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The Principle of Divine Will in Revelation is that principle by which God gives all necessary explanation in the finite realm and  confines Himself to a mere declaration of fact in the infinite realm, by which also God teaches finite beings to walk by faith in the unexplained infinite.GENESIS 1:1 begins with the assumption of the being of God: "In the beginning, God." It does not try to explain the being of God.

'''LAZARUS'''-Where was he during the four days of his death? God is silent; no information is given; therefore, no one knows, except God. He does not commit Himself. Thus, I am persuaded that if man had written the Bible, he would have put things in that God left out, and he would have taken out what God put in.

If I had written the Bible, I wouldn't have put in about the only man called the "Friend of God" going to Egypt to lie about Sarah, his wife, letting her be literally sold into the house of an Egyptian ruler to save his own life.

'''NOAH'''-I wouldn't have written the story of his getting drunk and committing that terrible secret sin in his tent.

'''DAVID'''-His double sin of adultery and murder would never have been put in the Bible if I had been the writer of it. But God put it in, showing that it is truly the Word of God. The sin of David lives today and mockers make sport of it, pointing an accusing finger and saying, "A man after God's own heart, eh?" David was a man after God's own heart, not because of his double sin, but because he loved God supremely. Psalm 51 is the prayer of David's confession to God. This is the greatest sob of repentance recorded in or out of the Sacred Scriptures.

'''PETER'''-Peter was a moral coward. Remember, there is a difference between a physical coward and a moral coward. If I had written the Bible, I certainly would have left this out.

'''THE TRINITY'''-This is a mystery that was never revealed. Of course, we have some illustrations by which man tries to explain the Trinity. Water, ice, and vapor and the three-leafed clover are some. Are they clear? Yes, they are as clear as mud.
TWO NATURES OF CHRIST-GOD AND MAN-Jesus was not two persons, but one Person, having two natures. If He were two persons, He would make the Godhead a foursome instead of a Trinity.

'''LIFE'''-Only God knows what life is! No one understands life. God did not write a Book for curiosity. God tells us how to live. God is open on finite matters, but He is closed (silent) on infinite matters. God is silent on many things, such as death, sleep, etc., and man cannot explain them. Man cannot explain electricity. We don't know anything, do we? It would be well to remember that we should not begin to preach openings on God's closed things.

'''SPECULATION IS NEITHER REVELATION NOR INTERPRETATION'''-Preach only that which is written! Don't preach on the Ten Kingdoms of the Revived Roman Empire. God does not give their names, and don't you try to do what God has not done. When you preach, don't try to paint a picture of hell; for what is written you know, and what isn't written you do not know. Don't go beyond what is written. Do not put in what God leaves out!

'''RESURRECTION BODIES OF LOST SOULS'''-This is a good ground for speculation, but don't preach it! We do know about the resurrected bodies of the saved ... Preach it! We do not have trouble with what we read in the Scriptures, but we do have trouble with what we read into the Scriptures.

'''BLOOD'''-Scientists can take blood and analyze it. They can tell us the elements of it, but they cannot put those elements together and make blood from them. This is a known fact: LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD!


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