She Blinded Me with Science

Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Websters offers us the following definitions:

EDUCATION: the action or process of educating or of being educated to

KNOWLEDGE: the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience of familiarity.

WISDOM: ( A ) accumulated philosophic or scientific learning ( B ) ability to discern inner qualities and relationships: INSIGHT

AUTHENTIC KNOWLEDGE. In these days of unparalleled deceptions and shifting sands of doctrine, it has never been more important to discern between true knowledge and fallacy; between truth and that which is counterfeit. For example, if a person goes to college and earns an electronic engineering degree, this would constitute legitimate knowledge. It would provide one with a skill in which they would be able to provide a service and secure an income. In such instances, the biggest pitfall (and it is a big one; make no mistake) is that this knowledge would puff them up and cause them to not see the need for God. But the knowledge itself is neutral; it can be used either for good or for evil.

FALSE KNOWLEDGE. This would be anything that runs in direct opposition to the word of God, such as the theory that every living thing on the face of the earth evolved from single cell organisms via the process known as "natural selection." This is the theory which is embraced by many to explain how amoebas transformed themselves into multi-cell organisms, developed a brain, acquired the ability to swim, grew lungs, moved onto the beach, sprouted legs, developed coats of fur, learned to walk upright, developed complex language structures, figured out how to write down events and ponderings, formed communities, invented the internal combustion engine, merged into a "global village" and began blogging on the very network that will one day be instrumental in the enslavement of the whole population. They place this theory into a context of 4 billion years in an attempt to obscure the rediculousity of it all.

Websters offers us another definition:

MODERNISM 1: a practice, usage, or expression peculiar to modern times 2: a tendancy in theology to accomodate traditional religious teaching to contemporary thought and especially to devalue supernatural elements.

Ours is a culture that's doing everything in it's power to remove from memory the God who inhabits eternity.

I Timothy 6:20-21 "O Timothy, keep that which is commited to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen"

THE ELEMENT OF FAITH. This is an ever present factor. For example, it takes real faith to believe in evolution. It takes a real commitment to the big bang theory to believe that everything in the universe started out as a unit of matter the size of a baseball which exploded and formed all that one can observe and that which must be there because of the way that the universe behaves but cannot be seen. (dark matter, dark enegy etc) The wall of faith begins when something has to come about from nothing. For example, "where did the baseball sized mass come from. Another universe? OK. How did it all get started? There's no formula to explain how something comes from nothing and yet we have an entire universe of "something."

Many will use the hundreds of billions of galaxies to proclaim that "God couldn't possibly have done all of this" when, in fact, those hundreds of billions of galaxies declare that "God is; and his ways are past finding out."

John 5:39 "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

SPIRITUAL WISDOM. This wisdom, when based on truth, is above all other wisdom. You can become the greatest quantum physics professor that the world has ever known, have rooms in your house devoted to the display of your trophies and certificates, but if you die in your sins, you'll spend eternity in a lake of fire along side everyone else who rejected the gift of salvation. You can survive without understanding the laws of physics. You can get by without a college education or without having a handle on algebra. You can manage in life without being able to locate Ireland on a map of Ireland. But you CANNOT inherit eternal life without repenting of your sins and accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior.

Matthew 16: 26 "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

II Timothy 2:15-16 "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness."

II Timothy 3:15-17 "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

The biggest pitfall is that knowledge will tend to pull a man away from his Creator, who holds in his hand the very breath of life, and false knowledge will cause a man to deny that his

creator even exists. False knowledge will always have physical backing as it appeals only to the natural man. Even the false religions of the world will ultimately pander to the flesh. A good example of this would be Mormonism. They believe that you are married to your mate in eternity just as you are here. This is a blatent pandering to the physical nature of folks but is contrary to the word of God. (I'm not trying to single out mormons; but my sister is a mormon and as a result, I've learned some things about them)

Mark 12:25 "For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven."

Through the lens of scripture and the infilling of the Holy Ghost, discernment between truth and fallacy is obtained. This is truth; that GOD IS. He has always been God and he will always be God. "How can this be?" Well, when you can figure out how billions of galaxies emerged from a baseball size piece of matter; you'll still be unable to figure it out in the natural. There's no formula in the linear universe to explain such a phenomenon; it has to be accepted by faith.

Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

God reveals himself through his word. A visit to Luke 16:19-31 will provide a perfect example of the authority that God places in his word. This rich man probably had a wealth of earthlt knowledge, but he neglected the councel of God. In hell (I'm power paraphrasing here for the sake of time) he asked that one would go back to warn his brothers about hell. Abraham told him that they had Moses and the prophets.

Luke 16:31 "And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."

Gods word is forever settled in heaven and shall never pass away. His word surpasses all that folks think they understand. I would urge any passer by to examine these things as you will be held accountable. That rich man has been in hell for over two thousand years with no end in sight; all because he neglected the councel of God. I pray that you will take heed to this. Jesus died for your sins and will save you if you call upon him and ask him to. All have sinned and all of us deserve hell. Jesus went to the cross on Calvary to pay for your sin with his own blood. Please don't put this off.