34. Know the Mysteries of Kingdom
Matthew 13:11, 12 Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance.
Mark 4:11 Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God.
Luke 8:10 Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God.
There are many mysteries surrounding God, the kingdom of God, and the ways of God. Some are the “deep things of God,” some are theological complexities, some are personal and practical, like why and how God does things in my life; most mysteries of the kingdom are simply incomprehensible to the limited human mind. Much about God is beyond our thinking or imagining powers.
There are a few very limited things we can know about God from the created universe in which we live: God is intelligent, powerful, beautiful and such. But we cannot know who He is, what He thinks, how He feels about us, and how He interacts with human beings unless He chooses to reveal it to us.
Some of the mysteries of the kingdom of God He has chosen to make known to us. He reveals these mysteries in His Word. We have a responsibility to know and understand what God has chosen to reveal; we have no permission to know or try to understand the mysteries of God that He has not revealed; and we do have the responsibility to know the difference. We study the Word to know what God wants to reveal to us and what He does not.
A mystery is something we cannot know; but it is given by God to know some mysteries; these mysteries remain mysteries to those to whom it is not given. In addition, the understanding of mysteries continues to grow and multiply, one built upon another, until one will have more abundance. God, the Holy Spirit, reveals more and more of the things of God from His Word the more we listen to it. This promise encourages us to read, study, listen and learn the Word of God because God promises a reward for doing so: we will know more mysteries of the kingdom of God.