Knowledge Must be Accompanied by Faith—part 3

Knowledge Must be Accompanied by Faith—part 3

            As a Christian, I believe that John 1:1 explains that, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”  Since the Word “was God”, and still is synonymous with God, any faith in God that does not have basis in what His word declares is an unfounded false faith.  It is no mystery to me that a writer who does not have faith in God’s Word ultimately comes to conclusions that bring him or her to a lack of personal faith in God.  I am reminded of the Scripture explaining that in the last days there will be those, as  2 Timothy 3:5 explains, “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”  Verse seven goes on to say that these scholars are “Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”  God embodies true truth and therefore, if His Word is not true, God is not worthy of a scholars trust.  True faith in God never Goes beyond the “true truth” revealed to us in His Word.

            Isaiah 2:5 is a strong admonishment to Jewish scholars “O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.”  The Hebrew word owr (216) means illumination either literally or metaphorically.  So, the house of Jacob is admonished to walk in the mental illumination of YHVH.  Naturally, Jewish or gentile scholars cannot be illuminated by a myth or a fairy tale.  If Moses did not exist then he most certainly did not receive the Decalogue from YHVH on Mount Sinai or write the five books of the Pentateuch.  If Moses existed but lied about the accounts of the exodus, then perhaps he also lied about the ten commandments.  As one can see when an Old Testament scholar accepts the doubting accusations of higher critics, when given the slightest pseudo academic push, all of the accounts of the Hebrew Bible topple like dominos lined up in a row.