Jesus exhorts us to become like children in faith and Paul tells us to be men in understanding. These commands are not in conflict. One leads to the other. Like children, we observe the world believing it to be the work of God. Only as men does God reveal to us the deep significance of everything we have seen. This was the experience of Job, whose journey of faith ended as it began: he submitted to heaven as a child that God might make him once again a mighty man on the earth.The Word of God is the same. There is no ...
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Jesus exhorts us to become like children in faith and Paul tells us to be men in understanding. These commands are not in conflict. One leads to the other. Like children, we observe the world believing it to be the work of God. Only as men does God reveal to us the deep significance of everything we have seen. This was the experience of Job, whose journey of faith ended as it began: he submitted to heaven as a child that God might make him once again a mighty man on the earth.The Word of God is the same. There is no intelligam without a prior credo. That is why the faithless wrest the text to their own destruction. In contrast, God's children know that, if they believe His Word, even hard words borne on dark wings will be transformed into blessings.
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