(July 11, 2013 at 4:43 pm)Maelstrom Wrote:(July 11, 2013 at 3:28 pm)ronedee Wrote: Where and when does Jesus say that?
Quote:The Bible repeatedly and clearly states that God cannot be known except if He reveals himself.
Matt 11:27 … no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
John 1:18 - No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
I Cor. 1:21 - the world through its wisdom did not come to know God.
It follows logically then that the acts of God cannot be known except God reveals them. How God Did or Does anything cannot be known without revelation from God himself.
Ecc. 11:5 - Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how bones are formed in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.
Ecc. 3:11 - no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.
http://www.truthdefined.com/73-TheUnknowableGod.htm
And I could give you dozens more quotes either way! BUT....
"Seek and ye shall find, ask and the door will be open to you."
So, where does God NOT want to be revealed.. Except to those who choose so?
And this is another reason why [free will] is so important to God's plan.
You get to choose Him. Or not. What a deal...huh?
Quis ut Deus?