The End of an Argument

“And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; [and] they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.” (Eze 44:24 AV)

I know the context.  The context is the re-establishment of the priests as judge in cases brought before a court.  A controversy.  When there will be dispute in matters of the law, they are bound to judge according to the law.  The judgments of God.  The truth which the Spirit feels is important this morning is the principle of absolutes settling controversies.  There are controversies that abound in the body of Christ.  Most controversies go unsettled because absolutes are ignored.  Or worse, they are assumed as non-existent.  My opinion is useless.  My opinion does not matter.  My feelings or what I think does not establish anything.  What my feelings, opinions, or desires are to be fashioned to are the judgments of God.  The law.  The absolutes.

Reason has surpassed faith.  Unbiblical reasoning has surpassed faith.  This is not to say that faith and reason cannot coexist.  They should.  They must. But reason has limits.  Reason is bound by the ability of the thinker to understand.  Reason needs facts and since there are more facts than we can possibly discover, it would be impossible to know everything.  There are facts that are impossible for mankind to understand because we do not have any comparable equal in which to compare it with.  Can anyone really understand eternity?  Can anyone really understand the Trinity?  With the un-understandable comes controversy.  There are things that must be accepted by faith.  Reason can only take us so far.

I am musing over some absolutes like Biblical authority.  Many state they believe in the absolute authority of the scriptures, but they cannot bring themselves to define what they are.  If they define what they are, they cannot bring themselves to define in what form they are or if they can be discovered today.  There is controversy.  Academics has muddied the water of common sense theology.  Man’s reason of natural influences and negated God’s divine power to overrule natural forces.  So, there is controversy.  What God says matters more than what we think!  Truth is the great answer to all controversy!  Truth!