Just as R. C. Sproul said “ Everyone’s a theologian ,” so we can also say, “Everyone’s a pragmatist, even the theologians.” You believe the theology you do both because you think it’s true, but also because you believe it works.
By the same token, we can say biblical doctrine isn’t just true, it’s practical.
Let’s test this truism with the biblical doctrine of revelation. How should the doctrine of revelation impact our Sunday gatherings?
Here are six propositions for what revelation is, and two for what it does, each of which includes a practical lesson for how it should shape your church gatherings. And here I’m restricting the propositions to God’s special revelation in Scripture. [1]
WHAT REVELATION IS
1. Divine
To start with the obvious, God’s revelation as recorded in Scripture is, well, God’s. It’s divine. In Scripture we find the record of men who “spoke from God as they were carried along by the Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21).
Therefore: God’s words are supreme and authoritative for what we do and for what we say in our church gatherings.
In terms of what we do, pastors should care far more about what the Bible says we should do in our church gatherings than
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