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Original Christian artwork: Science tries to figure out the
working of God.
Scripture says a lot about wisdom, truth, knowledge and the
efforts men put forth to know the ways of God, or to even figure
out the things God has done.
In Ecclesiastes, for example, it is written:
I have seen the business that God has given to the sons of men
to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its
time; also he has put eternity into man’s mind, yet so that he
cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
(Ecclesiastes 3:10,11, RSV)
In the New Testament, Paul adds a more serious note to
this topic:
For the message of the cross [the gospel of Jesus Christ] is
foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being
saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will
destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent."
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of
this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did
not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the
message preached to save those who believe. For Jews
request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach
Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the
Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the
weakness of God is stronger than men. (1 Corinthians
1:18-25, NKJV)
I think the prophet Jeremiah sums up the topic very well, way
back in the Old Testament. God speaks though him, saying:
Thus says the LORD:
"Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
But let him who glories glory in this,
That he understands and knows Me,
That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness,
judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
For in these I delight," says the LORD.
(Jeremiah 9:23 and 24, NKJV)
If anyone really wants to know the great secrets of the
universe, let them begin with God. This world has a way of
trying to find truth without God's help. In fact, science
is based on that very idea. This does not make science
evil in itself. But it does mean that a huge portion of
what we really need to know will never be figured out by
scientific means. It also means that much of what science
thinks it knows is only half the story. There is no
universe, no life on earth, no proper human development without
God. The Lord gave us excellent brains to use in solving
problems and in verifying truth. He is not troubled when
we use them. In fact, He wants us to really use them.
The Bible says that God wants everyone to know the truth about
this life and eternity.
Wisdom begins with the knowledge and reverence of God. If
we really want to know the truth, then let us begin with Jesus
Christ. He is undiluted truth, and He alone can lead us
into real knowledge that will free us of the chains of ignorance
that bind so many human hearts and minds.
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