Revelation Knowledge
How can we receive this revelation knowledge?
Today, church leaders proclaim different interpretations of the same Word of God when they get to apply same to discuss different situations. For instance, someone can say that Adam felt lonely in the garden of Eden and therefore God gave Eve to him. This is just the outward picture which every layman would take when the 2nd chapter in the Book of Genesis is read. The situation becomes worse when this outward picture is taken to justify, edify or exhort the body of Christ, which is the church.
Let's look at a person from the Word of God itself, who is well famous for his revelation knowledge, in order to ascertain how he had received it.
Yes, it is St. Paul, who had received many revelations right from the Holy Spirit. How can we prove it?
Well, there are 27 books in the New Testament and out of these 27 books, 13 books have been written by a single person. Who is he? Yes, it is St. Paul.
Generally, many consider St. Peter as the rock on which the church of God has been built , based on the below scripture.
Matthew 16:18
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
However what does St. Peter himself mention about the revelation knowledge of St. Paul?2 Peter 3:15-16
...even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
How come St. Paul wrote things, which seemed difficult even for St. Peter, being the rock on which the church is built, to understand?
Now,
let's look at what St. Paul himself has mentioned on how he had received
this revelation knowledge. Look at the below scripture:Ephesian 3:3-6
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;6 That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
We all know that St. Paul was the apostle chosen by Christ to be sent to the Gentiles. The above portion of the Scripture reveals the fact that revelation knowledge was given to St. Paul, above all other apostles, for the sake of making the Gentiles fellow-heirs of the same body (church of Christ) and partakers of the promise of Christ, which is eternal life in the kingdom of God, through the Gospel.
Hence, if someone needs revelation knowledge of the Word of God, they should be willing to make use of this same knowledge to bring new souls to salvation through the Gospel. In other words, God reveals hidden things in the Word of God for us to reveal same to the Gentiles and thereby win them to Christ.
That is how St. Paul got it...
Today, many church leaders have lost their focus on new souls. They always try to nourish only those, who have already been in the church for years. They do not want to go out and preach the Gospel to those who do not know the Lord at all. As a result, they miss the hidden part of the Word of God whenever they study it.
Unfortunately, those who are receiving the nourishment under these church leaders are just like spiritual babes in Christ as they remain in the same spiritual level.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
As a consequence, today, many believers tend to manifest childish talks and ideas about God and His kingdom and His judgement.
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