"Does God Reveal Himself in Creation?"

 

Psalm 19:1-6: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.  Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge.  There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.  Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.  In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun, which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices like a strong man to run its race.  Its rising is from one end of heaven, and its circuit to the other end; and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

 

Does God leave a witness for Himself in nature that people can see without the written Word?  Psalm 19 answers that, and we trust that our outline regarding this will be of benefit in answering this question.  Tomorrow we will conclude with the Revelation of the Lord that is written in His Word.

 

I. The Power of God in Nature  (Psalm 19:1-6)

A.  The Subject of the Revelation—The Heavens declare the Glory of God

1.    The contemplation of nature must not lead to the deification of nature—the heavens have received their limits from God who is alone Infinite and Almighty (vv. 1-3).  I have told you that the latest book on Albert Einstein has a chapter on faith in which I found that he said to a group of his atheist scientist friends that they are limited by books, but his books are the planets and the stars that reveal God’s creation.  The glory of God is revealed in nature.

a.     Nature declares the wisdom, power, love and faithfulness of God

b.    The language of the heavens is not like any dialect of earth, but it is one that speaks to the devout and understanding heart.

2.    Even the sun, worshipped by so many nations as the king of heaven, receives the measure of its motion from the hand of God (vv. 4b-6)

B.   The Importance of this Revelation

1.    To the discerning eye, the glorious sun declares the glory of God all over the earth.

2.    It is by faith that we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, and so we are led up from the glory of nature to the Creator of that glory (Hebrews 11:3)

3.    The sum of this section is that the same God who created the natural world is the giver of a law, and this law is in all respects worthy of its author.  Our only satisfaction after viewing God’s power in nature is to find the moral law that empowers our salvation.

 

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