Colossians 1:13-16
Living in a time of unprecedented knowledge and enlightenment, we are deceiving ourselves by thinking that everything can be known and understood.
Contemporary culture has attempted to remove what one theologian has named the “mysterium tremendum,” the great mystery of faith. Job says, “But, where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Man does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living…. Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can silver be weighted as its price…. It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the sky. [But] God understands its way, and He knows its place.” (Job 28:12ff.)
There are some things we cannot know and must receive on faith. We outwit ourselves when we think we can know everything. Some things, God’s things, are simply beyond human comprehension. Were it not so, we would be equal to God. Maybe that’s one of the things wrong with contemporary culture. We think we don’t need God!
Blessings
Pastor Michael †