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Danger in Speculative Knowledge
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“We have heard a report about it with our ears.”
God understands its way,
And He knows its place.
For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And sees under the whole heavens. ...
When He made a law for the rain,
And a path for the thunderbolt,
Then He saw wisdom and declared it;
He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.
And to man He said,
“Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.”’”
Job 11:7-9; 28:12-28.
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Deep Mysteries of God
Wisdom is not found by searching the recesses of the earth or
in vain endeavors to penetrate the mysteries of God’s being. It is
found, rather, in humbly receiving the revelation that He has been
pleased to give, and in conforming the life to His will.
Men and women of the greatest intellect cannot understand the
mysteries of God as revealed in nature. Divine inspiration asks
many questions that the most profound scholar cannot answer. These
questions were not asked that we might answer them. They were
asked to call our attention to the deep mysteries of God, to teach
us that our wisdom is limited, and that in the surroundings of our
daily life there are many things beyond the comprehension of finite
beings.
Skeptics refuse to believe in God because they cannot compre-
hend the infinite power by which He reveals Himself. But God
is to be acknowledged as much from what He does not reveal of
Himself as from that which is open to our limited comprehension.
Both in divine revelation and in nature, God has given mysteries to
command our faith. This must be so. We may be ever searching,
ever inquiring, ever learning, and yet there is an infinity beyond.
“Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,