Bible Questions Answered:
“...this is a good one I read God has
secrets, secrets belong to God. What secrets?...”
Corey/ New South Wales, Australia
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Deuteronomy 29:29 NLT
The Lord our God has secrets
known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our
children are accountable forever for all that He has revealed to us,
so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.
Yes, it may come as a surprise to some,
but our God, has His secrets, things mankind simply does not know.
What are God's secrets, and why. It would be easy just to say, “Well,
they wouldn't be secrets, if we knew them,” and yet we may know of
them.
God knows your life from beginning to
its end, though it is a secret to you.
Isaiah 46:9,10 KJV
9 Remember the former things of old:
for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none
like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the
beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,
saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure:
The Secret
Things:
Your Life: From
birth to death, any sickness, job loss, any testing, etc. etc. The
lives of our loved ones, a secret, to us, but not to The Lord! The
future of mankind, is known to The Lord.
John 16:12 KJV
(Jesus)
I have yet many things to say unto
you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Homily:
As a parent, many times we do not,
tell our children the why of things, only to protect them. We give
them a medication, to keep them well, without telling them of the
horrors of sickness. And God has His reasons for not telling us some
things.
The rapture of the
church of The Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 24:44
KJV
Therefore be ye also ready: for in
such an hour as ye think not The Son Of Man cometh.
That hour is a
secret, known only by The Father in heaven.
Homily:
Couldn't you just
imagine, if the rapture hour was known. Why everyone would be in
their best clothes and in church, awaiting that hour, but God is not
a fool, that hour is a secret on purpose, so that we will constantly
live for The Lord Jesus, and be ready at any moment.
Again our Lord
tells us...
Matthew 24:35,36
KJV
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but My words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth
no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
Again the message,
live prepared!
Matthew 25:1-13
NLT (Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids)
1 “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will
be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet The
Bridegroom.
2 Five of them were foolish, and
five were wise.
3 The five who were foolish didn’t
take enough olive oil for their lamps,
4 but the other five were wise
enough to take along extra oil.
5 When The Bridegroom was delayed,
they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight they were roused by
the shout, ‘Look, The Bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet Him!’
7 “All the bridesmaids got up and
prepared their lamps.
8 Then the five foolish ones asked
the others, ‘Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are
going out.’
9 “But the others replied, ‘We
don’t have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for
yourselves.’
10 “But while they were gone to
buy oil, The Bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with
Him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.
11 Later, when the other five
bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Lord! Lord!
Open the door for us!’
12 “But He called back, ‘Believe
Me, I don’t know you!’
13 “So you, too, must keep watch!
For you do not know the day or hour of My return.
Yes, God has His
secrets, but then again, He reveals some secrets, to those who are
near Him.
Psalm 24:14 KJV
The secret of The Lord is with them
that fear Him..."
Proverbs 3:32
KJV
For the froward is abomination to
The Lord: but His secret is with the righteous.
Amos 3:7 KJV
Surely The Lord God will do nothing,
but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets.
John 16:13-15 KJV
13 Howbeit when he, The Spirit Of
Truth, is come, He will guide you into all Truth: for He shall not
speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak:
and He will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify Me: for He shall
receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that The Father hath
are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shall
shew it unto you.
Because we do not
have perfect knowledge, or know our future, we need a Guide who does!
Psalm 73:24 KJV
Thou shalt guide me with thy
counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Wisdom
- God's, Past, Present, And Future.
Psalm 145:17 KJV
(Write it on the first page of your Bible, you'll be glad you
did.)
The Lord is
righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works.
Psalm 147:5 KJV
Great is our Lord, and of great
power: His understanding is infinite.
Isaiah 40:13-15
NLT
13 Who is able to advise The Spirit
Of The Lord? Who knows enough to give Him advice or
teach Him?
14 Has The Lord ever needed anyone’s
advice? Does He need instruction about what is good?
Did someone teach Him what is right
or show Him the path of justice?
15 No, for all the nations of the
world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more
than dust on the scales. He picks up
the whole earth as though it were a grain of sand.
Isaiah 42:8,9
KJV
8 I am The Lord: that is My name:
and My glory will I not give to another, neither My
praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the former things are come
to pass, and new things do I declare: before they
spring forth I tell you of them
Isaiah 46:9,10
KJV
9 Remember the former things of old:
for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and
there is none like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the
beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet
done, saying, My counsel shall
stand, and I will do all My pleasure:
Isaiah 55:8,9
KJV
8 For My thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith The Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and
My thoughts than your thoughts.
Daniel 2:20 KJV
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be
the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and
might are His:
Acts 15:18 KJV
Known unto God are all His works
from the beginning of the world.
Romans 8:29,30
KJV
29 For whom He did foreknow,
He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His
Son, that He might be The First Born
Among Many Brethren.
30 Moreover whom He did
predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also
justified: and whom He justified,
them He also glorified.
Romans 11:33,34
KJV
2 God hath not cast away His people
which He foreknew..."
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!
34 For who hath known the mind of
The Lord? or who hath been His counselor?
I Peter 1:2 KJV
Elect according to the
foreknowledge of God The Father, through sanctification of
The Spirit, unto obedience and
sprinkling of The Blood Of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and
peace, be multiplied.
You and I do not
know the future, but our Guide, The Lord Jesus, does!
Psalm 34:8 KJV
O taste and see that The Lord is
good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him
