Paradox is a statement seemingly absurd or self-contradictory but really found in truth.
Indeed, God hides the truth and in fact Jesus gives thanks and praise the Father for having done it that way.
At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. Luke 10:21 NIV
There are many paradox in the bible we can find that the Lord Jesus used to convey the truth to the hearers of the Word of God. Actually, there are two ways Jesus used to convey his message:
· Parables – Jesus narrates things and events to illustrate moral or spiritual lesson, so the hearers could easily understand the truth.
Through the parables, the hearers heard plainly the truth but regarding about the paradox, God is hiding the truth which makes the hearers to misunderstood and misinterpret the scriptures. The truth is, God hides the truth for the sole purpose of making the wise in the standard of this world to become fools in his sight, to frustrate the intelligent and to destroy the wisdom of the wise (1 Cor 1:19). While the so called ‘’foolishness of God’’ makes wise those who are being saved.
Two kinds of hearers:
· The Wise (by the standard of the world) – A kind of hearer who are proud of themselves.
· The ‘’Little Children’’ – A child-like kind of learning attitude who possessed a teachable spirit.
God hides the truth, and this was for his own good pleasure. Therefore, let us all become like of those little children because Jesus loves the little children (those who change and become like them Mat.18:3). He loves to show to them hidden things, unsearchable things, great and mighty things, and difficult things which are hard to understand.
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