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Reality of the Supernatural

Date recorded: 2 Jun 2005 | Speaker: Wim Rietkerk
Reality of the Supernatural

Description

This session argues that it is very difficult to reach the hearts of "modern" people because they live in a horizontal world as "a closed system of cause and effect" (F.A.S.), with no awareness of the supernatural. The first step of coming to believe is to break through that reality. As we read in the book of Acts, the proclamation of the Gospel followed the demonstration. This session explores the different stages in this process. In the second half of this study we realise that the spiritual climate of the so called "post-modern" is different. Today there is a "revival" of the supernatural. This leads us to other passages in the Scriptures, like the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke16), where the Lord puts the following words in Abraham's mouth: "They have Moses and the prophets. If they do not believe them, even if someone would be raised from the death, they would not believe him."