Treasure In His Word
Recently I had the opportunity to be reminded about a truth that I believe all saints need to hear from time to time. The mystery is still in God’s Word. You might be wondering what I am talking about, but take a moment and think of all of the scholars, theologians, pastors, students, teachers, critics, and even casual bystanders for centuries who have read God’s Word. Yet we are still learning new things. Science is developing and advancing to find out what God’s Word has already known. As Robert Jastrow once stated, “For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”
As prophecy of the Last Days approaches, we advance our knowledge of the accuracy of His perfection in declaring future events. Daniel 12:8-9 “I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?” 9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.”
This promise does not have an ending, but rather is a declaration without limits or boundaries. Proverbs 25:2 “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.” Like the rest of God’s Word, His declarations of His character and how He interacts with us is unchanging. Malachi 3:6 “For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.” With this understanding we can take each day with God’s Word and study it with the intensity that we are possibly looking at a discovery that has never been seen before. This is unique only to His Word because it is alive. Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” So as we study God’s Word and we believe we have found something new, look at God’s Word in other sections and see if it collaborates your theory. Talk to other believers but most importantly pray! Ask the Lord to guide you.
So you might be wondering what caused me to be reminded by this lesson? The answer is simple and a series that I am planning for this coming late summer/early fall.
Hold until relieved, our Blessed Hope is coming,
Jl