Biblical Museum Romans 1:22-23 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,… In every department of knowledge, but especially in religion, boasting of wisdom is alike the proof and parent of folly. I. IT LEADS A MAN TO GO BEYOND THE LIMITS OF HIS OWN POWERS, and to meddle with matters too high for him, OR ELSE TO REFUSE TO BELIEVE IN ANYTHING WHICH HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND OR GRASP. 1. In either case this ends in folly. For the wisest and the most ignorant are on a par when they speculate upon subjects which transcend human thought, or over which God has been pleased to place an impenetrable veil. 2. He who believes in truth taught by nature and revelation is wiser than the so-called philosopher, who declines to receive anything but what his human intellect and finite powers can explain or fully grasp. II. IT LEADS A MAN TO DISPENSE WITH THE HELP to be derived from the labours, remarks, or suggestions OF OTHERS, AS WELL AS TO ADVANCE THE MOST ABSURD OPINIONS, and to maintain them with the most inveterate obstinacy for the sake of notoriety. III. IT MAKES A MAN TOO WILLING TO ACCEPT HIS OWN CONCLUSIONS without sufficient and searching examinations. IV. IT IGNORES GOD'S LAW THAT THE TEMPLE OF DIVINE KNOWLEDGE MUST BE ENTERED ONLY BY THE GATE OF HUMILITY. (Biblical Museum.) Parallel Verses KJV: Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, |
    |