The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 29:29)

What Is Known And Unknown

There is an unfathomable chasm between God’s mind and humanity’s wisdom. This difference is not measured in miles, by time, or by level of knowledge; there is no comparison. God is the Creator, and man is the creation. The Lord does not seek man’s counsel to make a divine decision. God is not man. That is the hardest reality the world refuses to accept.

Two things are certain: there is a God, and no man can make that claim. Man’s wisdom is microcosmic compared to the most minor things the Lord knows. From the beginning, God has revealed truth as He determined necessary for the well-being and happiness of man. Everything a man needs to know in life is given by the Lord through revelation. God decided what to reveal and what to keep hidden.

Many questions are left unanswered, but the fact they remain without revelation reveals the truth of what man must know to be saved. The Bible is a miracle of God’s word given to man applicable to every generation in every part of the globe for all time. Everything needed to know what to do to be saved from the wrath of God has been revealed. God did not leave anything out; there is nothing man can add to the divine revelation.

Moses reminded the Hebrews that everything that had happened to Israel was according to God’s will. The people could have asked many questions about the why and the how and demanded answers from the Lord. Moses wrote the five books of the Law to show what a man needed to do to be saved at that time. What God thought proper to reveal was all man required. There were many things left untold in the books of Moses. More than three thousand years later, the revelation of God is found in the Bible, and this is everything a man needs to know to be saved.

It is a failure when men seek to know more than can be found in the Bible. The pattern of wisdom is clearly defined as what men know is only what is found from Genesis to the Revelation. If a man explains a matter without finding it in the Bible, he is a liar and a false teacher. God revealed all that needed to be known, demanding that no man add or take away from His revelation. How dare man decide he knows more than God? That is the height of stupidity at best. The hidden things belong to the Lord, and man cannot and will not wrest that knowledge from the Divine.

It is sad that men spend a lifetime seeking truth in every place but the Bible. What is a greater tragedy is the acceptance that so many have of knowledge not found in the Bible. How often have religious discussions turned on matters not revealed by God in the Bible? The wisdom of men seeks to answer questions never answered by God. How ridiculous and absurd. Moses said the secret things belong to the Lord, which settles that question.

The word of God is settled in Heaven. What man can journey to the divine and change the word of God? Everything a man needs to know is given by the divine revelation of God. Refusing to obey what is revealed has eternal consequences. Demand accountability by those who teach the word of God. They must teach only what is found on the pages of holy writ and nothing else. If you cannot find a teaching in the Bible, reject it. Throw away the books that seek to unveil the secret things of God. Properly divide and understand the word of God. Your eternal soul depends on knowing the truth of God – as revealed.