Eons ago, the Greeks gathered under trees, and absolutely drunk, they discussed wild ideas. Such an informal gathering in open space is what birthed some of the prevalent ideas in modern society today. It was an open-mindedness so open trash was considered genius because it was new. Soon, philosophy became a thing as these informal schools came up with schools of thought that debunked the status quo. People want something unconventional instead of something fresh. They want stable truths debunked because, to them, they are stale. Don’t we see much of that today? Let’s delve into the 4 areas that will be responsible for the confusion of many. Do you remember how confusing last week’s post was? So hard to read, right? Today, I’m going to lay it bare before you so you can realise the Truth.
Philosophy
Philosophy is a rabbit hole into nothingness. In the beginning, it seems like a wise discourse or a platform for the exchange of ideas and knowledge. What it basically is is the Gospel according to opinions. It’s what I call the spirit of the Greeks. People can clearly see Mammon, the spirit of Babylon. Some recognize the spirit of Medo-Persia, especially in areas where the Haman spirit chases down Christians with threats and murder. However, comfortable Christians have been rampaged by the spirit of the Greeks. Where this spirit dominates, the Gospel never faces fierce opposition. You can easily be allowed to share the Gospel like Paul was when he reached Athens. However, the Gospel is treated as simply one school of thought.
Acts 17:21 says “all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.” The science of opinions. No wonder people are easily offended nowadays. Unity is not when our opinions align and agree. People don’t want to know the truth anymore. Just want to hear what makes them feel good and strokes their ego. Cunningly-devised fables, if you will. As 1 Timothy 6:20 puts it, this is what people falsely call “knowledge”.
The desire for something new instead of something fresh is what Scriptures call itchy ears in 2 Timothy 4:3. “God loves me? I already know that. That’s not new. Tell me something I haven’t heard before”. When they hear something new, weird and don’t understand yet, they then say, “wow, this is deep”. This is what pushes people to now invent new things from old truths in order to entertain their listeners. Don’t fall for the “go deeper” shenanigans. There’s always a fresh Word from God but never a totally new word from that which has already been established.
This is what gave birth to “relative truth” rundown. One will say we all have our truths and that you have your truth and I have my truth. Some even say there’s no such thing as truth. Well, if that’s the case, then why should I believe you? It’s all mindless confusion. You follow it at your own peril. You will become a very wise fool. The gospel according to our opinions is responsible for why people want to hear what celebrities have to say. We have become so open-minded that historical facts seem not to exist anymore because it has become a matter of opinions. This is also the basics for the “I feel; therefore I am” movements. You feel like a girl even though you are a boy so you dress like a girl. Feelings over facts. It is the wisdom of men as Paul said 1 Corinthians 1 and 2. Speaking of wisdom, let’s talk about psychology.
Psychology
When we discussed the wisdom of the devil, we mentioned that there are 3 kinds of Wisdom; the Wisdom from above, the wisdom of this world and human wisdom. Even the foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of men. It is the foolishness of God to pick what men reject to confound the wise, not that God is actually foolish. Human wisdom does not guarantee anything. If you really are a Christian, let your way of thinking be solely based on Scripture. Psychology will only support what Scripture has already established. I say this because a lot of psychology and philosophy is preached from pulpits and what most Christians believe, they cannot even point to one Bible verse to support it.
Do you believe in psychology quotes or do you quote Scriptures? This “follow your heart”, “do what you love”, “believe in yourself” etc is all psychology and philosophy. With time, someone will come and debunk it and propose a new theory that makes sense in another way. Today, psychology wants us to believe that hard work is not important and that we should work smart instead. In the next 10 years, working smart will be seen as archaic and wrong. Meanwhile, Scriptures offer principles that are established and proven, regardless of person, time or even place. It is dangerous to live your life based on what psychology is saying. It is like building in the sand. If you are indeed a Christian, the Scriptures should form the bedrock of all your beliefs and worldview.
When someone speaks psychology and philosophy, they make sense because they speak to the mind. However, making sense and knowing the truth is not always the same. The truth does not always make sense, my dear. Whoever speaks truth speaks to the spirit. Jesus said His Words are spirit and life. In hard times, you can hold on to the Word of Truth in your spirit. All your knowledgeable psychology ideas will fall like a pack of cards because none of them will even come to mind in tough times. Motivational speakers speak to your mind. Bible teachers speak to your spirit. The latter makes a lasting impact. You can use mindfulness to achieve things in this life but you cannot use it to conquer sin, the world and Satan. It’s only the Word!
Pseudoscience
The foundation of science was laid by people who believed in God and looked forward to His inspirations. Many of them had visions and saw answers via dreams. Today, the average scientist wants you to believe otherwise. For crying out loud, Sir Isaac Newton had more notes from Bible Study than on science and mathematics combined. Much of what we call science is basically pseudoscience. Certain theories have been held in higher esteem than even the laws in science. Atheism wants it to look like it’s backed by the world of science. Meanwhile, everything in science screams of a Designer. Big bang theory is simply a theory. It was even first proposed by a Catholic priest, a theist. It has not been proven, and yet, it is always discussed as if it is.
