Why doesn't God reveal Himself?

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So, why doesn't God show Himself? To be honest,

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God does show Himself, but He does it in different ways with different people. First of all,

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God showed Himself in the person of Jesus Christ long ago, and even then, when Jesus, who is

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God in flesh, when

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He walked among people, many denied who He was. Second, and this is a bit subjective,

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He shows Himself to Christians in ways that Christians understand. Take, for example, how a particular

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Christian might have a problem with a particular sin and he has been praying about it, asking

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God to give him strength to resist. Then inexplicably, he might encounter several people in a very short period of time who talk to him about that exact issue, and they don't even know that he's dealing with this issue.

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They have no way of knowing, and yet, there it is. It just happens. Is this from God? Why wouldn't it be?

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Why wouldn't God use such things as people you don't know in order to reveal

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His Word and His work in the world, and how He reveals Himself to you in different ways? Why would

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He do that? Of course He can. Another way that God reveals Himself to us is through this thing we call conviction.

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Sometimes we might do something that is wrong, and the Lord will very clearly convict us.

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We experience a certain and profound sense of anguish and guilt about our sins. We then experience the need to confess our sins to God and or the one against whom we have sinned.

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Then, only after confession and repentance is the sensation of conviction relieved. This is the work of God inside a person, and it's quite real.

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This is simply another way that God does reveal Himself to us. So if you're wanting

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God to reveal Himself to you, first of all, you've got to open your heart and your mind. You've got to ask

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Him to do this, and you've got to be patient. Don't make Him try and reveal

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Himself to you in your way. He wants to reveal Himself to you in His way.

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If you're prideful and you're angry at God, He's not going to reveal Himself to you. If you're humble and patient, then