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
