Logic: God Taught Adam About The Universe: His Sons Corrupted This Sacred Knowledge
A Seven Part Sermon on How What We Know Today Has Degraded From The Original Part 2 of 7. By Major Kelly Durant
1 The Proverbs (1) of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
2. Have you ever had a discussion with someone with whom you notice doesn’t know at all what they are talking about, but they are exaggeratedly confident they have the all the answers? Everyday dozens of these cases are in the news! People want to make up their own realities and they cannot see through their illogicalness. In our dystopian world recently the law in some places is enforcing absurd craziness! There is a case of a 69 year old man is suing to have his birth certificate show he is 49, not 69!? ! https://nypost.com/2018/11/08/dutch-man-sues-to-lower-his-age-by-20-years-on-birth-certificate/ Logic, clarity, and common sense today are being replaced with confusion from the author of confusion, our cruel murderous adversary, Lucifer. He is growing as a deadly virus with his evil and darkness and he wants to be labeled and worshipped as good and light!?
Let’s test your logical thinking skills. Spanish is spoken in all the Latin countries, 21 of them, so does that mean if we want to know how many people speak Spanish in the world we should add all those populations? Yes, no, maybe so? Did you know what you will get? Around 300 million! Is it that number? If your said ‘yes’ I just taught you a lesson on flawed logic. To know the total amount of Spanish speakers in the world you must include all the immigrants in all the countries around the world that speak Spanish as well so that number is closer to 427 million! In the U.S. alone there are over 50-60 million!
Logic, and deductive reasoning, which in some regards is comparable to discernment with the Holy Spirit, does not function in all people, as a matter of fact, Satan has been effective in thwarting it in a majority of the people of the world! Logic, a form of wisdom, is being subdued and suppressed everywhere!
3. We live in a world where laws in some places do not allow you to call a male a male and logic and common sense are against the law! The ability to reason on a level above that of a simple beast is something that has to be learned through the teachings of people who speak truth and logic. The quickest way towards this kind of intelligence is to read, learn, and obey the Bible! Moses, the prophets, and Jesus all taught on this. You can only reason with a clear mind if your mind (which influences the heart and all good or bad decisions) is full of light. Moral values, right statutes, or good principles are found in God’s word, such as in the Proverbs.
‘To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity’.
Logical evidence, as with in depth reasoning, makes enlightened sense because it is without doubts and confusion, revealing the truth of things. But what is disconcerting is how many people there are out in the world that are blind to simple truths, and blind to normal cognitive reasoning. Many people may have intelligence to memorize facts for educational study, but this does not transfer into having wisdom, logic, and a mind like God’s. If the Word of God has not influenced a person to analyze differently and be connected to the highest source or resource (God) then this person will always be concluding things erroneously because his or her mis-factual information is based on another’s flawed logic. He or she is in the dark with no revealing light on the matter. People of late have lost their logical minds! Just what Satan wanted! The blind leading the blind!
4. Let’s look at a few of the illogicalnesses of the ill-informed masses of people. There are people who repeat what others in the world say or do and think without ever thinking through the logic or consequences of what they are doing or saying or proposing. They do not think through the consequences of what their words and actions might produce. 2 Timothy 3:7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Proverbs 22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. (prepare for the future, but wisely)
How many times have we seen people obey illogical orders. Here is an example, in the Katrina Disaster in New Orleans people were told to not leave town and told to go stay in the stadium downtown, as the danger was deemphasized. Soon the police closed off the bridge and no one could get out or town after those first few days. A few wise ones foresaw the future possibility of being trapped inside and did leave the city early. These were the wise ones. The rest of the people who stayed in the stadium suffered greatly as there was no preparation to feed, house, or take care of the many thousands of people there, many of them being elderly and weak, so after prolonged days several people died! Toilets overflowed and it was horrible! With God given logic and wisdom the Christian with logical sense will take action before the danger sets in. More often than not we must go against the grain and current of the majority and the world’s dictates! How many thousands of times have we seen the news channels end up being totally wrong!
5. I have prayed for discernment and clear logic so many times in my life that I have lost count. Discernment, logic, and the Holy Spirit (which work together) will help you to rightly judge situations and see the schemes people are trying to pull on you. Be forewarned, Satan wants you dead, sick, or compromised in sin so you will not keep defending your faith in God, Jesus, and the Bible!
Here is a good promise of God. James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. Daily I think most of us are placed in situations in which we must take decisions, decisions that affect our lives and the lives of others. We need the Lord’s guidance, or we will make big mistakes and then it takes weeks, if not years, to correct the situation.
