Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

world? For since in the wisdom of God the world
through its wisdom did not know him, God was
pleased through the foolishness of what was
preached to save those who believe" (1 Cor. 1:20,
21, NIV).
The way we learn to know God from the Bible
differs from all other methods of acquiring
knowledge. We cannot place ourselves above God
and treat Him as an object to be analyzed and
quantified. In our search for a knowledge of God
we must submit to the authority of His selfrevelation--the
Bible. Since the Bible is its own
interpreter, we must subject ourselves to the
principles and methods it provides. Without these
Biblical guidelines we cannot know God.
Why did so many of the people of Jesus' day
fail to see God's self-revelation in Jesus? Because
they refused to subject themselves to the guidance
of the Holy Spirit through the Scriptures, they
misinterpreted God's message and crucified their
Saviour. Their problem was not one of intellect. It
was their closed hearts that darkened their minds,
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