General Revelation and Scripture (Belgic Confession 2b)
Rev. Angus Stewart expounds Article 2 of the Belgic Confession, contrasting general revelation (God's self-disclosure through creation) with special revelation (Scripture), demonstrating that while creation reveals God's power and divinity, only Scripture fully reveals Christ and the mysteries of salvation. This resource provides a foundational Reformed understanding of how God makes Himself known and establishes the supreme authority of Scripture over natural revelation.
Rev. Angus Stewart Belgic Confession 2: By What Means God Is Made Known Unto Us We know Him by two means: first, by the creation, preservation and government of the universe; which is before our eyes as a most elegant book, wherein all creatures, great and small, are as so many characters leading us to contemplate the invisible things of God, namely, His eternal power and divinity, as the apostle Paul saith, Romans 1:20. All which things are sufficient to convince men, and leave them without...