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Robin:
I would like to add these scriptures to what CIY said.
Learning truth and having that truth worked in me has been a very painful process for me. God has been patient with me so the I could endure it. I was impatient and wanted it all now. He knew better and knew I couldn't bear it all at once.
John 16
12I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Matthew 13:
32Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
33He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."
skydreamers:
I was thinking of the same scripture that MG brought out in John 16:12 while reading this thread.
God has created time and circumstances to teach and discipline us, all the while molding us into His image. I'm sure if there was a better way, God would have gone that route. This process of maturity is reflected in everything around us in creation. Struggle produces strength, and this takes time. There are times I wish I could just explain to my 5 year old all the things I know, but how do you take 40 years of experience and make a child understand???
Even so, I am amazed at how much and how fast children grow and learn. We lose this as adults...it's harder for us to unlearn and relearn. And as much as I will attempt to teach my children, they will in time, when they are adults, also have to unlearn and relearn many things. We are growing in spiritual strength and maturity, but we are also being humbled constantly. Without humility, knowledge becomes dangerously prideful and only "puffs up". (1Cor 8:1).
Difficulty is the key to building strength....have you ever tried to build up a muscle with an easy light pound weight in one day??? It will never happen. Coming up against resistance is the very thing that motivates us to reach deeper and go farther. There are countless testimonies to this in people's stories. If you were to spoon feed everything to a child, isolate him from the world and all its evils, in essence make everything "easy" for him all his life, what kind of state would that child be in at 40 years old??
Not to mention that some of these truths are overwhelming to say the least. To some people who are not spiritually ready, telling them that God is the creator of evil, as scripture plainly states, just simply freaks them out! They can not bear it. They are not at a place where they can see the big picture, anymore than my 5 year old can see beyond the next hour, let alone the next day.
These are some of the things that help me understand why it is I can't know everything all at once, even though I may want to. I've learned to meditate on the things I do know, and even then God continues to show me new ways of understanding known concepts. It's a beautiful tapestry of learning, and God is the artist. He knows just the right time to make the next stroke...
Peace,
Diana
pylady:
I constantly need to be reminded of these Scriptures. So thank you all. :-* (Hope you don't mind a little kiss ) ;D
Diana, I especially enjoyed your insightful post. Yes, we must always remember that it is God who is the Artist; it is He who is in control of finishing the tapestry; it is He who is creating the masterpiece. (Don't feel much like a masterpiece yet! LOL) And, as you said, He knows just the right time to make the next stroke.
I know I've just repeated what you just said! But... it just such a good reminder of this basic truth that so easily slips away from us sometimes in our everyday living. Thanks again.
With Christian love,
Cindy
gudazdead:
All very great posts. Thanks again.
If you haven't noticed I am not the brightest bulb on the christmas tree, or wait, the sharpest blade in the kitchen. That's better, I remembered rays paper where he talks about the origin of christmas.
Dennis Vogel:
--- Quote from: gudazdead on June 13, 2007, 12:13:50 PM ---Why can't I just know everything that there is to know about spiritual things?
Why can't there be an easy to read guide or something that tells you all there is to know about the bible, the world, and the spiritual world, the truth, spiritual things, or whatever?
Why must it be so difficult to gain the right kind of wisdom?
:'(
Well?
--- End quote ---
Craig will post this email to Ray soon:
Ray,
I have not read too much in what you believe. But I will say that I am concerned about you. You just have to believe on what you can't see. Believe that God did not give all the answers. God created us correct? Why would God want to let people know "hidden" knowledge. By hidden I mean knowledge like Hell is fake. Why would God hide that from us?
Sir, I know you know this...but you are not God. Nor am I. So you can not prove that Hell is fake. Because I am pretty sure that God would not put lies in His book. Sir, God does not want us to know every single thing. That is why He is God and we are human. Just believe that everything does not need an answer, because God knows all. I guess its kinda hard to say what I want to. So some of this might not make sence.
Hope to hear from you...
Voice from the younger generation.
Dear Paula:
It's not that I can't understand what you are saying, it's just that your major points are not true. We are to search out the hidden things of God:
Pro 25:2--"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to SEARCH OUT [the hidden] a matter."
Psa 51:6--"Behold, thou desires truth in the inward parts: and IN THE HIDDEN PART YOU SHALL MAKE ME KNOW wisdom."
Isa 45:3 "And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and HIDDEN riches of secret places, THAT YOU MAY KNOW know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel."
1Co 2:7 "But WE SPEAK [therefore we KNOW] the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the HIDDEN wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory."
Etc.
You ask why would God put LIES in His book? God didn't, but men have attempted to do so. Not all Bibles use the word "hell." There is no word in either the Hebrew or Greek manuscripts from which modern language bibles are translated, which can be properly translated "hell," and for this reason many bibles are now beginning to translate those words properly. "Sheol" is not hell; "hades" is not hell; "tartarus" is not hell; "gehenna" is not hell. These words need to be translated properly. You could (if you have any interest at all) read the papers on these subjects.
God be with you,
Ray
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