Have you ever heard anyone pray that God will show them something new as if they were seeking new revelation? I know I have. What amazes me is that many Christians think that God will show them something new because of the promise in Jeremiah 33:3, which says, "Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known." Sounds concrete to me, but does this verse mean that God will give His people new revelation?
In the beginning of the chapter we read:
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard: “Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it—the LORD is his name (Jeremiah 33:1-2).
These are the verses prior to God saying to call on Him and He will tell great and hidden things that we do not know about. Who was God speaking to in Jeremiah 33:1:3? He was speaking to Jeremiah. In Jeremiah 32 and 33, we see God's promise to restore Judah and Israel, bring them back to the Promise Land. Jeremiah 33:3 was a promise to Jeremiah himself, not to anyone else.
If you read the New Testament, you will never find any verse that commands us to pray for new revelation. We are commanded that if seek wisdom, we should seek God (James 1:5). There are 31,102 verses in the Bible and yet we want new revelation even though we have not masters the 31,102 verses in the Word of God.
Yes, we can pray to the Lord for wisdom, but for great and hidden things? We have God's special revelation through the written Word and we have natural revelation which He has revealed Himself through His created works.
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