ATHEISM = BARE CLAIM

A rationalist says, “God Doesn’t Exist.”

You know God exists because you know Him through Jesus Christ.

While you can’t prove your experience with God to anyone else, the atheist must have his or her own experience—and they can.

However, the rationalist is making a bare claim. The rationalist cannot support that claim. The rationalist can’t even give a rational reason for making the claim if you ask, “What makes you think so?”

Note that many atheists have retreated to an agnostic (I don’t know) position. They say, “I’m not claiming to know God doesn’t exist. I just haven’t seen any evidence for God.” They think they are being clever and shifting the burden of proof. In fact, they have just made another bare claim–and their claim is a lie. God speaks through His creation. He shows us that matter doesn’t create itself or organize itself. He shows us that energy always degrades over time to a lower form of energy. Those two facts alone eliminate every so-called “theory” or “hypothesis” that tries to explain creation without God.

But God is speaking to every person all the time. So are demons. Corrupted human minds are also speaking. It’s really a matter of who you’re willing to listen to. Whoever turns their attention to Jesus Christ will hear His voice and will be able to tell the difference between the voice of Christ and all the other voices.

Whoever gives himself or herself over to that relationship with Christ will find it to be a growing relationship. Discernment between the various voices will increase over time. They will begin to receive increasing power for righteousness the more they abide in the presence of Christ. Since ALL wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ, they will find this wisdom and knowledge flowing through them increasingly the more they depend on it.

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War Against Revelation

The War Against Revelation

Satan hates it when you listen to Christ. He is fighting a war against it.

It’s helpful to know what some of the arguments are that rationalism uses against revelation and how to answer them. As an informed Christian who personally knows Jesus Christ, listens to His voice, and has received daily evidence of His reality and His communication ability by experience, you should be willing to give an answer to those who ask you about divine revelation. You will find that most rationalist opinions are actually a problem for those who want to depend on human reason rather than a problem for those who want to depend on God.

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SATAN HATES DIVINE REVELATION

Satan is waging a war against divine revelation. Satan wants you to listen to him. He speaks to you through your fallen human mind. He sounds like your own thoughts. The alternative is divine revelation, which explains why Satan fights against divine revelation. God also speaks into your mind. And Satan has many arguments.

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RATIONALISM OR REVELATION

Most worldly systems are following rationalism. Some worldly systems are following the occult. Much of what is called Christianity is following a form of rationalism without admitting it. All of these are trying to influence you not to follow the leading of Jesus Christ.

It’s a war to control your mind. The war is intense. Which one will control your mind? Divine revelation or human rationalism?

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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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