The Bible would
categorize the person who does this as a “fool”. King David stated as such in
Psalms 14:1. He points out that their corruption translates into their deeds.
This doesn’t mean necessarily they are unintelligent or even immoral by a worldly
standard. Yet their approach to whatever source of truth is ultimately futile
since they are devoid of belief. Why is this? The fall of humankind as recorded
in Genesis 3. In Genesis God created man and woman and He declared them good.
They lived in the presence of God in an innocent state. They were not perfect
since they had not been tested and their character proven true, but they were
without sin. God instructed Adam and Eve that there was only one tree in the
garden that they could not eat from. Sadly, Adam and Eve chose to disobey God.
Adam served humanity as our seminal and federal head, meaning he was humanity’s
representative before God and humanity’s father. His disobedience to God
introduced to humanity. Our whole being is now affected by sin. This includes
our thinking. Paul pointed out as much in the latter part of the passage
already referenced, Romans 1:21. As our morality falls further into sin so does
our thinking. The only chance we have for true knowledge is the illumination of
the Spirit. In I Cor. 2:10-14 we see that Paul makes it clear knowledge of God
can only be caught, never taught by way of human intellect. In fact, only the
Spirit of God knows the thoughts of God, so for humanity, in order to know God
relationally or understand scripture we must first have the Spirit. Knowledge
of God is purely a gift to those who believe. In Romans 12:1-2 Paul taught that
we offer up our natural selves to be sacrificed on the altar, to be killed so
that a renewal may take place, the renewal of our minds. How then, can someone
who has rejected God and His Spirit expect to have any kind of true knowledge
of science, medicine, art or ethics? These things are only fuller understood in
their proper light as creations of God that when done with excellence and
sincerity reflect the glory and beauty of God.
