Reasoning Faculties

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"God surely did not give me a mind with reasoning faculties unless He wanted me to use them." Thus said an unsaved man to me, and there is indeed a measure of truth in such a remark. But this deluded man ignored the fact that he, as an unregenerate member of Adam's race, was a fallen creature, and that "the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not.”
Though the Bible contains nothing against reason; and although God reasons with man "from out of the Scriptures" (Acts 17:22And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, (Acts 17:2)), He never reasons with him about them. No matter who denies it, His Word is the only vehicle by which He conveys His thoughts to man. In 1 Cor. 3:1919For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. (1 Corinthians 3:19), God proclaims that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with Him. The next verse is even more explicit: "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain." 1 Cor. 3:2020And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. (1 Corinthians 3:20).