Week 3. NRABV* – Not Our Ways

When Isaiah speaks of God’s thoughts being above ours, it can be seen as a secret type of knowledge that is inaccessible to us simple-minded humans; instead, it is speaking about the mercy of God being inaccessible to us sinful hearted humans. God sees all the places our lives take turns that are unexpected to us. There are times when we are left scratching our heads that we will sometimes be told, “His ways and thoughts are higher than ours.” While this line of thought does appeal to the truth that God is sovereign, Isaiah 55 cannot be used as a proof text for that reasoning.

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