ExodusMagSep2017

INSIDE WORD
By Pastor Gibson Ngulube
REVELATION AND MANIFESTATION
OF GOD’S GLORY
Ephesians 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of him:
Spiritual knowledge and understanding
equals revelation.
To understand what revelation is, we first
need to distinguish between two types of
knowledge:
(1) knowledge that comes through our physical
senses and
(2) knowledge that is revealed.
Knowledge that comes from our physical
senses or Natural knowledge is the scientific,
theoretical, and practical knowledge that
comes through the senses— sight, hearing,
touch, smell, and taste. It is information or
storable data acquired and implemented in
the natural world. Mental or natural knowledge
must be sought after— an act that demands
learning and discipline.
People who live only according to this type
of knowledge often reason like this:
“I believe in what I see, hear, feel, taste,
and smell.”
“I believe in material things because they
can be understood by my senses.”
“I do not believe in God because I cannot
physically see Him and because
He does not speak to me.”
One cannot know God through sensory information
alone— though such information is
vital for living in the natural dimension
of earth.
God created the earthly dimension
and manifests Himself in it, although He
does not belong to it. He is beyond it.
The second type of knowledge is that which
is revealed by God.
Romans 16: 25-26, Now to him that is able to
establish you according to my gospel, and
the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to
the revelation of the mystery, which was kept
secret since the world began, but now is
made manifest, and by the scriptures of the
prophets, according to the commandment
of the everlasting God, made known to all
nations for the obedience of faith:
In this Scripture, the word “revelation” is
translated from the Greek word apokalypsis,
and it means “to reveal,” “remove the covering,”
or “manifest something that was hidden.”
Revealed knowledge comes directly
or indirectly from God’s Holy Spirit to the spirit
of a person, not to the person’s mind or
senses. (Matthew 16: 15– 17. flesh and blood
have not revealed this to you...)
It does not require time to learn, because
it is given instantly; it manifests
in a blink of an eye.
It cannot be researched in a book or
in any other source of information.
Revelation is a fragment of divine
knowledge that was not previously
known by the person receiving it.
It is given by the Holy Spirit in an instant.
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