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August 8
THE EXTENT OF REVELATION
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1 Corinthians 13:12
There are certain things in the Scriptures about which we cannot speak with finality. There are certain things about which equally good and capable men and women are not agreed and cannot agree. When we come to such matters, surely it is our business to say that we do not know. We cannot prove them, and we are content to wait until we arrive in glory, and all things are made plain and clear to us. At the moment we see and understand only in part, "through a glass, darkly." Our knowledge is not full. It is not final. Let us be content with the revelation that is given.
But there are certain doctrines about which we are and must be absolutely final, and they are the doctrines that are essential to the way of salvation. I am not referring to the mechanism of salvation. When you come to that, you find good people often differing. I accept that. I am prepared to say, "I believe this, and I am not prepared to believe that." And another man says, "All right--as long as we both agree about the way of salvation." But there must be no disputing about the person of Christ, about the miraculous and the supernatural, about Christ's substitutionary death upon the cross, and about His literal, physical resurrection. There is no argument here. This is final; this is absolute.
But with regard to all other matters, where we cannot be final and absolute, let us be sympathetic. Let us be tolerant. Let us admit our inability to prove, and let us together enjoy the great salvation in which we all participate and look forward to the day when the hidden things shall be made plain, and we shall know even as we are already known.
A Thought to Ponder
Our knowledge is not full. It is not final. Let us be content with the revelation that is given.
From God the Father, God the Son, p. 46.
Today’s devo is taken from Walking with God Day by Day © 2003 by Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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