Often, we must take decisions that seem illogical to the people of the world. 1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; For example, when we were recruited to be Cadets in the Salvation Army, my wife had already worked for Delta Airlines for 9 years and was about to get great pay and benefits (at 10 years) and it seemed to most everyone an illogical time to leave it all behind. It was a bad idea to those of the world who only live for money and position. But after 20 years now, she is very happy she took the right decision to serve God! God’s logic often contradicts the world’s logic. God has a higher purpose for us, but we will miss it if we are not praying, listening, and obeying His word.
6. More on the illogicalness of the people of the world. Jesus confronted the most highly educated, intelligent, rulers of his time, the scribes and Pharisees. These were a class of people that lived with wealth and power, and under the Romans, they were able to try, judge, and condemn whomever they wanted to amongst their own kind. They were the literate governing body, the communications media, and the spiritual rulers all in one. But despite all their access to knowledge and their genetic intelligence and logic, they were blind as a bat as many educated and rich powerful people are today!
What did Jesus say about them? That we should strive to prosper and become rich, and powerful and discerning like them? No! He said to beware of these kinds of deceivers! Matthew 15:14 “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matthew 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.” The extremely rich religious leaders, college professors, and politicians today fit this description! We must recognize clearly that they are led by the false light of Lucifer. Never be enticed by their wealth, power, and bold illogical, deceitful words and deeds!
7. So, this problem of people not having any logical reasoning ability, wisdom from God, or discernment from the Holy Spirit is not something new! It was around in Solomon’s time (he wrote the Proverbs to address this issue!), in Jesus’ day as we see that He addressed it, and this insane, Satanic, illogicalness will increase until the end of the age.
This is the blindness Satan has put on those who reject God, Jesus, and those who cannot process evidence and concrete factual truths! If the people want strong delusion, then God will let them have it! 2 Thess.2:10-13 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness
You can show some people the facts and the truth on matters, and they will not believe nor accept them because it does not square up with how they want things to be, because it does not serve their inordinate selfishness ambitions. These are blind people being led by blind which include governors, actors, musicians, and some religious leaders. Have you ever asked yourself, ‘How blind am I’?
8. In the world’s education several standard models of logic exist. As Christians we should include in our knowledge the basic studies of philosophers, but only to a limited degree as the Greeks being wise in their own eyes became fools. Sometimes in the world we will need to debate or teach deep thinkers, those who have studied these types of concepts. Not all concepts are evil, some are good but discernment from God is the key factor. Consider these details of what logic should include as defined by past scholars:
Consistency, which means that no theorem of the system contradicts another.
Validity, which means that the system's rules of proof never allow a false inference from true premises.
Completeness, which means that if a formula is true, it can be proven, i.e. is a theorem of the system.
Soundness, meaning that if any formula is a theorem of the system, it is true. This is the converse of completeness.
Expressivity means one can express concepts within the system which has no errors.
All of these filters or concepts can lead you to sound deductive truths, and obviously all truth will coincide with everything God’s Word has taught us. John 16:13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
Christians must do their best to influence others out of darkness, confusion, stupidly, illogicalness, and falsehoods. In our current climate the Bible, Jesus, and the truth (& the truth on any matter) is usually mocked, considered dumb or unintelligent, persecuted, and silenced. But the truth will stand on its own and we must speak it in order for it to be a part of the narrative amongst our families, friends, and the community. Jesus did not remain silent when contradicted, neither should we concerning God’s standards. Jesus often answered with questions that got a person to think deeper and see through their own hypocrisy.https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/logic-more-important-ever-so-why-dont-schools-teach-it-anymore?fbclid=IwAR2uqyz0JIVN64Qfv8n_kO4wi4zc1CpqhiqD1QSbLZwdjjayCj0ZO0DRraA
9. There is a time for everything, a time to fight for the truth, for logic, and for sanity, but with some people that have their minds fried from demons, those who reject Christ, you have to let it go. Proverbs 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting. Many stubborn mind crippling demons will not exit except by prayer & fasting on the part of those involved.
Romans 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
With true children of God there is a unity, a love, a logicalness, a consistency, and a simplicity that makes sense and it brings peace.
With God there is order, consistency, understanding, wisdom, and logic! Don’t try to argue, entertain, or get emotionally charged over those who insist on things being their way when you see clearly that they adhere to illogical demonic insanity! Stick with the Holy Scriptures as the time proven wisdom we must live by. Logical sense, common sense, God’s sense are all the same! Try the spirits; ignore, mock, or condemn falsehoods because God’s Word is the only thing that makes logical sense in this evil world full of false illogical news, false illogical doctrines, and false illogical people. Let’s pray for discernment…
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