October 20 - God Reveals mysteries

By tomorrow I will have 8-10 pages written about a single phrase in a single verse of Matthew.  Oh yah ... the brain is a hurting unit tonight!  We are doing an interpretative study of Matthew 5:48a.  "Therefore, be perfect."

Yup, stop right there - don't finish the sentence (because then I might have to punch you), don't go any further.  We're simply going to investigate the word 'perfect' and see how to interpret it.  Holy cow.  I'll let you know how this goes.  Honestly, it's really cool and fun to be digging into scripture to do this.  But, ow!

This is part of the excitement, though of discovering how God works through scripture.  There are so many things that tie the entire Bible together and opening up a single word to see how God employs its use is exciting!

Today's post takes us back to last December...

September 28, 2009 - Divine Revelations

Think about it for a moment. We have a relationship with the Creator of the Universe. He has chosen to reveal mysteries to us through His Word and our Bibles spend more time on the shelves than they do open in front of us. It seems utterly insane, doesn't it!

Daniel 2:22, "He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness and light dwells with him.

Amos 3:7, "Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets."

God is more than willing to reveal His mysteries to us, if we would simply spend time learning from Him. I was reading "The Case for a Creator" by Lee Strobel and he made the statement that one of the reasons for the immensity of the universe and the depth of things that we know nothing about is that God also gave us curiosity. If we could easily figure everything out, there would be no need for learning. He gave us amazing things to learn about so that throughout generations of time, people would always have something to search for, always have something to learn.

But, He will reveal it to us!

And He will reveal His great love for us.

John 15:15, "I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."

1 Corinthians 2:9-10, "However as it is written: 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him, but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God."

Ephesians 1:9-10, "And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment - to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ."

Do you notice how God's revelations are made to us through the Spirit and through Jesus. He has revealed Himself and how He works among us, He has revealed His will to us, He has revealed the depths of His love for us.