Earlier in the book Hoeksema teaches that the witness of the church is that God is Creator. He moves from that, to the truth that God is the living God.
“When the scriptures reveal God to us as the living God, the implication is that this harmonious relation and reaction, this fellowship, is in the highest and absolute sense in him. God is life, and he alone has life in himself. This is the great significance of the confession of the church that God is triune. This doctrine implies that God is one in essence and nature, in mind and will, in power and wisdom, in holiness and righteousness, in life and love. This means that he is a personal God and not a mere force or blind power”. ~from Knowing God and Man by Herman Hoeksema, RFPA 2006 Pg 47-48.
A dead Christ cannot save the church. Neither could he bring the kingdom of God to completion. He must needs rise and ascend and receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. Wondrous evangel of Easter! Jesus is risen indeed! And he received that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Therefore, creation was an act of self-revelation on the part of God. By it he made himself known as God who is God indeed, the one who is infinite in power and wisdom, glorious in all his perfections. Through the act of creation, God...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"We know God in Christ Jesus our Lord, and not merely with our head. Intellectually, as theology knows him; we also know him with our heart, spiritually, so that we taste that he is good and the overflowing fountain of all good. We know him and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"We know God in Christ Jesus our Lord, and not merely with our head. Intellectually, as theology knows him; we also know him with our heart, spiritually, so that we taste that he is good and the overflowing fountain of all good. We know him and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We bid a fond farewell to Prof. Cammenga this evening. We give thanks to God for His provision of such faithful preaching which He provided for us through Prof. Cammenga. The Bread of Life which he brought, like the blessing of manna in the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
She witnesses the word of God that she hears. … Therefore, when the church speaks, her speech must always assume the form of a testimony. She must preach, and to preach is to witness. The church speaks only through revelation [what God says...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"He is not only creator, but he is also redeemer. … In the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God revealed himself as the one who quickens the dead. God thereby spoke to the church that he is God, for the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
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