“Sought for Things That They Could Not Understand”
Jacob speaks of a people who placed themselves in serious jeopardy in spiritual things because they were unwilling to accept simple, basic principles of truth. They entertained and intrigued themselves with ’things that they could not understand.’ They were apparently afflicted with a pseudosophistication and a snobbishness that gave them a false sense of superiority over those who came among them with the Lord’s words of plainness. They went beyond the mark of wisdom and prudence and obviously failed to stay within the circle of fundamental gospel truths which provide a basis for faith. They must have revelled in speculative and theoretical matters that obscured for them the fundamental spiritual truths. As they became infatuated by these ’things that they could not understand, ’ their comprehension of and faith in the redeeming role of a true Messiah were lost, and the purpose of life became confused. (Dean L. Larsen, CR, October 1987, p. 12.)
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