Lewis's The Message Of The Living God: His Glory, His People, His World The first point that Peter Lewis makes in his book The Message of the Living God is that God does not speak to us on our own terms, the way that Woody Allen would want Him to speak.[footnoteRef:1] No, God speaks to us in His own language, though He uses our words: it is the language of spiritual love, expressed through ancient covenants described in the Old and New Testaments. It is a language that we must look for if we are desirous to know God. This is the thesis of Lewis's work -- and thus the book takes a foray into the Scriptures so that the reader might better understand the God Whom he seeks. Lewis connects this idea with that of Calvin, who also began his teaching from the basis of "knowing" God rather than of questioning His existence. Knowing God is the basis of a personal relationship -- which is what God wants. [1: Peter Lewis, The Message of the Living God: His Glory, His People, His World (IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 15.]

The book begins with Genesis and Lewis points out the "truth that touches every other truth"...

This is what Revelation tells us. This section of the book delves into the character of God, how God is good, why God is good -- namely, because God is order, presence, eternity, and so on. The attributes of God are what define Him, in a sense, for human intellects. The other way that we know Him, however, is through His works and revelation. Basically, Lewis's point is that we know God in various ways: through history, testimony, revelation, Scripture, and inspiration. [2: Ibid, 27.]
Part 2 considers God and His People from the standpoint of the Old Testament. It looks at the covenants made between God and the Jews, His commandments, as well as His character, which is deepened in a way through the examination of His relationship with those Who love Him. It discusses the glory and the grace of God, as depicted in the Book of Exodus, how He reconciles sinners, as depicted in…