Greetings,
(I know that this might not appear to be connected with Grace, but rest assured that there is some method to my madness.)
Anyway... The last post stated that reason could be a bride or a whore. Today I shall persue how reason can be a bride to the Christian Faith. Now, that is obviously a metaphorical and poetic statement. I mean, when I say that reason is a brdie to the Christian Faith, that reason can be used in a proper way that brings about good results. When a woman and a man choose to marry (and therefore share a conjugal relationship) children are produced and a family is created.(Generally speaking) This is exactly how it is when reason combines with the Christian Faith. For God Himself is the "God of knowledge" (I Samuel 2:3). The Lord numerous times calls for His people to search out for wisdon in the Proverbs. "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." (Proverbs 1:7) God declares that only fools hate wisdom and instruction, but notice where knowledge begins. True knowledge can only begin when the fear of the is its basis. Today we live in an ear coming to be known as post-modernism (or a period of ultra-modernsim, thats all semantics tho) Post-Modernist revolt against the idea of theories and anything that can give a concrete definition of life, morals, and even the most basic things of life. We, as believers in Christ, start from the Infinite reference point who is God Himself as desiplayed in both Old and New Testments. There will be a little more on this that I shall conclude on tomorow.
By His Word Alone,
Reformer