Ps. 119:160 All your words are true; all your
laws will stand forever.
ALL means all. There is not one word God has
recorded in the Scriptures that is not true. Like it or not, God has declared
what is truth. He who tries to water it down or adapt it to fit his own desires
does so at the risk of his soul.
Not one of God's laws will falter. God's ways
and thoughts are unchangeable. God's Word will outlast all of creation. God is
absolute truth. He is eternal Truth. He is the same truth that He always has
been and always will be.
It is imperative for us to strive to understand
the words of God as written. It is not our opinions that matter, nor is it an
option for us to try to make it say what we want it to say. Many things God has
spoken are beyond our ability to understand, but that gives us no right to
question its authenticity or authority over us. We must study it diligently
under the Spirit's guidance to try and discern what is being said. And if we
can't understand some things, we know they are true because God said it and we
accept them by faith.
Wise is he who is humble enough to admit he
doesn’t have perfect understanding of all things. Our understanding is limited by our feeble
minds. We understand things based on our
own experiences and teachings in life.
Wise is he who lets the Word speak for itself and accepts it as truth
simply because God inspired it to be written.
The more time I spend in the Word, the more I discover how limited my
understanding really is. Often, the Lord
speaks to me in ways that are outside of my comfort zone of understanding. It is by faith and not our sight that we are
able to gain an understanding of God’s Word.
God gives us opportunity and all the resources
we need to learn truth and he will hold us accountable for what we do with our
opportunities. Ignorance is not an excuse for those who have been given
opportunity and squander it away. All of
God’s words are eternally true and will outlast all or our understandings of
it.
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