THE DEPTHS OF THE WORD OF GOD.
Rom. 11:33: “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!” “I am glad there is a depth in the Bible I know nothing about,” says Mr. Moody, “that there is a height there I can not climb to if I should live to be as old as Methuselah; I venture to say that if I should live for ages on earth I should only have touched its surface. I pity the man who knows all the Bible, for it is a pretty good sign that he doesn’t know himself.” “A man came to me with what he thought was a very difficult passage, and he said:— “‘Mr. Moody, how do you explain it?’” “‘I said, “I don’t explain it.”’” “‘But how do you interpret it?’” “‘I don’t interpret it.’” “‘Well, how do you understand it?’” “‘I don’t understand it.’” “‘But what do you do with it?’” “‘I don’t do anything with it.’” “‘You don’t believe it?’” “‘Yes, I believe it. There are lots of things that I believe that I do not understand. In John 3:12 Christ says to Nicodemus, “If you do not understand earthly things, how can you understand heavenly things?” About my own body I do not understand. I don’t understand nature; it is filled with wonderful things I don’t comprehend. Then why should I expect to know everything spiritual?’”