Intellectualism

[Whyme]

Does one need to be an intellectual to understand Gods word? Thank you.

[teddyv]

No.

[Guest kingdombrat]

No, but one needs to be full of the Holy Spirit in order to view Scripture from God's own intent.

[Whyme]

11 minutes ago, DDisconnect said:

Nope. I think it might work best to think of it in a philosophical way. Like... Love. Joe, a simple man, isn't maybe the most thoughtful guy. Not a bad guy, he just occupies himself with other things. But then even so, not being a philosopher, he has a grasp on what love is and/or isn't. But then one day he asks "what is love?" And so he does a bunch of reading and thinking to arrive at a more complex, in-depth answer that's really not that different than how he perceived it to begin with. 

God is good and salvation lies through him. You could put scripture in a far more complex way, there's more to understand there - but it's the same basic idea throughout, you know?

Yes, i agree.

[Whyme]

Romans 15:4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Edited May 6, 2021 by Whyme

[Sower]

3 hours ago, Whyme said:

Does one need to be an intellectual to understand Gods word? Thank you.

Luke 18:17 - Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

1 Corinthians 2:14   But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters,
I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan.
For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified.
I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling.
And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.
I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BeyondET]

5 hours ago, Whyme said:

Does one need to be an intellectual to understand Gods word? Thank you.

If a mountain can understand how much more can a man.

Isaiah 44:23
Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

Edited May 6, 2021 by BeyondET

[Whyme]

1 Corinthians 2 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

[Whyme]

6 hours ago, Sower said:

Luke 18:17 - Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

1 Corinthians 2:14   But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters,
I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan.
For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified.
I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling.
And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.
I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus said in reply, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.

1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world?

[enoob57]

Mind and reason cannot be dismissed from anything...
1 Cor 2:16

16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
KJV
 

Rom 12:2

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
KJV