Lines Inward The Sand

God is infinite. We're finite. We can't sympathise everything. But sometimes nosotros retrieve nosotros can.

So nosotros describe lines inwards the sand as well as insist God has chiseled them inwards rock:(1)

• lines defining God's Sovereignty as well as man's gratis will.
• lines defining healing as well as miracles.
• lines emphasizing for sure verses as well as ignoring others.
• lines that tell "I know" when they should tell "I think" or "I wonder."

Scripture reveals everything nosotros postulate for life as well as godliness, but it doesn't explicate everything (2 Peter 1:3; John 21:25).

There are absolutes (e.g. John 14:6).

But there's also mystery - good for y'all "tension" betwixt our lines. We don't accept all the answers because:

• God is infinite, beyond human agreement (Job 36:26; Ephesians 3:18-21; Isaiah 40:28; Psalm 147:5).
• We don't postulate to know everything (1 Corinthians 13:12).
• Mystery tests our faith (Hebrews 11:1-2; 1 John 3:2).

God's Truth is a vast body of body of water that washes away our lines inwards the sand. So let's quit drawing them.
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(1) Drawing lines inwards the sand is a metaphor important nosotros determine how far nosotros volition become as well as no further. It is used inwards this devotion to illustrate times when nosotros determine nosotros know the amount truth well-nigh a bailiwick as well as spend upward to acknowledge that the bailiwick is equally good vast to endure contained inside our "lines" of understanding.  
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