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Mysteries We Cannot Fathom, January 8
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of
God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past
finding out!
Romans 11:33
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The Word of God, like the character of its divine Author, presents
mysteries that can never be fully comprehended by finite beings....
If it were possible for created beings to attain to a full understanding
of God and His works, then, having reached this point, there would
be for them no further discovery of truth, no growth in knowledge, no
further development of mind or heart. God would no longer be supreme;
and men, having reached the limit of knowledge and attainment, would
cease to advance. Let us thank God that it is not so. God is infinite; in
Him are “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
Colossians 2:3
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And to all eternity men may be ever searching, ever learning, and yet
they can never exhaust the treasures of His wisdom, His goodness, and
His power.
In the natural world we are constantly surrounded with mysteries
that we cannot fathom.... Should we then be surprised to find that in the
spiritual world also there are mysteries that we cannot fathom?
The mysteries of the Bible ... are among the strongest evidences of
its divine inspiration. If it contained no account of God but that which
we could comprehend; if His greatness and majesty could be grasped by
finite minds, then the Bible would not, as now, bear the unmistakable
evidences of divinity.... 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.
Christ will lead the redeemed ones beside the river of life, and will
open to them that which while on this earth they could not understand.
In the light that shines from the throne, mysteries will disappear, and
the soul will be filled with astonishment at the simplicity of the things
that were never before comprehended.
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