Our own human reasoning will never bring us to salvation.
God created our minds, but our reasoning is naturally fallen and darkened by sin.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
God makes us able to know things, and the only way to be saved is by special revelation found in God's Word.
God has made Himself clearly known as God through what has been made.
The natural mind suppresses what truth we have been given, and hearts are darkened.
What we see is filtered through wrong worldviews.
If people are already without excuse (Romans 1:20), why do we try to argue someone into believing what God has already made known to them (and they have suppressed it)?
God doesn't need a lawyer to prove to the sinner that He exists.
If God has already made His divine nature and eternal power known, we don't need to act like He didn't. We do that too often.
When a Christian gives the Gospel, they should declare the truth of God's special revelation found in His Word.
It is enough.
In Acts 17, Paul didn't try to argue people into believing that God exists.
He declared God - proclaiming Him for who He is!
Salvation comes by grace through faith as a gift from God...not through our own human wisdom or intellect.
People can get into all kinds of false views by using their own reason instead of Scripture.
God uses the Gospel found in His Word to save people (Romans 10:13-15; Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 1:18).
I'm not saying that God doesn't use our minds to learn about Him.
He is the necessary pre-condition for our being able to really understanding anything!
He is the necessary pre-condition for our being able to really understanding anything!
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