How Firm a Foundation - Part 1

In the hymn, How Firm a Foundation, the anonymous writer includes this line: "What more can he say than to you he has said...." David Powlison in God's Grace in Your Suffering exegetes the hymn and finds deep meaning in its words. He addresses some of the questions that we all ask as believers. He notes that there is "a way to read Scriptures that leaves you wishing God had said a whole lot more":

How did Satan become evil? Why did Chronicles add zeros to the numbers in Samuel and Kings? How did Jonah avoid asphyxiation? Who wrote the book of Hebrews? And those aren't even the questions that most often divide and perplex the church. Wouldn't it have been great if the Lord had slipped in one killer verse that pins down the timetable for the return of Christ? That resolves every question about the meaning and mode of baptism and the Lord's Supper? That specifically informs us how to organize church leadership and government? That tells us exactly what sort of music to use in worship? That explains how God's sovereign purposes dovetail with human responsibility? That describes just how the Holy Spirit intends and does not intend to express his dynamic power?

Have you ever asked these questions and wondered about the answers? We'll explore more of these insights over the next couple of posts.