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Jeremiah 17:5, Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord.

 

Psalm 119:38, Establish Your word to Your servant, who is devoted to fearing You.

 

J. I. Packard wrote in his book, Knowing God, “There can be no spiritual health without doctrinal knowledge, but it is equally true that there can be no spiritual health with it, if it is sought for the wrong purpose and valued by the wrong standard … Our aim in studying the Godhead must be to know God better.  Our concern must be to enlarge our acquaintance, not simply with the doctrine of God’s attributes, but with the living God whose attributes they are.” He is saying that the more time we spend in God’s Word, the better we know Him which results in a greater desire to be like Him.  Why is that important?

 

The answer to the question is to trust and depend on Him rather than on man.  Faith in humankind is known as humanism.  I remember in the 1960s the belief that God was dead being promoted; a philosophy from the ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras and later by Friedrich Nietzsche in a book titled The Gay.  The theory of humanism promotes the doctrine of atheism; the aim of the humanist is to glorify humankind and not God.  Protagoras stated, “Man is the measure of all things.”  Humanists also believe that humans evolved from lesser forms and are nothing more than animals.  They also believe that there are no absolutes because truth is relative.  Because of this the humanist promotes God is dead.  Fyodor Dostoevsky supports this by saying, “If God is dead all things are permissible.”    

 

Consider the philosophies you are seeing in the world today.  What is behind all of the chaos, confusion, lies, distortions and evil propaganda being taught and promoted?  Obviously, it is the devil who wants to steal you away from the Creator and have you place your trust in man.  The idea behind humanism is to sacrifice the individual for the good of the collective society.  Is this not what is being promoted openly today by those who would destroy individual initiative?  These say take away from those who have become successful and give to those who have not – regardless of the reason.  Humanism seems to have its own set of doctrinal beliefs.  It is being promoted in colleges and universities; it is being promoted in the public schools around the nation.  It is firmly established at every level of government. 

 

Here is the good news.  God is not dead; He is very much alive and involved in the affairs of world history! He is neither asleep nor surprised by anything that is going on in the nation or in the world.  He is on His throne and very much in control of events that are happening.  As Believers, we know Who wins in the end – it is not the humanists and their philosophy.  Do not put your trust in man or his philosophies.  Instead place your faith in God and His Word.  Pray for those who promote the ungodly humanist philosophy that they turn to God’s Word and His forgiveness before it is too late for them to do so.

 

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