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Grow By Learning[1] August 2006 Thru November 2006

The document discusses humanity's rejection of God's truth and the resulting consequences, highlighting the folly of relying on human wisdom over divine revelation. It emphasizes that true understanding and knowledge come from God, as articulated in the Bible, which serves as the ultimate guide for interpreting life and morality. The text contrasts the wisdom of God with the foolishness of man, using various philosophical references to illustrate the idea that rejecting God's truth leads to spiritual blindness and folly.

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HE BELIEVES HE IS SO BRILLENT BUT IS SO FOOLISHCharles e Whisnant Romans 1:22Man is held responsible by God because he should know better than to throw out the only absolute truth he has obtainable to him. God, in His justice, demands that man face the consequence of his sin and rebellion. Romans 1:18 says….That is the bad news Paul gives us before he presents the good newsFirst the danger, then the delivererFirst the judgment, then the way of escapeFirst the condemnation, then the forgivenessFirst the guilt, then the graceThe whole message of forgiveness through the redeeming grace and love of God manifested for us by Christ on the cross, is based upon the conjecture that we under stand that man is truly guilty of disposing of God’s truth. We must understand that God’s perfect character demands that He react to sin in wrath. He who is total perfect and holy cannot pay no attention to sin, which violates his utter holiness.THE FOUR REASONS THAT GOD’S ANGER IS JUSTIFIED, BEING THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE OF A HOLY GOD TO SIN.REVELATIONexposure
REJECTIONrefuse
RATIONALIZATIONenlightenment
RELIGIONreligious convictionNo. 3RATIONALATIONALMan believes they are reasonable and sensible in their understanding about life. They see themselves as showing evidence of, clear and sensible thinking and judgment in this matter of living life. Their logic with scientific knowledge, to their way of thinking, give them a rational explanations as to the matters of importance.“Professing themselves to be wise, they become fools.” Romans 1:22.Pilate asked Jesus “What Is Truth?” John 18:38. Why Truth & Things?Truth = Reality, the Real State of Affairs.Things = Something that Exists, a Matter to be Dealt with. " Truth" in a biblical sense is the reliable message of God. " Things" is a broad enough category to include a wide range of topics, from theology and cultural trends to the baffling subject of UFOs. Therefore, Truth & Things is an attempt to understand the Scriptures and then allow them to provide a framework for thinking and living in the real world. Let us expand on this idea a little The Quest for TruthTRUTHTruth has been described in various ways. Of course certain individuals deny that there is such a thing and opt for some type of skepticism. Others attempt to relativize truth, reducing it to nothing more than personal opinion. Truth, it is said, is what you believe it to be. Others, still, seem convinced of the reality of ultimate truth, though they can’t quite decide where it is found.
Surrounded by so many conflicting ideas and philosophies, is there anything that is genuinely and universally true? The Bible answers in the affirmative. Yes, there is truth, and it is available to all who will have it.BIBLICAL TRUTH Truth, as revealed in the Bible, is integrally tied to the fact that God Himself is true (Psalms 25:10, Isaiah 65:16, Titus 1:2}. He is a real God, a God whose character is flawless, and a God who is faithful in all that He does and says. This God, the God of truth, is also a communicating Being. Through various channels, He has revealed Himself and His purpose. But the climax of His Revelation has come in the person of His Son, Jesus the Savior (Hebrews 1:1-3).
In Jesus of Nazareth, God has become incarnate. The God of truth has come to live among us and unveil His divine plan. Since Jesus is “the truth” (John 14:6), it is no surprise that He speaks reliable words. He promised to lead His followers into a fuller realization of the truth (John 16:12-14). This truth—found in its most clear expression in the biblical writings—provides both the pathway to God and a framework for living under His rule (John 17:17).TRUTH IN LIFE The world in which we live is filled with challenges. We are confronted with a myriad of ideas, situations, and choices. Thus, it is necessary that we find some criteria for interpreting and successfully navigating our way through life. This web site is designed with these things in mind.http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/truthandthings/NOTE then Romans 1:22: “PROFESSING TO BE WISE.” Now there are two points of view in this world in which we live in: THE CHRISTIAN POINT OF VIEW OF THE WORLD AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN IT AND HOW WE SHOULD LIVE IT ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, WE BELIEVE IS GOD’S WORD FOR US. AND WE SAY THAT IS THE TRUTH.THE WORLD’S POINT OF VIEW: What we mean here is man’s point of view which has been determined by man themselves without the knowledge of God.Now, we all like to believe we have the sense whereby we know the truth in matters of life and death, heaven and hell, God and Satan. We all like to think we have the keys which unlock our minds to realize what is truth and what is not.We like to profess that we have a belief that we know is correct. Often we delight in ourselves in believing we have the truth down rather well.We have concluded that after much research and thinking, we have come to know the truth. And we have become rather wise in our own speculations and having looked at the revelation that God has presented