A knowable God? How God reveals Himself through His Word, character and deeds

Abstract

In this study, the predominant venture is to illustrate how an appropriate view of God and a solid foundational understanding of His predictability as theologically and dogmatically described in His Word are of paramount importance in our search for truth. The centre of interest will be God in His relationship with humankind. This includes investigating God's Word, character and deeds in order to answer the question of whether God can be said to be knowable and predictable. In this study, I attend to God's provision of His Word, the believer's source of authority from which we derive "dogma", a study into His actions as revealed in history (past, present and future), as well as His character (God's goodness and God's greatness, God's transcendence and God's immanence). In answering the question on whether God is knowable and predictable, I conclude that God is simultaneously revealed and hidden, predictable and unpredictable at the same time.