The Holy Spirit Leads

In John 10:27, Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
Believers recognize and follow Jesus’ voice.

Isaiah 30:21 says, “And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.”
God guides His people.

Jeremiah 33:3 says, “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”
God invites His people to seek Him and receive revelation from Him.

Psalm 32:8 says, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.”
God promises personal guidance and instruction.

Romans 8:14 says, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.”
Being led by the Spirit is a mark of God’s children.

Galatians 5:18 says, “But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.”
The Christian life is directed by the Spirit.

Galatians 5:25 says, “If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”
Believers actively follow the Spirit’s leading.

John 16:13 says, “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.”
The Holy Spirit will guide believers.

John 14:26 says, “The Helper, the Holy Spirit… will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”
The Spirit teaches and reminds believers of truth.

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FACE FACTS

We must face this fact: The human mind can’t reason to truth and, without truth, reasoning consists of bare claims, circular reasoning, or an infinite regression of unproven proofs. Humans have many methods by which they try to know the truth, tell make-believe from reality, tell good from evil, and tell error from what is correct. Every rationalistic method is rooted in unproven, unprovable claims that are accepted as facts without evidence.

The good news is that you can know Jesus. He is the truth. All knowledge and wisdom are hidden in Him, and He will lead, teach, and gently correct you if you seek Him.

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MAKING UP STUFF

Most atheists and cessationists don’t like to admit they are making up stuff and calling the made-up stuff true. However, to make conclusions about things like truth, the history of the world, the difference between reality and make-believe, spiritual matters, right, and wrong, we need more than just what we can observe, experience, or read in the Bible.

Most cessationist Christians do not think of themselves as rationalists, and yet, cessationism itself is a form of rationalized doctrine. All arguments against divine revelation are rationalized. Most of the church is influenced to some extent by a post-enlightenment mindset that seeps throughout culture, and this mindset is rationalism at the core.

What’s the answer? Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5-6

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WHO IS RATIONALIZING?

After the days of Luther and Calvin, the formal philosophy of rationalism came in a movement called the Enlightenment. This was a time of increasing darkness that went from Christian rationalizing to formal atheist rationalism. When atheists rationalize, they don’t include divine revelation. When Christians rationalize, some of them rationalize just like atheists. Other Christians rationalize by adding to God’s words or by diminishing parts of God’s words often without realizing they are doing so.

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What Happened to the Church?

Surprisingly, with such a great beginning, the church became corrupted fairly quickly. While it seems there were always lights within the church, the main church became increasingly corrupted. Eventually, the reformers spoke up, and that was met with force and resulted in physical conflict.

Most Christians at that time believed in divine revelation to some extent. Some believed divine revelation and infallibility were imparted to church councils. Some believed divine revelation was necessary to believe the Bible could be trusted. In other words, they gave God the glory for the fact that they trusted the Bible. Some believed divine revelation was necessary to interpret the Bible. Everyone had a mix of divine revelation and rationalism.

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Early Church Corruption

Looking into the history leading to the philosophy of Rationalism, nothing was as clear-cut as we would like.

Early in church history, disorders and disagreements developed. Gnosticism claimed secret knowledge and changed the nature of Christ and salvation. Marcion edited his own Bible to change the nature of God. The most confusing disruption was over Montanus, who believed in moving in the Spirit where direct, spontaneous prophetic guidance brought heightened spiritual vitality, repentance, and power. Some were troubled about any authoritative revelations in prophecy, although no Montanist oracles claimed to be superior to Scripture, and none of them conflicted with Scripture.

The church fathers of that day did a strange thing. In fear, they disregarded God’s orders in Scripture and moved toward humanly-designed systems that clamped down on the moving of the Holy Spirit. The result was increased authority and reduced participation. They stopped having meetings where each member had a song, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation, or a prophecy. They changed the order of the local church leadership too. God’s order was multiple local elders who were co-equal.

The office of elder, overseer, bishop, shepherd, and pastor was one office. They were not separated. Every elder was a bishop, which means overseer, and a pastor, which means shepherd. When trouble developed, they changed this order and separated the office of bishop from the office of elder.

Instead of more closely following God’s order for governing the church, church leaders rationalized a more complex structure of church polity. Instead of more closely following God’s order for meetings, church leaders rationalized a system that clamped down on ministry from the common people. Over time, more changes were rationalized. All that structure required money. With money came corruption.

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God Speaks Today

God tells us to trust Him and depend on His voice even when what He is saying doesn’t fit into our inner view of the world.

God Speaks. We can depend on Him. We cannot trust human intellect.

Romans 1:21 says that although people knew God, “their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.” This states that the natural mind malfunctions spiritually.

1 Corinthians 2:14 says, “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God… he is not able to understand them.” Each of us has a carnal mind, and that mind cannot grasp spiritual truth.

Romans 8:7–8 says, “The mind set on the flesh is hostile to God… it cannot submit to God’s law.” This is not just weakness; it’s active resistance.

Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things… who can understand it?” In Hebrew thought, heart includes mind, will, and reasoning. Scripture says it is deceitful, sick, and unreliable.

1 Corinthians 1:18–25 contrasts God’s wisdom with human wisdom, calling the latter “foolish.” Human reasoning cannot climb up to God; God must reveal Himself and His wisdom and knowledge.

Romans 12:2 tells you to “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” If the mind must be renewed, then in its natural state it is broken.

Psalm 94:11 says, “The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.” Human reasoning is described as empty, vain, and insubstantial.

In 2 Corinthians 4:3–4 Paul says unbelievers’ minds are “blinded” so they cannot see the gospel. This is a spiritual incapacity, not just ignorance.

Ephesians 4:17–18, 22–23 says that unbelievers walk “in the futility of their minds,” being “darkened in understanding.” The solution is to “be renewed in the spirit of your mind.”

Proverbs 3:5–7 tells you to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.” Scripture warns that relying on our own reasoning is spiritually dangerous.

In John 8:43–47 Jesus says people “cannot bear to hear” His word because they are not of God. The issue is not intellect but spiritual inability.

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Let’s Talk About Reason

Let’s talk about reason. Reason can be sound or unsound. Sound reason is based on truth. Jesus Christ is the truth. ALL wisdom and knowledge of the truth are hidden in Him.

Rationalism is unsound reasoning because it isn’t based on truth. So Rationalism urges us to trust the human mind, and Satan is behind that message even if that message is religious and sounds good.

God tells us to trust Him and depend on His voice even when what He is saying doesn’t fit into our inner view of the world.

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Satan Uses Rationalism

You can rationalize anything.

Rationalism is one of Satan’s key tools to battle for control of your mind.

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Rationalism Exposed

Strict rationalism in philosophy means that human reason alone is the ultimate source of knowledge. Many people talk about “reason” but they really mean rationalism. When they say they are reasoning, they mean they are rationalizing. When you rationalize, you think irrationally but in a way that sounds rational. Rationalizing is the art of making irrational thinking seem rational.

There are many ways to rationalize, but they all have one thing in common. None of them are based on truth. All of them are based on some form of made-up stuff. It’s the made-up stuff posing as true stuff that makes rationalism irrational. Rationalism is always based on made-up stuff. Rationalizing is hiding the fact that the rationalizations are based on made-up stuff.

There is one way to escape rationalism and thinking based on made-up stuff. You need truth. To have truth, you must know a Person Who knows all things and Who can’t lie. That Person is Jesus Christ. Listen to Him. Learn to discern.

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