in the Bible, we reject the words of God has having real signification in our daily thinking about life itself.We quite frankly assert and affirm to be wise and sensible and intelligent in our way of thinking and in our particular belief.As a matter of fact we are so wise we state rather confidently without need for proof or regard for it.You know how much research goes into our knowing how to be wise in this life we are living?Our subject here is this matter of the rejecting to know God as GodWe are not saying that mankind is not smart and wise in matters that pertain to the physical world. I am glad they have figured out how to have water in the house rather than in a spring running down the side of the yard. I have glad we don’t have to go to the outhouse Paul is not saying the ancient philosophy was totally wrong. They might have had a lot of good things to say, but what they had to say did not prevent most civilized nations, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans from being at the same time the most idolatrous of ancient times.We are speaking of man denying that they need a Savior. We are speaking of man saying we reject what God has revealed about Himself, be it in Creation or the Bible. We reject both Creation is of God, and that the Bible is not necessary to know what we should know.Man can choose if they are going to listen to man’s point of view about life or we can choose to believe what Christianity, the Bible has to say about life and death, heaven and hell, what is sin and what is right and wrong, what is spiritual and what is spirituality. Man has conveyed they idea with an air of certainty, and stating with some high degree of confidence that what God has revealed and said is not correct or is it the truth.Man has so rationalize his behavior so as to devise and believe his own philosophies about God, the universe and himself.Today man call evil good, and good evil. Malachi 2:17 and 3:15. They have substitute bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight.Judges 21:25 is correct. We do wrong all the time, and because of the deception thought it was right. Proverbs 17:15 warns against such thinking.SO HERE IS WHAT HAPPEN. When people, or mankind, rejected the truth revealed by God, in creation, in their heart, in the Bible they became under the wrath of God. When they refused to see God as God, and they refused to glorify Him as God, they became vain laboring of the mind., and finally, complete separation from truth, and entered into a state of folly, they became fools,. (From God’s point of view).You know many do not see their behavior as SIN in their own eyes. Isaiah 47:10. They felt secure in their wickedness and said, “No one sees me.” Why? Their own wisdom and knowledge have misled them. And they say, “I am and there is no one besides me.THEY BECAME FOOLS: Here is what they did: they rejected the light of God’s knowledge in their consciences, and they now claim themselves as having wisdom. Proverbs 1:7; 9:10; 15:33, Psalms 111:10, Job 28:28.Thus as a result of such belief they become fools. Psalms 14:1 tells us.LISTEN, WIL YOU TODAYAll of creation shout out loud in glorious harmony the resounding chorus…..There is a Creator! Observe His handiwork! Believe My awesome testimony!” Psalms 19:1-6. Literally every sunrise testifies to the truth, “I am the LORD, and there is not other; beside Me there is no God.” Isaiah 45:5, 45:14; 45:21, Isaiah 46:9Despite overwhelming evidence, men have made a choice of their will to deny the irrefutable, unutterably, glorious truth of natural revelation, and not to mention the special revelation found in God’s Holy Word the Bible. Romans 5:8, I John 3:16, 4:10; Ephesians 5:1-2FOOLS: Our English root word is moron. That is very stupid person.
In other words, the term refers to the physical dullness.
One becomes in their intellectual life, devoid of meaning. We might say of a person. “What they are saying just don’t make any sense.” “It’s just nonsense.”In scripture there are four words used for this term.2 Samuel 24:10…. “foolishly.”
Jeremiah 10:14….. “Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge.
Matthew 5:13…….”You are the salt of the earth; but have become tasteless.
Rm 1:22………..”Professing to be wise, they became wise.”May I say this: THE GREATEST FOOL IN ALL THE WORLD, AND IN THIS TOWN, IS THE PERSON WHO EXCHANGES GOD’S WISDOM OF TRUTH AND LIGHT FOR MAN’S WISDOM OF DECIT AND DARKNESS.ILLUSTRATION:For a modern example of men professing to be wise but really being fools, see the September 1976 National Geographic article entitled "The Awesome Worlds Within a Cell"
On page 358 the authors describe the utter complexity of the cell. There is no such thing as a "simple one-celled organism"! Even the simplest cell has turned out to be "a micro-universe" (p.358).
Then on p.388 we read, "...this really is the major problem of biology. How did this complexity arise?...biologists still confront the deep, basic mystery of science:
How did it all begin?"
Then on page 390 the "experts" answer this by crediting it all to CHANCE and saying that given enough time even the IMPOSSIBLE can happen!
With time, chance and evolution all things are possible! "They have become fools" -- Romans 1:21, 22.While we would say these men of science and philosophy are brilliant men, they have a spiritual hallucination. God would say they have this mental disorder. The very people in Paul’s day rose to a kind of perfection among the people , and claimed to have wisdom.Those in the ancient world philosophers "Know thyself."     -- inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/greeks.html REALLY SHOULD VIEW THIS WEB SITE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. (http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/philoso.htm A LIST OF MAJOR WORLD PHILOSPHERS.)