The Absolute and the Relative

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The Absolute is God; all else, including us, is the Relative. If we do not recognize and accept this, all our thoughts, attitudes and actions in spiritual and moral things will be distorted and result in a wasted life and eternal separation from God. God, not us, should be the starting point and the reference point of our hearts, our motives, our thoughts and our actions. The wisest man among men said, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Prov. 1:77The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:7)). Having true knowledge begins with God having His right place in our hearts — He is Lord (supreme over us) and He is to be feared (given His place of respect as supreme and the One to whom we must give account for our works). Rebellious man, not wanting to be subject to God and so not wanting to retain the knowledge of God, has become the fool and is morally lost and dead toward God. We live in a society in which man’s thoughts largely begin and end with himself. He does not want to be judged by God or man as to his attitudes and actions. Unconsciously such attitudes can creep into and find a lodging in our minds and hearts. Some of the material in this issue may be hard to understand, but may the Lord enable us to be forewarned and forearmed by the truth.