Acts 1:7 KJV
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
"It is not for you to know...."
One commentary says this was a reproof
Another says that the question was "irrelevant to both their present business and future work"
Ever since the fall of Adam and Eve, we have a god complex. The nature of the fall was the desire to "become as gods knowing good and evil." It is inherent in our sin nature to believe we have a right to know. Jesus told these believers, "it is not for you to know."
Our place is to submit to the wisdom and will of the Father and, like Abraham, obey the Lord, going where God leads "not knowing whither" He leads.
We do it in our business
We do it in our spiritual lives
Sometimes we nearly demand to know or we refuse to obey the Lord.
Not that we cannot ask
Nor is it wrong to search out a matter
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But after study and seeking the Lord, if God chooses not to answer, ours is still to obey and follow; trusting Him for the outcome and fruit.
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
"It is not for you to know...."
One commentary says this was a reproof
Another says that the question was "irrelevant to both their present business and future work"
Ever since the fall of Adam and Eve, we have a god complex. The nature of the fall was the desire to "become as gods knowing good and evil." It is inherent in our sin nature to believe we have a right to know. Jesus told these believers, "it is not for you to know."
Our place is to submit to the wisdom and will of the Father and, like Abraham, obey the Lord, going where God leads "not knowing whither" He leads.
We do it in our business
We do it in our spiritual lives
Sometimes we nearly demand to know or we refuse to obey the Lord.
Not that we cannot ask
Nor is it wrong to search out a matter
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But after study and seeking the Lord, if God chooses not to answer, ours is still to obey and follow; trusting Him for the outcome and fruit.
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