PAPER NO. 96

THE PROJECT OF RATIONAL PRESUPPOSITIONAL APOLOGETICS

Rational Presuppositionalism shows Christ is Savior and Lord by showing:

  1. The clarity of General Revelation (God the Creator)

Only some (God the Creator) is eternal.

  1. There must be something eternal.
  2. Matter exists and matter is not eternal.
  3. The soul exists and the soul is not eternal.
  4. Natural order is by special creation.
  5. Moral order is by theodicy for the good (the problem of evil).
  1. The clarity of General Revelation (the natural moral law)

There is a natural moral law which is clear, comprehensive and critical.

  1. The natural moral law is for the good (teleology); the good is not virtue (deontology) or happiness (consequentialism).
  2. The natural moral law is grounded in human nature.
  3. The moral law given in human nature is also given in the Decalogue.
  1. The clarity of General Revelation (inexcusability: sin and death)

    1. The nature and existence of moral evil (sin).
    2. The nature and existence of spiritual death.
    3. The nature and existence of natural evil (physical death).
  2. Christ is Savior (redemption accomplished)

Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

  1. The relation of General Revelation (GR) and Special (Redemptive) Revelation (SR).
  2. Christian Theism: the promise and fulfillment of redemption in SR.
  3. The steps from GR to SR: necessity, content, origin, existence, transmission, completion, translation, clarity, sufficiency and interpretation of SR.
  1. Christ is Lord (redemption applied)

Christ, the eternal Word of God incarnate, rules to make God known through the Holy Spirit.

  1. The Holy Spirit enables the Church to make disciples of all nations.
  2. The Holy Spirit leads the Church into all truth through historically cumulated insight.
  3. The Holy Spirit leads the believer into the truth through regeneration and sanctification.


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