A paradox by definition consists of contradictory posits that defy logic — or at the very least, defy the bounds of our ability to comprehend them. There are those conflicting facts that provoke meticulous research and analysis and investigation. Yet there are those mysteries that remain irresolvable — wherein even the greatest minds eventually find their intellectual capacity for logical interpretation or expression completely exceeded.
And that is God.
We know Him as He reveals Himself to us — and yet God is so much more!
Where the divine paradox that is God exceeds all logic is revealed — that is where we find the need for belief/faith/trust (pistis)… the posture from which we can choose either to rebel and retreat into our finitude or to surrender to the divine embrace that calls us to worship and adoration.
Is Jesus wholly man?
Is Jesus wholly God?
Yes & Yes!
Is God three?
Is God one?
Yes & Yes!
Is the Lord’s Supper bread and the fruit of the vine?
Is the Lord’s Supper the Body and Blood of our Lord?
Yes & Yes!
Is God here abiding within all who are His own?
Do we invite God to come and fill us again and again?
Yes & Yes!
Does God know everything?
Does God invite me to bring my requests boldly before the throne of grace?
Yes & Yes!
Within the constraints of our feeble human understanding, God’s revelation of Himself is sometimes in ways that are irresolvable — and yet, in knowing Him and knowing that we are known by Him, we can rest in that glorious, mind-blowing majesty!
…even as we humbly and lovingly work through that of which we are convinced and are yet being convinced with fear and trembling.
For centuries now there have been strong differences not only in opinions but in doctrines as well — among the most sincere and godly men and women. We would all do well to not only work out our own salvation and be thoroughly convinced of that which we believe but also to humbly acknowledge our finitude — seeking first the Kingdom of which we are citizens in obedience to the holy and royal law of love.