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Romans 4:4-5; 2 Corinthians 5:10 – No Verse Contains All Truth
There is not one verse that contains all the truth on any topic. That rule might be overly simplistic, maybe not. But are we too quick to take only one narrow view on a topic because we contrast verses instead of seeing them complement one another? For example, salvation is free. We cannot earn it. Romans 4:4-5 (HCSB) “(4) Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed. (5) But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.” But is that all the truth on the topic? The same Holy Spirit inspired the same Paul to also write, 2 Corinthians 5:10 (HCSB) “For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or worthless.” So which is true? Both. We cannot earn our way into heaven, and yet we will be repaid for our work here on earth. How can both be true? There is not one verse that contains all the truth on any topic. Modern atheism has forced Christians to harmonize everything unless there be found a contradiction. Modern Christianity is more theological than biblical, forcing Christians to force fit everything into one contrived pattern of thought. True inspiration is far more layered without contradiction and without human contriving, so that often our response must not be choosing one verse over another, or even forcing one to be more true than another, or even finding every possible way to harmonize. Sometimes we just have to believe without understanding. Sometimes we just have to accept there is not one verse that contains all the truth on any topic.
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