27/8/2023 [Thematic Message 145]                                                                                                                                                                       www.lifechurchmissions.com  

 

Reason and Relationship <Isa 1:10,18-19; Ep 5:31; 2 Pe 1:4-7; 1 Pe 3:15; 1 Sam 24:3-18>

 

1. God gives man the function to reason, and enables man to have rationality to judge right from wrong

1Man is a rational creature

 

2God not only commands, but He also provides reasons

 

3Reason before experience

 

2But faith must go from reason to relationship

 

3The problems of being too emotional or too rational

 

4.  May we be someone who is reasonable and cares about relationships

1David and companions were in a situation which could most easily make them irrational

 

2David rationally and emotionally explained to Saul, declaring his innocence

 

3But after Saul went back, the desire to kill David arose in his heart again