Pure Thought Is Based On Logic, So The Story Goes
Pure Thought Is Based On Logic, So The Story Goes
Pure thought is based on logic, so the story goes.
We swallow this line easily, as everybody knows.
But reasoning and logic, fall short to tell what’s true.
And scholars argue constantly all mired in a goo
Of logical assumptions–they all sit in their stew,
As they have done for ages. This is nothing new.
Their books and papers, proven false by that which they can see,
But, proud and haughty, they deny that it can ever be.
Scientist or theologian–they are all the same.
“Facts” based on assumptions, all stirring in their brains.
A brain so proud, it says to God, “Who are You to tell.”
And gives us quite a clue to just how Satan fell.
The more they learn, the more they know, the more confused they are,
For when they learn what isn’t true, they’re stuck in pitch-black tar.
They look into the Bible, but they don’t see the Word.
A veil is there before their eyes. They see what they had heard.
Is God able to reveal? Can His Spirit show–
If we’re willing now to yield–things that we must know?
As God reveals, won’t He know to show us all the same?
Won’t He show us in the way the Bible does proclaim?
For God does send, the Bible says, and tells us how He sends.
He chooses whom He will to send, and He determines when.
If there is great discord and all this argument,
It simply means that someone runs whom God has never sent.
This isn’t a poem to deny logic or rational thought. It mentions “logical assumptions.” There are no truly logical assumptions. Assumptions always consist of made-up stuff. Calling made-up stuff real is the basis of all irrational thinking. It’s the root cause of every lie. Sound logic must have true premises. In other words, sound logic requires truth. Not only does it require truth but it must add nothing to that truth and diminish no part of that truth. Sound logic can’t have a single ounce of made-up stuff.
Since humans don’t have a way to reason to truth, where can we get truth? We have to go to Someone Who knows all things, can’t lie, loves us, and will lead us if we will follow. This is the Person Who IS the Truth and in Whom all knowledge and wisdom is hidden. Jesus is real and knowable. All Who sincerely and persistently seek Him will find Him and get to know Him in a continual walk of unfolding revelation of truth. He leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him. This isn’t a one-and-done walk. It’s a walk from glory to glory, tearing down one inner stronghold after the other.
