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Getting to Know God God’s Incomprehensibility

In last month’s issue of JOY! Magazine we considered Genesis chapter 1 and what the creation account tells us about God. Before that, we discussed the importance of revelation, the doctrine that states that in order for us to properly know God, He must reveal Himself to us. Fortunately He has done just that, through His creation and more clearly through the Bible, which we called “God’s self-revelation.” In this issue, we will look at the topic of God’s incomprehensibility.

Why we need revelation

There is a twofold reason why we need God’s revelation. First, as finite sinners, our understanding

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