LOGIC & REASONING AGAINST WILL OF GOD

         
                                       
THEME: LOGIC/REASONING AGAINST THE WORD OF GOD
BY SAMUEL OTU.
Winners chapel Ghana - akosombo
Reasoning is the act of thinking and decision making caused by rationality and motive. This can also mean persuading by logical argument to act in a particular way. Science and precedence has always been the proof for logical reasonable decision making. Logical thinking/reasoning has been the cause of mans falling from the grace of God from day one of creation.
On the other hand, the word of God is full of commands, principles and promises that are sure to come to pass in the lives of children of God if only they are obedient. Should we fall on God or our reasoning in times of decision making?
What does          the bible tells us about relying on our own abilities?
         Whose voice          are we suppose to listen to? Gods or our own thoughts?
         Has the          discerning spirit of God lead us right?
         Relying on          reasoning mostly leads to evil.
THREE EXAMPLES OF HOW GODS CREATION RELIED ON THEIR OWN THINKING.
ADAM &          EVE          - GEN 3:2-6
God gave the          command not to eat the fruit.
         God even          gave the outcome of disobeying this command.
         The woman          clearly understood and even added her own precaution ( we should not          even touch it).
          The devil          (serpent) gave reason for the woman to doubt and disobey the command          of God.
         God didn't          hold back anything from man right from creation but man still          doubted God and was burnt on getting more knowledge.
         Man finally          became disempowered


ABRAM AND          SARAI          -GEN 16:1-5
Abram and          Sarai had issues with bearing children.
         Not that God          was not pleased with Abram.
         God wanted          to come in at the right time as he has promise to make Abram the          father of many descendants. Gen 15:5
         Abram          deduced sense in his wife's reasoning/logic to Gods promise and          went ahead to sleep with their slave girl to have a child
         Sarai later          got pregnant and had her own child and started having issues with          the presence of the slave girl (Hagar) and her son.
         Hagar and          her son(Ishmael) had to run away from the kind of treatment that          Sarai was giving them.

HEAVENLY          BEINGS AND THE EARTHLY WOMEN -GEN 6:1-8
Heavenly          beings saw that the earthly women were beautiful and so pick some          and slept with them
         Their seeing          brought up the motive to have them
         Their reason          for having them was just that they were beautiful so they too wanted          to enjoy them, forgetting that God will not be pleased with such an          act.
         God changed          his original plan of making man live forever.
         Then God          gave the age ceiling of 120 years.

CONCLUSION
In all          situations we find ourselves, we should consult the Lord and not          rely on our own reasoning
         Logic/reasoning          may sound right but always end up wrong.
         Remember          that by your own thoughts and strength, there is nothing you can do.
         Let God          direct you in all your doing and you shall never regret.

GOD BLESS YOU