Secret and Revealed Things
J. Burns, D. D. Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever… I. SECRET THINGS ARE THE LORD'S. II. REVEALED THINGS BELONG TO US AND TO OUR CHILDREN. Now notice — 1. That the Holy Scriptures contain these revealed things (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:19-21). 2. The things revealed we could not have known without the Scriptures. (1) We could not have known God. (2) We could not have known the nature and evil of sin. (3) We could not have known the way of salvation (Romans 10:14). (4) We could not have known of the eternity before us; whether it be an everlasting sleep, or what? 3. The things revealed meet all the demands of the mind of man. 4. The things revealed are adapted to every state and variety of condition. 5. The things revealed are to be regarded as a sacred deposit from God to man.We are responsible for — (1) Their reception. (2) Reading and understanding them. (3) Their diffusion. Application — 1. Let the subject teach us to avoid presumptuous curiosity. 2. Let the subject teach us the true test of all doctrines, ordinances, and duties. 3. We shall have to give an account of revealed things at the last day. (J. Burns, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. WEB: The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.