I have spent many a long night meditating on how I know what I know and how sure I am that I know it.
Of a Truth, the only certain knowledge I possess is that which has been revealed to me by the Spirit. My own reasoning, my sensory perception and the counsel of men simply do not compare. They are not even in the same league.
In sum, a thing is True because God says it.
Of course all of this is foolishness to anyone who trusts his own mind, sensory perceptions or the counsel of men
But that is the question, isn’t it?
Who do you believe?
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THX. I THOROUGHLY AGREE.
Been there, done that tons.
That advanced English class 12th grade reading all those classics and having to answer: WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING? Was sooooo wonderful for me.
And WHO DO YOU BELIEVE is utterly crucial. THE FULCRUM. THE "Y" in the road.
Assuming that one's rational mind is the Mother of all truths is sheer idiocy--at a quickly-arrived-at-point.
And if and when satan et al begin to make reality itself seem utterly convoluted and awash in contradictions as plentiful as dust . . .
HEARING GOD AND KNOWING GOD AND KNOWING HE ALONE IS TRUTH ALONG WITH HAVING THE WORD HIDDEN IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS--will be crucial.