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Understanding Has Limits

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Not everything that is true is immediately clear to us. The demand that God explain Himself fully before we trust Him often functions as a way of remaining in control. Scripture presents a God who reveals enough to be trusted and who leaves enough mystery that trust remains trust.

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Faith does not require exhaustive understanding. Some realities are received before they are fully explained.

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