Sinclair B. Ferguson

Yesterday I said that I thought we probably needed to think more about this biblical idea that since the whole of creation is a revelation of God, then nothing is ultimately atheistic.

Yesterday I said that I thought we probably needed to think more about this biblical idea that since the whole of creation is a revelation of God, then nothing is ultimately atheistic.

There's no last exit from divine revelation.

There's no last exit from divine revelation.

I mentioned a Dutch theologian, Herman Bavinck.

I mentioned a Dutch theologian, Herman Bavinck.

Let me mention another great Dutch theologian, Abraham Kuyper.

Let me mention another great Dutch theologian, Abraham Kuyper.

Here's a beautiful statement he makes in his Encyclopedia of Theology when he says, if the cosmos is the theater of revelation, in this theater, man is both actor and spectator.

Here's a beautiful statement he makes in his Encyclopedia of Theology when he says, if the cosmos is the theater of revelation, in this theater, man is both actor and spectator.

We were thinking yesterday about being spectators of revelation.

We were thinking yesterday about being spectators of revelation.

But we're also actors on the stage.

But we're also actors on the stage.

Why is that?

Why is that?

Because we're made as the image of God.

Because we're made as the image of God.

We're made to reflect God.

We're made to reflect God.