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A Solid Foundation
kind of light? It’s the light “of the glory of Christ, who is
the image of God.” This is not magical. It’s not mystical in
the sense of something appearing that is really not there.
Jesus Christ is the kind of divine-human person whose
moral and spiritual and supernatural glory—his beauty
and worth and greatness—shines through God’s word. It
authenticates Scripture as true.
GOD-SHAPED TEMPLATE IN YOUR SOUL
This is why I say there is a divine glory that shines through
the Scriptures that fits perfectly with the God-shaped template
in your heart. In that way, it authenticates the truth
and value of the Bible.
Yes, I do believe that there is a God-shaped template—
a kind of indirect knowledge of God—in every human
soul. The Bible puts it like this. Speaking of all humanity,
it says, “What can be known about God is plain to them.
. . . Although they knew God, they did not honor him as
God” (Rom. 1:19, 21).
The Bible teaches that this knowing in every soul makes
us all responsible to see the glory of God in nature. In the
same way, we are also responsible to see the glory of God in
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