Self deception is native to every generation—culture, tribe, person—me. We are all hypocrites. Though I identify with all of humanity in this, it does not justify my own sin. The one who boasts, “God’s word says it, I believe it, and that’s good enough for me,” unless he speaks it as an aspiration, is likely deceived. So too the one who says, “I can see clearly. I am wise so as to avoid the trouble that comes from awkward and inconvenient beliefs.” If one’s faith conforms perfectly to every trend in natural science it is not faith, but sight. We do look forward to that day when we will see face to face, but the dark glass we see through now is not the scripture—it is our minds and our hearts. All that we look at, all that we hear, all that we feel, enters through a darkened glass. So the light of science is also dim and distorted. But there remains a distinct difference between the two for the latter depends on me, but the former on the character of God himself. A loving father will instruct his children, and when they have misunderstood he will continue to do everything in his power to help them understand.
7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. “ - Matt 7:7-8
Scientism supposes man is the only one who can open the door and when it is opened there is nobody home. I can think of nothing darker, more terrifying, more hellish than that I was God. But the scriptures tell me that his word is living not only in them but in creation itself. When I stray he brings me home. If I am not in the arms of truth then he will not rest until he has rescued me from this imposter—for I know that he loves me. —Ryan Hunt
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