DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- INFORMED FAITH

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – INFORMED FAITH

"Jesus answered and said to them, 'Are you not therefore mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?' " (Mark 12:24)

The Saduccees  tried to trap Jesus with a theological question, asking about how things are going to be in the resurrected state regarding marriage.  They did not even believe in a future resurrection,  so the disingenuousness of their question was apparent because they asked about something they did not even believe in.

Jesus identified the basic problem of their worldview.  They were deceived because they did not believe the Bible, and their God was a small god with no power.  They had no basis or authority on which to base their beliefs, and they did not believe in a supreme omnipotent God.  They were, in effect, secular humanists.  The only thing they could use to support their faith was their own reasoning and intellect.  They were their own authority.

We rub shoulders with skeptics every day who are in the same boat.  The only basis they have for their beliefs is their own limited mental and rational ideas.  

There was an article in the news recently about the discovery of heretofore unknown galaxies in the universe.   The reporters demonstrated their own ignorance by stating that this discovery takes us back billions of years closer to the Big Bang.  There is no proof of a "Big Bang."  And what standard do they have to measure billions of years?    These things are not scientifically provable and are only ideas that come out of fertile imaginations. They do not want to accept the Scriptures nor the idea of an omnipotent God who could create something out of nothing. What they believe is not science.  It is as much a faith-based religion as Christianity.  They are truly deceived by their ignorance of Scripture and the power of God.

As Christians, we acknowledge that our world-view is faith-based.  But there is much evidence to support our belief in an all-powerful God who has spoken through the Scriptures.  It is not blind faith.  It is informed faith.   

Love,  Dad