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1 | Who can refute reasoning? | Bible general Archive 1 | stjones | 37077 | ||
Hi, CDBJ; I can't see that the passage you cite says anything about reasoning being the path to salvation. Taken in context, God is telling the people of Judah to think about their disobedience and its obvious consequences. Verse 19: '"If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.' Your example of the thief on the cross is speculative. My own speculation is that, finding himself in a desparate situation, he grasped at the only hope left him - that the man next to him really was able to offer salvation of some kind. I doubt that he reasoned it out, but of course neither one of us knows. What we can know is that the consistent message throughout the entire Bible is that faith is the key to salvation. Reason may be a means to faith, but faith itself is a gift of God, not the product of reason. You may be able to cite a passage that, taken out of context, seems to suggest otherwise. The intellectual exercise of finding "one verse or another", however, can hardly disprove what the Bible as a whole makes clear. 'Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding' (Proverbs 3:5) I will lean instead on Paul's familiar assertion in Ephesians 2:8-9: 'For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast.' If I were able to reason myself to salvation - or even to faith - it would be of myself, something of which I could boast. Peace and grace Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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2 | Who can refute reasoning? | Bible general Archive 1 | JdthCstl | 37090 | ||
Understanding comes before faith. Once we understand something we either believe it or not. The bible is a book to read, comprehend and then make a decision, on whether we believe or not. So understanding always comes before faith. | ||||||