Here is where we need to consider: what is our faith based upon—revealed truth, or secret hidden truth? My faith is based upon revealed truth, in a written tradition that goes back to Moses (indeed, to Adam—Genesis 5:1). Just before he died, Moses told the Israelites:
‘The secret things belong to the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law … For this commandment which I command you this day is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?” Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?” But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.’ (Deuteronomy 29:29; 30:11–14).
The reason it was near to them was because God ensured it was written down for them (Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 31:9–13, 24–29).
There is no room in Christianity for hidden fundamentals. Hidden depths, certainly, but God has made the fundamentals clear to us in writing so that we are without excuse if we do not heed His Word. According to Jesus, the standard of judgment is the Word He has already spoken to us (John 12:48). It logically follows that God will have provided a reliable record of that word for us, and true history testifies that it is so. But beware of gifted novelists able to use their God-given talents in an attempt to undermine and deny His Word.
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