not leave us in the dark. God desires to be known. It is said that the whole world is full of his glory. Every atom of creation, every hue, every flower ought to bring us to reflect on the beauty of the one who created it all.

Anyways I pressed on on the truth of revelation which was revealed in Jesus and that Jesus was the supreme one and the Son of God. I said that he was not merely a prophet but God himself in the flesh and that through him we know God and his will. By the end of the conversation, she was encouraged to read the words of Jesus for herself as it is written in John's gospel and to see whether he is as he says he is, namely the Son of God whom we must all bow the knee.

I pray that the sovereign Lord who brought her into the church may open her eyes to see the beauty of Jesus and turn her heart to embrace the magnificent Son of God.

K.Oni