Question:  Hi,

            How does God, according to Genesis and Exodus, gradually reveal Himselfto humankind and how do human beings gradually realize who they are in relation to God and what God expects of them.  What is the biblical concept of who God is and who we are and should be?

            Thanks,

            Adrien

Answer:  Dear Adrien,

            God reveals Himself progressively, through the pages of  the Bible, culminating in the fact that He, in the person of Jesus, came to us as one of us – to save us from our sins, and to do for us what we can never do for ourselves.  This progressive revelation simply builds on itself.  For example, the one true God is always the one true God – but in the Old Testament we do not know the Godhead as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  We do in the New Testament.

            God’s plan is to communicate to us, primarily by the cross, that He loves us more than we can ever comprehend.  God wants us to be His children, He wants to give us a new spiritual life, because of His grace.  He loves us unconditionally, not because of who we are or what we do, but because of who He is and what has already been done.

            The difference between biblical Christianity and all other religions is that all world religions are based upon legalism – and that is spelled D-O.  Christianity is based upon the finished work of Christ on the cross, and that is spelled D-O-N-E.

            Lots more to say, but that’s a short answer.

            In Christ,

            Greg Albrecht