The Self-Revealing and Accommodating God | Justin Holcomb | Theo Global

How can finite creatures understand an infinite God?  Can God be fully comprehended and known? Can God be truly known? In this presentation, Justin Holcomb explores and explains how Christian theology can understand God through God’s accommodation through self-revelation. This presentation was originally given at Theo Global South Asia.  Rev. Dr. Justin Holcomb is a Senior Fellow with Theo Global, professor at the Reformed Theological Seminary, and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books on historical theology, abuse, and biblical studies. 0:00 - How can an infinite God be revealed and known?  3:28 - God Transcends Creation. Creator and creature distinction in Western and Eastern Orthodox theology 4:00 - What we can and cannot know; God’s Essence and God’s Energies  6:20 - Scripture: Not God’s essence, but the location and record of God’s speech 7:00 - John Calvin - God’s essence is to be adored, but not inquired into 7:35 - God’s revelation is God’s condescending “accommodation” to our limited capacities (Aquinas, Chrysostom, Origen, Augustine, Clement of Alexandria) 9:30 - Finite creatures cannot perfectly know or comprehend the infinite God (Aquinas) 11:28 - John Calvin on God’s “accommodating” in revelation 15:30 - John Calvin - theology does not handle what God is, only what God is like in relation to the world 19:40 - The giving of God’s name, Yahweh: Revelation vs. speculation. 21:45 - Humans can have true knowledge of God through God’s self-revelation 22:40 - Univocal, equivocal and analogical views 25:20 - Archetypal and ectypal theology. Christian theology rests on God’s self-revelation 28:12 - We can know God truly, through His speech/revelation, although not fully. THEO GLOBAL JOURNAL Get your copy of the Theo Global Journal, including this presentation and other papers from the 2024 symposiums https://solamedia.org/tgjournal/ JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER https://solamedia.org/subscribe FOLLOW US Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/solamediaorg/ X/Twitter  https://x.com/solamediaorg  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/solamediaorg/ THEO GLOBAL Theo Global annual symposiums gather brothers and sisters who teach theology in more than 70 seminaries and Bible colleges around the world. Our annual events include South Asia, East Africa, and the Middle East. We are working to expand to Southeast Asia and Latin America in the near future. https://solamedia.org/theoglobal/ WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. https://solamedia.org/