For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. Romans 12:3 New American Standard Bible
...with the faith God has distributed to each of you. New International Version
...according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. King James Version
Operating on the belief in the Word of God, everyone has been granted the gift of faith. What one does with the gift is entirely up to the free will God also granted to mankind.
Some have taken this measure of faith and thrown it out as completely irrational. And in a way it is, at least as far as what man can prove in a laboratory. As there is much yet which cannot be proven by our limited understanding of Science, a most extraordinary subject authored by the Lord, faith can't be measured in a test tube, but those who don't reject it find that their granted measure only increases with regular use.
Unbelievers taunt believers as blind followers, telling them, "We have Science." Placing one's own mind above the Mind of the Creator, they deem themselves demi-gods of intellect within a brain subject to deterioration, a mind subject to dementia and delusions. Thousands of years ago, the prophet Isaiah (40:22) told us the Lord is enthroned above the "circle" of the earth, but because of a few people whose understanding was not yet complete, unbelievers sometimes dismiss the whole lot of believers as "flat earthers."
As the enemy tried to use the Word of God to tempt Jesus at a time when He was in a greatly weakened physical state, unbelievers twist the Word of God and taunt believers with vapid statements lifted out of context of the entire Truth in scriptures, saying such hogwash as the Bible approves of slavery and demeans women. Why in the world would the scriptures contain such a dramatic story as the deliverance of God's chosen people from the pharaoh of Egypt if such a state were condoned? Could someone have convinced the woman caught in adultery, the one whom Jesus saved from being stoned to death, the Word of God incarnate didn't believe in equal rights?
One of the names of the enemy of our souls is "accuser of the brethren." Unbelievers, of course, wouldn't for a moment believe the accusations they shoot from their mouths, from the anonymity behind a computer screen, are downloaded into their minds from none other than the one more versed in the Word of God than most Christians. They don't believe what they can't see yet who they cannot see is exploiting their pride in their perceived intellect to badger Christians. Worse yet, many Christians aren't doing their homework, using their measure of faith to ask the Holy Spirit for further revelation of the truths of God, and they try to fight a battle unarmed using the same weapon as the enemies of truth: worldly reason, logic, and intellect.
If you are a believer, don't enter the battle unarmed. Study the Word of God. Learn the ebb and flow of the obedience and disobedience of man to God. Follow His loving pursuit of the hearts of His people beginning with the prophets and culminating at the cross of Christ, the ultimate gift of redemption to mankind. Be confident that the wisdom of man is foolishness to God. (I Corinthians 3:19) The greatest of scientists cannot see gravity nor explain fully the vastness of the universe. Unbelievers will say we can't either, but the scripture deemed the world round before its occupants fully understood this. Could it be that the universe and everything in it are held together by the very Word of God, the same Word that spoke it into being?
The substance beneath our DNA has not been discovered. It would be difficult indeed to see the spoken Word on a slide under a microscope, yet my faith tells me in time this will be the ultimate revelation to unbelievers. They are just as free to disbelieve this as I am to believe it. My measure of faith is aligned with the Word of God. What little has been proven by Science doesn't contradict but proves His Word. Humankind desperately yearns to know, to feed the insatiable god of intellect, but God's Word to believers is this: "Knowledge begins with respect for the Lord, but fools hate wisdom and discipline.
If you truly believe, seek the Source of knowledge, wisdom, and discipline in the operator's manual He gave us all through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Again, if you go to battle unarmed with this, you'll be soundly beaten and worse yet, in the unarmed vulnerability of ignorance of His Word, you may well be taken into captivity and held prisoner from the very One Who can save you. Seek the Lord while He may be found. Call on Him while He is near. (Isaiah 55:6) True believers won't be let down. Weak ones will be strengthened. Do not cast what is beautiful and precious before the swine of unbelief. Know that the Lord desires to give good gifts to His children. The ultimate gift He wants to give you is to know Him. Go to the Source of all sound judgment, knowledge and understanding. Why be convinced of anything or anyone less than He?
The substance beneath our DNA has not been discovered. It would be difficult indeed to see the spoken Word on a slide under a microscope, yet my faith tells me in time this will be the ultimate revelation to unbelievers. They are just as free to disbelieve this as I am to believe it. My measure of faith is aligned with the Word of God. What little has been proven by Science doesn't contradict but proves His Word. Humankind desperately yearns to know, to feed the insatiable god of intellect, but God's Word to believers is this: "Knowledge begins with respect for the Lord, but fools hate wisdom and discipline.
If you truly believe, seek the Source of knowledge, wisdom, and discipline in the operator's manual He gave us all through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Again, if you go to battle unarmed with this, you'll be soundly beaten and worse yet, in the unarmed vulnerability of ignorance of His Word, you may well be taken into captivity and held prisoner from the very One Who can save you. Seek the Lord while He may be found. Call on Him while He is near. (Isaiah 55:6) True believers won't be let down. Weak ones will be strengthened. Do not cast what is beautiful and precious before the swine of unbelief. Know that the Lord desires to give good gifts to His children. The ultimate gift He wants to give you is to know Him. Go to the Source of all sound judgment, knowledge and understanding. Why be convinced of anything or anyone less than He?
