Hello again Brother, I agree that what we need to know and understand to be saved (the Gospel) is, PTL, not complex (after all, even young children have/continue to come to saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ). However, the Christian faith is more than the Gospel message, and much of that secondary level of Christianity (if you will) is quite complex and anything but simple to understand, especially at first blush (as I'm sure you'd agree, yes?).
While much of this secondary level Christianity can be fully comprehended by us as we grow in sanctification (as we deepen our knowledge and understanding of God and His word), there are still a number of things that the Bible tells us about that we cannot fully grasp.
We refer to these things as "mysteries" (things that we cannot fully explain, but that we believe are true nevertheless, because the Bible tells us that they are). The Bible refers to them as the "
secret things" of God, because the fullness of knowledge/understanding about these particular things is for Him alone, at least for now anyway. As He told us through pen of Moses,
Deuteronomy 29
29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.
Finally, I would be happy to discuss the Trinity, the Godhead, and/or the Deity of Christ with you if you'd like to, but I think that we should do so on a different thread, one that is devoted to those topics alone, because such a discussion would surely derail this thread! (I'm a new member, so I was wondering if we are allowed to discuss the Trinity and the Deity of Christ here at CFS? .. I noticed that CFS does not allow for discussion/debate about other controversial topics, like OSAS, Calvinism/Arminianism, etc.)
Thanks
God bless you!!
--Papa Smurf