Remain Teachable
Like a lot of Christians, we've spent a long time studying the Scriptures — asking questions, doing word studies, working through commentary after commentary. And praise God, He opened our eyes to begin to see the mysteries held in His Word. That was not a special revelation handed to us because we're somebody; it was a faithful God answering bondservants who sought His face, and who are seeking still. Wisdom and understanding have always stood open to anyone who will follow after them.
No one behind this website claims to know it all. In reality we only know a fraction of the immensity of the depths of God. But we are always searching. We are after His truth, which is absolute — while knowing that a finite mind cannot take in the infinite. We can trace the logic running through His Word and reason carefully through it, but God does not fit inside logic. What we see there is one facet, and a glimpse of it at that. We can feel the emotion in God's Word and move through it that way too, but God doesn't fit inside our emotions either. Another facet. Another glimpse.
Here's the part to be aware of. It's possible to know the Word well — to know it maturely — and still quietly stop being teachable. This bears asking the question, "Where does Scripture tell us that once a thing fits the puzzle and makes sense, we are never to look at it again?" The moment we close the book on a subject and say, "There. I know that one, on to the next," we risk closing our minds to any future revelation that the Spirit will give us on it. We'll never exhaust a single topic in the Word of God, and God will keep revealing more to those who keep searching for truth with humble hearts.
None of this means being tossed around by every wind of doctrine (Eph. 4:14). The hedgerows stay up — the non-negotiables, so to speak — while we keep studying. But now and then the hedgerows themselves need checking, laid alongside the whole of Scripture to see whether they actually hold. That is work we cannot skip.
If ever we find ourselves stubbornly unteachable, the biggest blessing is another friendly believer who comes alongside and asks, "What if you're wrong?" or says, "That is not what the text says." This should land as a gift instead of an attack. Consequently, going after those answers teaches that it matters enormously who you study with. An antagonistic person is not much help in a word search. Neither is someone who has already decided what a passage will say before opening it. But two or three believers with humble spirits and a common aim will find the results astonishing, and Spirit-born.
So think. God gave you a mind, and He isn't nervous about your using it. Set down the ego instead. Bring Him your questions — He can handle them. Test what you already believe, because if it's true it will still be standing when you are finished. Be committed to the whole of God's Word, and just as committed to living it. Study it and walk it at the same time.
And stay teachable. On the road to Emmaus, Jesus came alongside two men who had the facts and had drawn the wrong conclusion, and beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He opened the Scriptures to them (Luke 24:27). Let Him do that for you. Let Him show you what you may have missed.