Can this be all?

Can this be all?

We think that this God must speak in some mysterious, mystical way, difficult to be understood; indeed, that His Word can only be understood through faith and God’s grace; and yet God’s words are so simple and so clear. He says, ‘Do no evil to each other, and there will be no evil.’ Is it possible that the revelation of God is so simple? Can this be all? All this is so familiar to us.

我們以為這位神一定是用神秘的方式，說神秘的事，很難理解；確實，祂的話語只能藉著信心和神的恩典才能明白；然而神的話語卻是如此簡單，如此的清楚；祂說：「不要以邪惡來互相對付，就不再有邪惡了。」有可能神的啟示是如此簡單嗎？就只有這樣嗎？這所有的，對我們來說都很熟悉。

*** Leo Tolstoy in his “What I Believe / Chapter 4”