The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29
The more we search the Bible, the deeper is our conviction that it is the word of the living God, and human reason bows before the majesty of divine revelation.
God intends that to the earnest seeker the truths of His word shall be ever unfolding. While "the secret things belong unto the Lord our God:...those things which are revealed belong unto us and our children" (Deuteronomy 29:29). The idea that certain portions of the Bible cannot be understood has led to neglect of some of its most important truths. The fact needs to be emphasized, and often repeated, that the mysteries of the Bible are not such because God has sought to conceal truth, but because our own weakness or ignorance makes us incapable of comprehending or appropriating truth. The limitation is not in His purpose, but in our capacity. Of those very portions of Scripture often passed by as impossible to be understood, God desires us to understand as much as our minds are capable of receiving. "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God," that we may by "thoroughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16, 17). (Education, 170)
Reflection: The Bible is very complex. Behind each verse is an endless sea of spiritual food. God so desires us to learn more and more about Him as we search the scriptures like we would mine for gold. Our goal should be to dig deeper every day and then practice what God has shown us.
The more we search the Bible, the deeper is our conviction that it is the word of the living God, and human reason bows before the majesty of divine revelation.
God intends that to the earnest seeker the truths of His word shall be ever unfolding. While "the secret things belong unto the Lord our God:...those things which are revealed belong unto us and our children" (Deuteronomy 29:29). The idea that certain portions of the Bible cannot be understood has led to neglect of some of its most important truths. The fact needs to be emphasized, and often repeated, that the mysteries of the Bible are not such because God has sought to conceal truth, but because our own weakness or ignorance makes us incapable of comprehending or appropriating truth. The limitation is not in His purpose, but in our capacity. Of those very portions of Scripture often passed by as impossible to be understood, God desires us to understand as much as our minds are capable of receiving. "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God," that we may by "thoroughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16, 17). (Education, 170)
Reflection: The Bible is very complex. Behind each verse is an endless sea of spiritual food. God so desires us to learn more and more about Him as we search the scriptures like we would mine for gold. Our goal should be to dig deeper every day and then practice what God has shown us.
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