Just as with all strongly held ideas, Secularism considers Secularism to be the best way. Secularists argue for Secularism. They defend Secularism if anyone speaks against it. Secularists believe in dogmatically Secularism just as Relativists believe dogmatically in Relativism. Secularists accept all ideas as long as those ideas are Secularistic.

“Having a religious belief isn’t a problem and certainly is protected by the Constitution. However, the primary protection in our Constitution is the separation of church and state, so religious beliefs cannot be used to make policy or law.”

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According to secularists, lawmakers must use ungodly thinking as the basis for laws. The statement above pushes for ungodliness as the state-established religion. That violates the Constitution. The Constitution says the U. S. Congress “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Ungodliness isn’t supposed to be the established religion. Any person in any office can freely exercise his or her mind, guided by the Holy Spirit in all the ways the Holy Spirit speaks. That includes God speaking through Scripture. Secularists claim made-up stuff is superior to divine revelation for making laws.

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Secularists have perfected their language to sound innocent like the following:

“Having a religious belief isn’t a problem and certainly is protected by the Constitution. However, the primary protection in our Constitution is the separation of church and state, so religious beliefs cannot be used to make policy or law.”

Two problems plague this statement. First, the term “separation of church and state” isn’t in the Constitution. Rather, it comes from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote. In Jefferson’s letter, the context was the State wouldn’t limit Christians or any other religions. The Constitution doesn’t limit Christians. However, it does limit the power of the state to regulate the free exercise of religion. Therefore, Jefferson used the term “separation of church and state” for just the opposite of what the secularists hope to accomplish. They try to get the state to regulate the exercise of religion.

Second, secularism establishes ungodliness as the state religion, which violates the Constitution. If the state establishes ungodliness as the preferred religion, ungodly people can use their made-up stuff about reality as a guide for making laws. But those who follow Christ can’t allow the love and wisdom that comes from Christ to guide them in making laws. We’re comparing made-up stuff to divine revelation. And how is made-up stuff superior to divine revelation? Why would we pass restrictive laws to limit divine revelation?

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There’s a form of ungodliness called “secularism.” An ungodly person may simply want to avoid God for himself or herself, but secularism goes one step further. Secularism tries to use the power of government to impose ungodliness on everyone.

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Ungodly Thinking

We know Jesus Christ. He guides our thoughts. Ungodliness refuses to acknowledge the spiritual element of life and revelation that flows from God. As a result, many people think and act without God even though they know that thinking and acting without God is ungodly. For example, atheism, agnosticism, materialism, and naturalism are denominations of ungodliness. Yielding to demonic gods is also ungodly and following imagined or created idols is ungodly. Not only so, but at those times when we as Christians fail to follow Christ, we’re thinking and acting godlessly too.

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“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.” ~ James 1:17 Berean Study Bible

And we know that wisdom, knowledge, and understanding are good gifts. Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding are good and perfect gifts, and they come down from the Father.

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Relationship is the Solution

As we started this journey, I told you about how Dr. Jason Lisle shocked me by saying the following:

“Only the fear of the Lord leads to knowledge.”

We looked at the following verse and wondered about the meaning of the word “all.”

“[Christ,] in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.” ~ Colossians 2:3 Berean Literal Bible

On our journey, we’ve found the word “all” includes natural science and everything else. We realized God did mean it when He said the human mind is deceitful and desperately wicked.

We don’t know of a source other than divine revelation for precise and correct knowledge of truth. No one has ever observed accurate information self-generating. So, for those who reject divine revelation, the ungodly-thinking fallacy blocks all rational thought. In other words, basing all thought on made-up stuff is the unavoidable result of ungodly thinking, and no ungodly thinker can escape it. And that proves no one can know anything using ungodly thinking.

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Since we know Jesus, revelation is direct and sovereign. His revelation bypasses the weakness of the human mind as Almighty God imparts revelation. And He’s well able to give it. The fallen human mind tries to deceive us. However, God knows how to give good gifts to His children, and Christ also gives the discernment as one such good gift.

“So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” ~ Luke 11:13 Berean Study Bible

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When we seek God, we need to be clear that we’re seeking the triune Almighty God, the Creator of all Who breathes out the words of Scripture. He’s the knowable, personal God Who cannot lie. While some created beings claim to be gods, He created those beings. He’s not any of the false gods invented by human minds either. Rather, He’s the uncreated Creator of the universe and everything in the spiritual and material realms. And yet, He’s our friend, and we know Him.

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We’re learning to hear God’s voice and to respond in willing submission to His correction and instruction. We may step of slip off the way. If we are humble and teachable, the Holy Spirit can bring us back to the path. If we stop moving, He can get us moving forward again. If we think we are something or we have the ultimate truth for the hour, we may not open ourselves to the Holy Spirit’s correction.

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