Romans 11:33 celebrates the inscrutable, inexhaustible, and unfathomable mind, ways, and spoken judgments or decrees of God. Since God's mind is impossible to know fully (Romans 11:34), it follows that His judgments and words will be deep, profound, and impossible fully to fathom.Here is my next reason for believing that the Bible is the Word of God: Because the inexhaustible depth and profound wonders of the Bible evidence an infinite Mind from which they must originate. The Bible presents a profundity of thought, a depth of insight, a wealth of truth that is simply too deep and too nuanced and too balanced and too unfailingly illuminating to the soul to be of human origin.
When I say that the mind and words of God are unfathomable, I do not mean that they cannot be understood at all, but that they cannot be understood in full. It is possible to grasp the truth of the Bible, but just when you think you've gotten your mind around a biblical idea, you discover that there is more in it yet to be learned.
I wish space would allow some developed examples. But those who've had any time to ponder biblical teachings, will recognize this often repeated thought: "Wow! this truth is amazing--and it's amazing all over again!" They will hear the echo of these words in their own minds: "I thought I understood this idea from God's Word but I just saw it in a whole new light that is even more glorious than what I'd ever seen before."
Serious students of God's Word who are truly seeking to know God through that Word, will have felt this when thinking over such basic Bible truths as:
--God is all-knowing.
--God rules over every last atom and event in the universe.
--God is wise.
--God is holy.
--God is perfectly just.
Pick a truth, any truth, and the result will be the same. Ponder it for a while, and watch what happens to your soul. It'll fill with wonder.
I'd suggest that even the simple truth, God loves me, is a reality that will fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder. You and I will never get to the bottom of it, even if we spend eternity plumbing its depths. To really know what that love is, how great that love is, how personal that love is, how faithful and delighted in us that love is, how secure that love is, how very, very, very perfect and joy-giving that love is, how incomprehensibly deep and strong that love is, is simply too much for our minds to grasp.
And the same is true with every idea in the Bible. Every truth is an unfathomable ocean. Dive as deep as you can and you'll never touch bottom. Go ahead and try. Sooner or later you'll have to come up for air.
When you do, I suggest you take a moment or two to worship and adore the God Whose truth it is.
Now you are touching my heart when you suggest that I pick any truth and then suggest "God loves me". Greater love has no man than he lay down his life for his friends. But then get your mind around this unfathomable truth:
ReplyDelete"but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life."
Who am I that God should pay for my sins? I am overwhelmed. I am coming up for air. Lord God You are LOVE personified! Thank you! Thank you! As I said on the day You saved me "I am unworthy" I still am and yet you still love me! You are worthy! You are Worthy to receive all glory and honor!
Thank you Lord for your servant Tim. Through him I have been able to get a better glimpse of who You are.