NO APOLOGIES, PLEASE • by Gary DeMar • The American Vision
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Joshua 24:15 - But if
serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day
whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the
Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as
for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
(As I have contended for many years – the apostasy or falling away BEGAN in the church and became churchian humanism………. – CL)
In a biblical defense of the Christian faith,
God is not the one on trial. How can
a finite, fallible, and fallen being ever be a competent judge of eternal
things? How is it possible that the creature can legitimately question the
Creator?
Augustine, ....... would point out that if you are your own
boss, you are ipso facto your own slave. And it is
not right to be ruled by what is equal to oneself. One
should be ruled only by what is in every respect superior to oneself, and that
is Truth, which Augustine identifies with God. The unchanging divine
truth about what we ought to do is what Augustine calls the eternal law. The
morally grown-up human being recognizes this law for what it is: an
immutable standard of divine authority, one that binds us unconditionally,
quite independently of what we may happen to desire or believe.
What is wrong with every man doing what he
thought was right? After all, as an American public school graduate, I was
totally immersed in my individual rights and privileges. Furthermore, my faith
in the American tradition of our collective wisdom as a democratic republic was
absolute. In a sense, I worshipped the wisdom of WeDaPeople! Therefore, the
conflict of faiths arose – in essence, I also worshipped DaConstitution and
DaState! – CL
I leave it to you to sort it out!
