Who worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator;… God gave
them over to a reprobate mind. Romans 1:25, 28
Since the first fallen man got still long
enough to think, fallen men have been asking these questions: “Whence came I?
What am I? Why am I here? and Where am I going?”
The noblest minds of the race have
struggled with these questions to no avail. Did the answer lie somewhere hidden
like a jewel it would surely have been uncovered, for the most penetrating
minds of the race have searched for it everywhere in the region of human
experience. Yet the answers remain as securely hidden as if they did not exist.
Why is man lost philosophically? Because he
is lost morally and spiritually. He cannot answer the questions life presents
to his intellect because the light of God has gone out in his soul. The fearful
indictment the Holy Ghost brings against mankind is summed up count by count in
the opening chapters of Romans and the conduct of every man from earliest
recorded history is evidence enough to sustain the indictment.
Apart from the Scriptures we have no sure
philosophy: apart from Jesus Christ we have no true knowledge of God; apart
from the inliving Spirit we have no ability to live lives morally pleasing to
God!
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