Summary
We're going to take a look at various world assumptions and we're going to see what the Scriptures have to say to these worldly assumptions. To the first assumption that you can't know truth, that there's no such thing as objective truth, a truth that stands outside of us, regardless of what culture is a truth that stands outside. Jesus is saying we can know truth that there is an objective truth because notice what it says about Jesus. So when Jesus says he is the way and the truth and the life Scripture says, well who is Jesus? Well, we have been examining worldly assumptions and taking a look at biblical responses to these worldly assumptions and just to get our moorings here of what we have studied so far, we took a look at the subject of epistemology. So as she rationalizes and the verse gives a whole rationalizing scheme there that is going on, she looks at the fruit, it's pleasurable, she knows it would be pleasurable to eat it, pleasure equals good, that's hedonism isn't it?
Video citations
- Prepared with a Reason: Lesson 1 (3-30-25) — We give you thanks for calling and gathering us in this year's house to receive word and sacrament and then to be sent forth. We give you thanks for the Scripture, for we can turn to that and we…
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- Prepared with a Reason: Lesson 3 — Heavenly Father, you created us in your image. Though we humans fell into sin, you chose to redeem us through your Son. As we study your Word and your world today, open our eyes to the truth of who…
- Prepared with a Reason: Lesson 4 — Heavenly Lord, we thank you. We thank you for your word, your word is truth. We ask that you would use this time of study to lead us by your word that we would know you, that we would know your will…
- Prepared with a Reason: Lesson 5 — Thank you. Gracious Heavenly Father, thank you for this opportunity to be in your house. We thank you, O Lord, how you feed us through word and sacrament and then send us forth to be missionaries.…