Topics:<\/b> Church; Doctrine; Gospel; Humility; Mysteries; Paradoxes<\/p>\n
Reference:<\/b> Romans 11:33\u201336<\/p>\n
Respect for differing views provides some defense against the natural desire to probe incessantly the mystery of the gospel. (There are those who would consider it the ultimate intellectual achievement to unravel the hidden counsel of God.) But the pursuit of doctrine for the sake of doctrine can be idolatrous. The gospel will not be demystified. God will not be mocked by the pretensions of those who believe they might fully and certainly know his mind.<\/p>\n
Was that, after all, not the sin of the Garden?<\/p>\n
\u2014Chuck Colson, The Body<\/i> (Word, 1992)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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