Chapter two
OK, folks. Now it's time for chapter two. Post your thoughts in the 'comments' section. Thanks!
posted by C G | 10:04 PM
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2 Comments:
Chapter two is good on 'General awareness of God'. I'm interested in the way that all fallen humans possess 'guilty knowledge' of God (p. 13).
A question: can the moral standards of pagan nations, assumed by the prophets, be identified as 'the moral law' in the Ex 20 sense? Rom 3 says that law was given so that 'all the world' may be guilty before God. Acts 15 seems to imply that Gentiles are under the Noahic laws - and I understand this to be the opinion of Jewish theologians. I don't want to open up the can of worms about the obligation of the Sabbath, but I can't remember any passage in which Gentile nations were condemned for failing to observe it. The question, then, is whether we understand the law that makes the world guilty to be associated with the 10 Commandments, as a summary of the moral law, or not?
CG, very interesting point you raise. See my Shed on Shedd blog for an interesting application of the inward conscience of the Gentiles.
The thing about this chapter that intrigued me was the emphasis on predictive prophecy - I wasn't sure of the purpose of writing at such length on this. I've heard cessationist preacher/teachers talk about the relative lack of miracles and prophecy in the Bible history - perhaps we need a more biblical theology after all!?
I'm not sure about the distinction between mental faculties and spiritual faculties (top of p17), although I think I know what Culver is getting at - these things are something of a mystery.
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