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The human mind can’t reason to truth. It can reason to strongly held opinion. It can create a worldview that seems more real than real reality. Godless thinking (whether from atheists, other Christians, or yourself) is full of pride. We think our own made-up stuff is golden. We find it easy to poke holes in other people’s made-up stuff but not our own.

So what’s the answer. We need to know the Person Who knows all things, in Whom all knowledge and wisdom are hidden, Who IS the Truth, Who can’t lie, and Who wants a close relationship with us in which He leads and we follow. Of course, that’s Christ.

A neurotic arguer (skeptic) will then claim you can’t know Christ’s voice or discern it from the voices of demons or our own carnal self-talk. And that would be a valid point if a person has no understanding of what God is doing. God has found some, a few, who are willing to allow Him to transform them from glory to glory. As “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” says it, there is “a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.” It doesn’t say how He transfigures you, but the Bible does. The way is simple. Listen to God’s voice and yield to His Spirit. Allow His Spirit to obey the Father through you. Yield the members of your body to His righteousness.

God knows our weakness. He knows we get it wrong. He planted the seed (the Word, Jesus Christ) in our hearts at some point, and now He is maturing that Word. We are being transformed. Christ is being fully formed in us. Right now, we are in the interim between the promise and the full possession of the promise. Here’s the wonderful part. Anyone who is willing can find Jesus and join us on our journey to the fullness of Truth.

Anyone who wants can take a stand against what God is doing, but they destroy themselves in the process. Their end will be painful indeed, and, for that, we feel sorry for them.

Ask God to answer these questions.

1. Why can’t the human mind reason to truth?
2. What does it mean to have a worldview?
3. Why do people think their own ideas are better than others’?
4. Who is Christ, and why is He called “the Truth”?
5. How can someone hear God’s voice?

Bonus Questions:

1. What does it mean to be “transformed from glory to glory”?
2. What is “yielding to God’s Spirit”?
3. How does God plant a seed (Jesus Christ) in our hearts?
4. What is the promise God gave, and when will we have it?
5. Why do people destroy themselves if they go against what God is doing?

SEEKING GOD

1. Pray for the Lord to protect you and keep you in His presence and His presence only.
2. Direct your mind toward the Lord only.
3. Ask God what He want’s to talk about.
4. You can ask God any questions. In all of this, be led by the Holy Spirit. God promises that He will answer you if you ask Him.
5. Do not edit or change what God says even if you don’t understand it.
6. Reject the lies and receive the truth.
7. Take notes.
8. Transfer your notes to your journal without editing what God said to you.