Jeremiah 33:2-3
“This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

Application: 

Jeremiah Chapter 33 contains further details about the ultimate restoration of God’s people after the devastating judgment of the Babylonian captivity. Neither Jeremiah nor anyone else could ever have put these two things together on his own. They had to be revealed by the God who said, Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know (33:3). 

Those things included Judah’s imminent judgment, but also the coming of the day when God will restore the fortunes of Judah and of Israel and will rebuild them as in former times (33:7). The picture that followed was of a restored people in a restored land where there was joy and gladness (33:11).

As in 1 Corinthians 2:9–10, spiritual wisdom is made possible by means of the personalized work of God in our lives. Quoting from the prophet Isaiah, Paul explains that for those who love God, he can make known things that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived (2:9). This is not a reference to heaven but to God’s work in the life of the believer. It indicates that God can help believers understand things that they cannot learn through natural means. How does he do this? He reveals these things to us by the Spirit (2:10). This is called illumination.

Though God has revealed to us his inspired, written Word, believers need illumination to give us understanding. This is the work of the Holy Spirit, through the Word of God, within the mind of a Christian that causes him to supernaturally learn, understand, and apply the things of God. It is the voice of God through the Word by means of the Holy Spirit becoming personalized to you. Illumination does not involve new revelation; rather, it involves God giving a believer understanding of the meaning and application of Scripture amid his own experiences.

Reference: Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2019), 706, 1151.

To God be the glory!

Our Lord Jesus Christ created everything! By Him, For Him!

“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26

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