“Jair, A Gileadite…judged Israel twenty and two years. And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts…..” (See Judges 10:3-4). Believe it or not, there is a lot of “filler” information in the scriptures, a lot of seemingly unnecessary statements made. The preceding quote is one instance of such. If one reads the prophets, they will come across a lot of similar statements – information I call filler, yet inspired of God to be included in what was written for a very good reason. God is very good at what He does. “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing” (Proverbs 25:2). The apostle Paul speaks of “the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began.” Yet this mystery “is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets” (See Romans 16:25-26). Yet how is something kept secret if it is written in plain and clear easy-to-understand language millions understand? That is one reason, perhaps the main reason, God inspired a lot of “filler” to be placed in the scriptures. Those without God’s illuminating Spirit are unable to see the small forest of God’s truth due to the great leafy trees, whose branches extend out in every direction thereby blocking the view of the casual reader or observer.
“Whom shall He teach knowledge? and whom shall He make to understand doctrine?” Because it is written “here a little, and there a little” (See Isaiah 28:9-10). To understand the doctrines of God, one must pull together scriptural statements scattered widely throughout God’s Word, both Hebrew and Greek scriptures. Those unacquainted with how God inspires the truth to be concealed call this “cherry picking!” To them, for the most part, the Bible remains a closed book. Using mainly the New Testament to formulate their doctrines and beliefs and holding fast to traditional “Christian” doctrines, they are ever coming up short, thinking the Bible is saying one thing when, in actuality, it is saying something quite different, and often the very opposite of what they erroneously think it says!!!
Paul writes again, “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our (the truly anointed teachers’) glory, which none of the princes of this world knew…” (See I Corinthians 2:7-8). It is the “glory” of God’s duly selected and anointed teachers and representatives that they are able to discern God’s hidden mysteries, doctrines and revelation of truth whereas the “princes” of the world, those sporting lofty titles (reverend, most reverend, bishop, holy father, etc.) are unable to see what is quickly and easily revealed to God’s true servants. “But God has revealed them (these hidden truths) unto us (His teachers in the body of Christ) by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches ALL things, yea, the deep things of God” (verse 10).
The Spirit of God compels these teachers to study ALL the Word of God, reading again and again and again through the entirely of the Bible, illuminating and revealing the mighty truths of God as they so read and meditate therein. “For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knows no man but (by) the Spirit of God” (verse 11). Unless the Spirit of God is present, giving light and understanding to the human mind, someone can read the Bible from cover to cover a thousand times and still be unable to see what God has concealed there – a mystery kept secret from the beginning of the world! This is HOW teachers in the body of Christ know that this is their office, their function in the body of Christ. Truly anointed teachers of the Word are not mere religious folk. But they are as common a breed as you will ever find on earth, hailing from the most mundane and simple circumstances of life and upbringing. They are Satan’s greatest enemy, and, I assure you, he is their greatest opponent as well, hating every one of them with a passion for they are spoilers of his kingdom.
Christ’s Aged Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley