Monday, March 2, 2015

Lenten Reflection - March 2, 2015

Yet among the mature we do speak of wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak God's wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
I Corinthians 2:6-8


If they only knew… Paul makes a telling point. If Pontius Pilate and Herod had known, the crucifixion would not have happened. Pair that with Christ's saying "Blessed are they who have not seen but believe."

It's like the parable of the rich man and the beggar Lazarus. In Hell, the rich man wants to save his living brothers by having Abraham appear to them. He's told that they have Moses and the Prophets, and if the brothers won't listen to the prophets, they won't be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.

But most people didn't know, despite all the foreshadowing, despite the Prophets, despite John the Baptist; only those mature enough to understand who Christ was when the truth was revealed. We have to be children in our trusting relationship with God, but we have to understand as adults. That is what it is to be mature in God. To understand that wisdom which became fully revealed in Christ. To believe, even having not seen.

Greg Davis