Mysteries of the Bible a Proof of its Inspiration
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Bible, are mysteries too deep for the human mind to explain or even
to fully comprehend. But God has given us in the Scriptures sufficient
evidence of their divine character, and we are not to doubt His word
because we cannot understand all the mysteries of His providence.
The portions of Holy Writ presenting these great themes are not to
be passed by as of no use to man. All that God has seen fit to make
known we are to accept upon the authority of His word. Only a bare
statement of facts may be given, with no explanation as to why or how;
but though we cannot comprehend it we should rest content that it is
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true, because God has said it. All the difficulty lies in the weakness
and narrowness of the human mind.
The apostle Peter says that there are in Scripture “things hard to be
understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest ... unto
their own destruction.” The difficulties of Scripture have been urged
by skeptics as an argument against the Bible; but so far from this, they
constitute a strong evidence of its divine inspiration. If it contained
no account of God but that which we could easily comprehend; if His
greatness and majesty could be grasped by finite minds, then the Bible
would not bear the unmistakable credentials of divine authority. The
very grandeur and mystery of the themes presented should inspire faith
in it as the word of God.
The Bible unfolds truth with a simplicity and a perfect adaptation
to the needs and longings of the human heart, that has astonished and
charmed the most highly cultivated minds, while it enables the humble
and uncultured to discern the way of salvation. And yet these simply
stated truths lay hold upon subjects so elevated, so far-reaching, so
infinitely beyond the power of human comprehension, that we can
accept them only because God has declared them. Thus the plan of
redemption is laid open to us so that every soul may see the steps he
is to take in repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus
Christ, in order to be saved in God’s appointed way; yet beneath these
truths, so easily understood, lie mysteries which are the hiding of
His glory—mysteries which overpower the mind in its research, yet
inspire the sincere seeker for truth with reverence and faith. The more
he searches the Bible, the deeper is his conviction that it is the word of
the living God, and human reason bows before the majesty of divine
revelation.