If you read Christian theology, you’ll come across something called the sin of curiosity. For example, the Westminster Larger Catechism lists ‘curious searching into God’s secrets’ as a breach of the first commandment (Q.105).
At first, the sin of curiosity sounds odd to 21st-century ears. After all, we encourage curiosity in our children, don’t we? Isn’t curiosity a good thing? I’m encouraged whenever I meet Christians who ask me thoughtful questions about the Bible and Christian truth. Sometimes I tear my hair out at the lack of Christians’ curiosity! So what is this sin of curiosity?
What God has and hasn’t revealed
In the Bible, God teaches us a very important distinction between what he’s chosen to reveal and what he hasn’t. Deuteronomy 29:29 is a good place to see this. That verse talks about ‘the secret things’ and ‘the things that are revealed’.
... the things that are revealed belong to us and our children Deuteronomy 29:29
