We live in a time when people claim "truth is relative". This concept is unreasonable. The argument for the relevant nature of truth is self-defeating. As soon as a person accepts the argument as true, truth is no longer relevant for that individual. There are truths and falsities. Not every view can be correct. For the Christian, truth comes from God’s revelation. Mankind is groping in darkness apart from God’s revelation. It is not what man knows at that point, but what man thinks he knows. God has spoken through creation, through Scriptures, and the fulfillment of the scriptures in the work of Christ. To find truth we must approach the Bible in faith. Not everyone believes it to be the Word of God. Yet the Bible has no need to be proven in an a-priori or a-posteriori manner. God’s word is truth despite these arguments. Reason is not required to make way for faith in this view; instead, faith provides the room for reason to operate. The faith I am speaking of is not a blind faith but a saving faith. This faith is bound to the Bible, and is the closest Christians can come to objectivity, making faith the necessary condition for true knowledge. Faith is a gift from God, the work of His Spirit causing man to look externally for understanding. Truth is not found hidden somewhere within man, and truth will not be found through any process of meditation or soul searching. Man finds it through turning away from himself and looking toward God. In Proverbs 2:2-6, Solomon writes that as one undertakes the task of searching for wisdom, crying for discernment, and asking for help in understanding, then they discover the knowledge of God. Solomon adds that knowledge and understanding come from the mouth God. In other words, God’s words are truth.
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What is a-priori and a-posteriori?
Also, do you think "faith" is a word that has lost its meaning in our society? Now faith usually is preceeded by "blind" or "leap of" when the Bible clearly uses faith as something which is driven by evidence and is not a blind leap whatsoever.
Apriori (2+2=4), aposteriori (like a science experiment). The Bible is not proven, it is true despite our arguments. However we do have good evidence for an apologetic.
Good question, "is faith a word that has lost its meaning in our society?" Perhaps in one since it has, because it sounds too "churchy". But when I hear evolutionists speak I realize they have just as much faith in their conclusions as I have in mine. The only reason society would consider my faith different is because it relates to scripture. It is a saving faith. A free gift from God, the creative work of His Spirit.
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