whoa!... i'm ignorant

Was cruisin' through the offices at church today, picked up a random book I found lying on a desk, and did a quick couple hour speed read and this is what I found (amongst many other things)...

"...Pontius Pilate, the Roman procurator, even asked Jesus, 'What is truth?' (John18:38). The truth allures men, yet it eludes them also. One reason is because many are quick to condemn before they investigate. Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived (excluding Jesus), said it this way: 'He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him' (Prov. 18:13). If we set aside our own opinions and seek true understanding, then we become the benefeciaries.

"The main reason why truth is difficult to find is because the acceptance of truth is hindered by man's pride and arrogance. All of us possess some knowledge, but none of us can know it all."

Yup... so generally I think of myself as a pretty smart person, but, ummm... also in this book homie quotes people who have a faith in scripture, in order to show how intelligent it is to have faith, and these people, make me feel very, very ignorant.

"Dr. Robert Dick Wilson said, 'I have made it an invariable habit never to accept an objection to a statement of the Old Testament without subjecting it to a most thorough investigation, linguistically and factually.' He holds a PhD from Princeton and is author of A Scientific Investigation of the Old Testament. Without missing a single syllable, he can repeat from memory the entire New Testament in Hebrew and can do the same with large portions of the Old Testament. He speaks forty-five languages."

WHAT?!!! Forty-five languages?!! My goodness... I struggle with English. Anyway... I don't know why he would know the New Testament in Hebrew, that doesn't make much sense (unless he is Jewish), maybe it's a typo, regardless, I am humbled. I mean, to know any small portion of scripture by heart, in my native tongue, would be nice.

There is much peace to be found resting in the shelter of others faith, and there is also much work to be done in securely building shelters of our own faith, seeking the Lord and loving Him. Ahhh... life...

God grant us wisdom.

"It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out." Proverbs 25:1