(quote from RealReality.org/Real_Faith_and_Reason_Vol_2_-_Scientia.pdf)

Godly Thinking

The alternative to ungodly thinking is, of course, godly thinking. Only by godly thinking can we know anything, but we can’t have godly thinking without acknowledging God’s active role in our thought processes through revelation.

For instance, only by revelation do we know Scripture is God’s word. Only by revelation can we know God speaks through the Bible, observation, and every other method mentioned in the Bible. Also, it’s by revelation we know Scripture is without error. We can’t understand these realities by axioms or presuppositions. Both axioms and presuppositions consist of made-up stuff. Made-up stuff can’t prove anything. Without proof, we can’t have precise and accurate knowledge of anything with certainty. Through Scripture, God keeps telling us to listen to Him, and He speaks the same into our innermost beings. But listening to God and acknowledging God is contrary to the fallen human nature. “For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what’s right, but I can’t carry it out.” ^{(Romans 7:18)} Still, we choose to listen to Him and yield ourselves to Him even though our fleshly natures resist Him.

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