The Gospel Paradox
Have you ever thought of the Gospel as a paradox—a statement that seems to contradict itself? In Sunday school, we are studying the book of Matthew, and one verse, in particular, jumped out. Jesus said, “All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him .” [1] Hmm… only Jesus truly knows the Father, and He alone chooses those to whom He will reveal Him ? Immediately, God’s Holy Spirit flooded my mind with accompanying Scripture. John 6:44 came first. “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him , and I will raise him up at the last day.” Wait…No one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him. But no one can know the Father unless the Son reveals Him? A paradox , right? But it continues because, in the very next verse, Jesus said, “It is written in the prophets,...