The believer has understanding of Christian truth (Eph.1:18 3:9).ī) Those who receive the “anointing” from the Holy One know the truth ( Jn. To them the Bible’s becoming God’s Word for the sake of man’s discovery of truth and locus of revelation.Ĥ) The Holy Spirit Illuminating Believers.Ī) Jesus promised that when the Holy Spirit came He would guide believers into all truth (John 16:13-18), and this includes the deep things of God (1 Cor. Neo-orhodoxy confuses revelation and illumination. It involves the reading of the Word of God and happens on a daily basis. Inspiraiton has ceased.Ĭ) Illumination is the Holy Spirit causing the believer to clearly understand and apply the truth today. Inspiration involved the Holy Spirit moving specific, chosen men. It is a completed canon and cannot be added to. It involves the writing of the Word of God. Revelation has ceased.ī) Inspiration occurred when the writers if Scripture received and recorded His truth and Holy Spirit superintended the writings of Scripture. The Difference between Revelation, Inspiration and Illumination.Ī) Revelation occurs when God “unveils” it is God revealing Himself to man. Illumination is understanding God’s Word through the Holy Spirit.ģ. Inspiration described God’s Word written. The writers of the Bible had illumination by the Spirit in writing the books they wrote. The unspiritual living hinders the normal illuminating work of the Spirit of God in the mind and heart of the child of God. The carnal man is a brother but is limited to spiritual truth because of his sinfulness or immaturity. Men have wilfully turned from the truth of God and He gave them up to a “reprobate mind” and “Vile affections” (Rom.1:19-32).ĭ) Carnal believers are in darkness. And “…the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” (John14:17. Satan has “blinded the minds of those who believe not” (2 Cor. Christ explains it to Nicodemus, “Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God” (Jn.3:3).ī) The Gentile are in darkness and blinded (John 1:5 Eph.5:11 1 John 2:11).Ĭ) I All unbelievers are blinded. Four Forms of Blindness (Lewis Sperry Chafer Vol 1 Systematic Theology).Ī) The Jews are in darkness and are blinded:- (Isa. N.B The Spirit still illuminates today.ģ. “Spiritual understanding is “Spirit given” (Col. The searching character of future judgment (1 Cor.4:5). “However, when He, the Spirit of truth has come, He will guide you into all truth for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak and He will tell you things to com”(John 16:13). The Holy Spirit Illuminates the Scripture. Since he is “dead spiritually” and does not “welcome” God’s truth and cannot “understand” he needs to become alive by the Spirit of God in order to see and understand “spiritual things.” (1 Cor. The natural man is “blinded” and in “darkness” since the fall of Adam. He brings the enlightening experience of salvation (Heb. 2:10) can bring realisation to the darkened minds and hearts of those who are “dead in sin” (Eph.2:1-5). The Holy Spirit is the Searcher of “the deep things of God” (1 Cor. The enlightening experience of salvation only comes by the Spirit. Jesus speaks of “blind leaders of the blind” (Matt. 1:10).ĭ) “Without the Spirit” the natural man cannot receive what Christians tell him. General illumination or enlightening that Christ brings to all men especially through the gospel (John 1:9 2 Tim. It is a life long ministry of the Holy Spirit to ChristiansĬ) Illumination starts before we are Christians when the Holy Spirit “convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgement. Illumination is applying God’s revealed truth to our hearts so that we grasp the reality of it for ourselves. By inspiration he provided the truth by illumination he interpreted it for us. It is an awareness of spiritual things.ī) Illumination comes when we read or hear the Word of God or when it is explained by gifted Bible teachers and writers. It helps us to grasp and love revelation. The Holy Spirit helps a believer understand the truth in scripture. The Spirit opens and unveils our minds, hearts and attitudes so that we can understand (Eph.1:17-18 3:18-19 2 Cor. 1 a) Illumination has to do with understanding, enlightenment and applying the scriptures.
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