What is Revelation?

In this world, a majority of Christians lead a shallow Christian life. How do you know the depth of your spiritual life? If you lack emotional stability and get easily upset for the silliest trials of life, you haven't grown deep in your relationship with Jesus. It is those who know God deeply who are strong and bold. More than you know about God, about Christ and about the Bible; you must know God, you must know Christ, you must know the Bible.
 
Do you personally know whom you really ought to know?

Once there was a young man, who was on his way home after 3 long years of studies and graduation from the Bible college. He was from a village and in order to get to his home, he had to cross the river and so, he called a boatman. The boatman agreed to take him to the other side of the river.
A little later, the learned man started to converse with the boatman.
‘O boatman, do you know Christology?’ he asked.
‘No, I know nothing about it’ was the simple reply from the boatman.
After a while, the young man asked the boatman if he knew ‘pneumatology’ and ‘demonology’.
The boatman reapplied, ‘No, Sir, I have never been to any school or college. I have never studied anything.’
        ‘Well if you know nothing about these, you’ve wasted three-quarters of your life’ said the learned man, ‘what good are you then?’ The boatman felt ashamed for his ignorance, but still he kept quiet.
        When they reached the middle of the river, the learned man noticed black clouds gathering in the eastern sky. Sometime later when the storm grew wild, the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. The boatman asked the learned man, ‘don’t you know how to swim or anything about swimology? ‘No I am afraid I know nothing about this, I spent my time reading but never bothered to learn this’ was the reply from the learned man.
        ‘Then your life is a waste’ the boatman said and he jumped off the boat and swam to the shore whereas the learned man drowned.
 
You may study all the ‘ologies’ related to the Bible, but if you do not know how to apply the Word in your life, you hardly benefit from your Biblical knowledge. 
 
 
Philippians 3:10
I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
 
Instead of attaining worldly knowledge, do we know who we should know? Do we have personal contact with our ‘Maker’? 

Practical Christian life is lived progressively. We will not be completely perfect the moment we receive Jesus as our Saviour. Salvation is a journey and you have to make advancements. Paul, a senior Apostle says in Philippians 3:12; Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
Revelation from God is also received progressively. 

1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation
Peter here says to crave for the Word of God in order to grow up in your salvation. We must be desperately thirsty and crave for the unadulterated Word of God. There is a growth in salvation. We don't have to work for salvation but work it out after receiving it.
Philippians 2:12 … continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling

What is Revelation?

• A revelation is not something new. 
• Revelation is something which is true all the time but now becoming true in a new way to us personally. We suddenly understand the Word which has always been there in a totally new way. Our mind opened to it in a unique style. The Bible speaks to us differently when we are saved and know Him personally.  

In Ephesians 1:17,18, Paul prays for the people : “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit f of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people”

You would have read a particular Scripture portion many times, or heard many sermons from the same passage; but when you get a deeper understanding of that passage, it becomes a revelation to you. It becomes exciting when the Word is revealed to us.

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