Is This Understanding?
May 18th, 2008 by Randy Toman
The Human being cannot choose “Good” or “Evil” if he does not understand the issue at hand. His “Will” which is nothing more then the guidance of action by reason and understanding. If the logical thought process is replaced by emotion or corrupt reason one can readily see how the “Free Will” is not free at all.
This premise hinges on the fact that humanity has a corrupt nature through the fall of Adam. Without the acceptance of this we cannot make any sense of man’s flawed and perverted reasoning, lack of education just does not explain it.
John Calvin in his “Institutes of Christian Religion” Book 1 Chapter 15 Section 8 edited by McNeill and translated by F.L. Battle said this:
“But the highest rectitude was in his mind and will, and all the organic parts were rightly composed to obedience, until in destroying himself corrupted his own blessing.”
We can readily see how the righteous person is an obnoxious thing to the wicked; the baser sort will look upon even Gods providence in society with envy.
Psalm 62:4 King James Bible
“… they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah”
C. H. Spurgeon “Daily Treasure” Daily reading of the Psalms (May 16th reading) said this:
“It is always best to begin with God and then may we confront our enemies. Make all sure with Heaven, then may you grapple with Earth and Hell.”
I have been attempting to point out how corrupt our reasoning has been since Adam’s fall, without much success I believe. That be as it may on Friday something occurred to me that was even more frightening then the fact that we have a reasoning process that is corrupt. You see I was assuming that even with this corrupt reasoning we still had a debate going on between the “Democrats” and the “Republicans” in Congress. Well I fear that is not so, and worse it can now start to be shown that truth, logic and the good of the citizens is not the goal of anything the politicians are debating and/or doing for us.
Now what is really the scariest aspect of this deception is the fact that the American people have not come to the realization that this is going on. But when they do realize the fact that they are being used as pawns on some game of power and control for a one-world order, I’m afraid the complexion and mood of the game will change to ugly and nasty.
The frustration is building and the question is starting to be asked; why are they not fixing these problems? When the answer comes back, they don’t want to because this confused mess suites their purpose. We will have the true beginnings of understanding of the real problem and all Hell will break loose. That understanding could be tomorrow or 100 years from now but it will come and so will the end of this country, as we know it.
Good Article! I suspect that you are right about “reasoning” among the politicians on both sides. They seem to care only of their power and not about solving the serious issues that face us. One side blames the other. If enough of the American people wanted to get results, they would elect only God Fearing men and woman to office at all levels. We can’t have good character without good moral values. That only comes from believers in God, Heaven and Hell!