Reason And Religion
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
~Romans 1:20, NLT
Religion is the thing which distinguishes men from beast more so than reason.
~John Arrowsmith
Many modern liberals pride themselves in being so called “Atheist” but are they being honest? John Arrowsmith was a 17th century Puritan theologian and he believed that man’s innate instincts lean heavier toward religion than reason. Where as modern libs would say this is not true. They profess to operate from the point of reason and most would deny any religious affiliation. As Paul says in Romans one, “They claim to be wise, but instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped gods of their own creation.” They worship a god, just not the one who created them and gives them breath. Folks, do not kid yourself: Secular Humanism is blind fanatical religion. When you stand behind your governor and clap because he just made the murder of a baby legal; that is blind fanaticism.
Arrowsmith believed that beast can reason to some degree but they have no inclination whatsoever for worship or religion. I think he is right on the money. Humans, on the other hand, are going to worship something. It is our nature. All humans are religious. The thing that separates us is our object of worship. Whereas we worship the true and living God; Paul said, “They worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself.” They refuse to acknowledge God as God. The result is God giving them over to their wickedness and it has darkened their mind. They cannot see obvious truth. You can give a blind man a thousand torches but he will still be unable to see. He doesn’t need more light {reason}, he needs his eyes opened and his sight restored.
- Don’t forget to pray for someone today other than yourself.
- Outdoor Church Sunday September 6 @ 8:00
- Hamburger and Hotdog supper Wednesday night September 16. Originally had this for the 9th but we decided to use the pavilion and so maybe the weather will be cooler by the 16th. We may have to change the menu to steak, it is cheaper than hamburger.
- October 28 is our Bill Smith Jambalaya Supper and our November Wednesday night meal falls on Veterans Day and we are having a stew and Joe is going to have us a video of our veterans at the round table.
This is the slide I used last night: we are studying the book of James and are in Chapter 4…
