God wants us to be good thinkers!

Introduction

Isaiah 1:10-18 – God will not bear it when we sin and then try to worship Him. “I cannot endure sin and the solemn assembly.”

Psalms 32:8-9 – Don’t be like an unthinking animal!

Ephesians 4:11-13

What is logic?

A study of how to think correctly and reach true conclusions.

Romans 1:20

Logic is not a study of facts. It is a study of what we can correctly deduce from facts.

John 9:33

Logic comes from God

We are not perfect thinkers, but God is. All truth emanates from Him. Isaiah 55:7-9. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are perfectly united in truth.

Jesus left us with many examples of logical behavior and thinking.

Luke 2:47 – People were amazed at Jesus’ understanding and answers at age 12!

Matthew 4:1-11 – Jesus refuted Satan by appealing to scripture.

Matthew 22:41-46 – Jesus prompted others to think about His own Deity by what the Scriptural facts implied.

John 14:6

Luke 11:14-20 – Jesus used logic to refute the charge that He is casting out demons by Beelzebul (Luke 10:17).

His teaching was coherent and profound!

Jesus’ perfect knowledge allowed Him to identify their faulty logic so that they could no longer answer Him a word. Matthew 22:15-46

I Corinthians 2:11 – The Bible helps us become better thinkers as we develop and try to mimic the mind of God, and becoming better thinkers helps us to become better Bible students.

Christians will strive to be good thinkers.

Genesis 1:27

Ephesians 5:1

God has always prompted His people to use their minds to examine things critically and make good decisions.

Serving God involves using the mind He blessed us with.

Logic is not the absence of emotion.

Logic is not opposed to faith.

The very existence of logic points toward the existence of an immaterial Mind (God).

Law of non-contradiction

Law of the excluded middle

How would you explain the existence of such immaterial laws from an atheistic perspective?

“Secular thinkers cannot make sense of the laws of logic. …”