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Danger in Speculative Knowledge
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of accepting it is separation from God. And to fallen human nature
this means ruin.
Our condition through sin is unnatural, and the power that re-
stores us must be supernatural, or it has no value. There is only
one power that can break the hold of evil from human hearts, and
that is the power of God in Jesus Christ. Only through the blood of
the Crucified One is there cleansing from sin. His grace alone can
enable us to resist and subdue the tendencies of our fallen nature.
Spiritualistic theories concerning God make His grace of no effect.
If God is an essence pervading all nature, then He dwells in every-
body, and in order to attain holiness, a person has only to develop
the power within him or her.
These theories, followed to their logical conclusion, sweep away
the whole Christian faith. They do away with the necessity for the
atonement and make human beings their own savior. These theories
regarding God make His Word of no effect, and those who accept
them are in great danger of being led finally to look upon the whole
Bible as fiction. They may regard virtue as better than vice, but,
having shut out God from His rightful position of sovereignty, they
place their dependence upon human power, which, without God, is
worthless. The unaided human will has no real power to resist and
overcome evil. The defenses of the soul are broken down. A person
has no barrier against sin. When once the restraints of God’s Word
and His Spirit are rejected, who knows to what depths one may sink!
“Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
Do not add to His words,
Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.”
“His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.”
Proverbs 30:5, 6; 5:22.
Searching Into Divine Mysteries
“‘The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those
things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever.’”