The mystery into which even the angels long to look, they say
Can be explained in five points
Exposited in a statement of faith
And posted on the church website
For others to taste and see that the Lord is good.
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter
And the glory of kings to search it out
But you are not a king, so just sit tight
I’ll be right back with the catechism or Josh McDowell
For his yoke is easy and his burden is light.
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oh so good and so well said!
Thanks Sarah!
Ironically, there is a sense of inexhaustible beauty and glory that Paul overflows with at the end of his Romans 9-11 unit.
“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!”
The paradox I see there is that, for Paul, the certainty he had over God’s sovereignty created more of a sense of mystery, not less.
Paul’s intense orthodoxy is sandwiched with tears (9:1-3, 10:1) and humble worship (11:33-36).
(I say “ironically” because of Calvinism’s reputation for avoiding a sense of mystery.)
Aaron, I’m not downplaying theology. Theology is beautiful, and it makes total sense to me that Paul would be overflowing with poetic praise after writing the first half of Romans. But I don’t equate Romans with Calvinism.
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