Also, why has the big bang theory become an atheist worldview of the beginning of life when it was proposed by a theist and hasn’t been proven? Are you telling me you knew what happened 300 million years ago but don’t believe in the resurrection of Jesus, something that happened just 2000 years ago and was confirmed by 500+ witnesses? Seriously? You really think we actually share a common ancestor as apes? Pseudoscience has reduced human beings to simply animals. It has stripped us of the “fearfully and wonderfully made” identity and scoffed us into believing we are insignificant compared to the rest of the universe. What will you choose? Christianity that gives you genuine purpose and hope, or a Pseudoscience that proposes that you’re just a random happening? It takes more blind faith to be an atheist. There’s too much make-believe.
Also, Charles Darwin clearly stated that he could be wrong concerning his theory of evolution. He said if a complex organ could not be explained by gradual modifications, his theory “would absolutely break down”. Guess what? A complex organ cannot be objectively explained by gradual modifications. Scientists say the belief in God will influence their scientific experiments but atheism is equally a worldview that influences as much. We can create as humans but we weren’t created? We came from nothing and are evolving into nothingness? Oh wow! We don’t even know how life came from non-life but let’s pretend all of science is based evolution theory and the big bang theory.
Is evolution real? Yes. However, the leap from “animals change slightly over time” to “all life is the result of mindless natural processes” is completely absurd and untrue. It’s an extrapolation of the adaptation of species. All this is targeted at eroding humanity from his true origin. Today, “intelligent” people believe in these things, making us look foolish for believing we are made in the image of God. Take heart! It is only a recent dilemma. About 99% of people who have ever lived believed in the existence of God. Don’t let them deceive you that we were indoctrinated to believe in God. There are isolated tribes in the world with no contact with our current civilization and yet, they believe in a Supreme Being. It is Charles Spurgeon who said “atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice”.
Perspectives
In the realms of humans, nothing was made to be permanent. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. God can bring good out of something evil and something good can lead to something evil. That being said, don’t justify your wrong when God brings something good out of it. Also, perspectives have become the venue to erode absolutes and objectivity. When you do good, there are both advantages and disadvantages to it. The advantages or disadvantages are not what predetermines what is good or bad. Otherwise, what is good or bad becomes a matter of perspective rather than an objective morality upheld by God.
Let me give you an example. It is good to give, not because of the advantages of giving (because there are also disadvantages), but because it is commanded by God. Goodness is based on God. Take God out of the picture and now, we are just left to determine what is good and bad from its advantages and disadvantages. Meanwhile, there are advantages and disadvantages of every action in this realm, whether good or bad. The fact that something gives you an advantage does not mean it is the right thing to do. Have you seen why modern societies are now finding it hard to determine what is good and what is not? Subjective morality is no morality at all. It will only be a matter of opinions until we accept pedophilia as an acceptable form of sexuality.
Let’s Put Religion Aside?
Have you ever heard someone say, “let’s put religion aside. We are humans first”. Really? We don’t know what religion is again, do we? It is because Christ taught and exemplified love for one another that I am compelled by His Grace to do the same. If we put that aside, what will be left? “Humanity first!”. True humanity is what Christ exemplified in the flesh. “Let’s put the Bible aside”. No, we aren’t. If we put all of this aside, wherein lies the core of my morality? We will go back to the Gospel according to opinions. Objective morality only exists because God. If we put God aside, everything in society will crumble.
What they won’t tell you is that western civilization was built on Christian values. That’s why we aren’t seeing a sudden collapse just yet. Objective morality is so strong, people wish the well-being of others and generally, help is available; people are nice to each other, systems work and the needs of the underprivileged are addressed. All these are as a result of Christian values entrenched into the system. The dilemma is that African culture is built on idolatry so we are yet to fully let go of idolatrous influence and fully embrace Christian values. Thus, you will see atheist Westerners showing you more love than Christians in Africa. Don’t be confused from now onwards.
If western civilization refuses to uphold and recognise the place of Christ in society, their civilization will collapse like many other civilizations in human history. This is not rocket science.
The Scoffing spirit
Scriptures, especially in Proverbs, point to the spirit of scorners and scoffers. You may not have noticed but once you understand it from here, search the Scriptures to see. It is one of the highest expressions of pride. In Psalm 1, we see a progression from ungodly to sinners to scornful. These are people who mock God and the things of God. They make you feel foolish for believing in something so simple. Not only that, they seem to have a way of making something great look small and insignificant. Pseudoscience have tried their best to paint humans as insignificant. Feminism have tried their best to paint men as insignificant. Modern societies have tried their best to paint being a housewife as someone insignificant. It is their nature to belittle things that actually form the core.
Do you have a friend who always finds a way to devalue your achievements? They have this diction and mindset of seeing it from a different perspective in a bad light. The same is done to Judeo-Christianity perpetually throughout centuries. There’s a way the Gospel can be painted to look as though it is dumb. That’s why the Scriptures say “the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing”. If you give attention to such ideologies for long, you will follow the progression of the wicked in Psalm 1. You will walk, stand and eventually sit in the seat of the scornful. You will cast pearls before swine. You will treat what is Holy as a common thing, as Hebrews 10:29 puts it. Our minds are fragile; we believe something in accordance with how many times we hear it. Believe you me, if you give your attention to the scoffing spirit, you will become an evangelist for this religion of vanity. They will make a mockery of the simplicity of the Gospel but won’t tell you how empty their worldview is. Beware!
Philosophy, psychology, perspectives and pseudoscience. If you give your attention to any of these four, you become knowledgeable but you will lack wisdom. Selah!
Beware!!!.
God bless you🙏