Have you ever considered how much you can truly know about God just from the world around you—and why that still isn’t enough? In this sermon from the series “That Which May Be Known,” we explore the necessity and truthfulness of God’s revelation, then move into the foundational distinction between general and special revelation. Drawing from Romans 1, Psalm 19, Acts 14 and 17, and other key passages, the message shows how creation, conscience, and even everyday things like seeds, stars, and ants testify to God’s eternal power, wisdom, goodness, and divine nature—leaving humanity without excuse.

Yet, if general revelation powerfully displays God’s glory, why do we still grope in darkness without His Word? This sermon answers that by highlighting the limits of creation’s witness and the indispensable role of special revelation—God’s direct self-disclosure in His Word and ultimately in Jesus Christ. Listeners are urged to see Scripture not as a mere religious book, but as God personally unveiling Himself, His will, His redemptive purpose, and our true condition. The goal is not bare information, but transformation: to move from vague notions of God to a deeper, accurate, and personal knowledge that shapes our lives and fuels our gratitude and worship.

In this introductory message to the series “That Which May Be Known,” Pastor-Teacher Josh Strelecki explains why the church must give focused attention to knowing God as He has revealed Himself. He highlights the growing ignorance of the true God in the culture and even within professing Christianity, where many construct a “god” of their own imagination. Drawing from Job, 1 Corinthians, and Romans, he shows that humanity cannot “by searching find out God”; unaided human senses, reason, and intuition cannot arrive at a true and full knowledge of Him. Without God’s self-disclosure, we would remain in darkness about God’s identity, our own nature, the origin and purpose of creation, the problem of sin, and the reality of judgment and salvation.

Pastor Strelecki then emphasizes that God has graciously chosen to reveal Himself, and that this is both our greatest need and our greatest privilege. God has unveiled Himself in creation, in history, in Scripture, and supremely in the Lord Jesus Christ. The series will unfold in three parts: “Finding Out God” (revelation, illumination, God’s existence and attributes), “The Determinate Counsel of God” (His plan, will, and purpose in Christ), and “God Hath Revealed” (how He works out that counsel in progressive revelation and redemption). His stated aim is that believers would not merely accumulate facts about God, but truly know Him personally, applying His revealed character to their lives so that gratitude, faith, and Christlike transformation deepen as they behold Him in His Word.