OBJECTIVE REASONING

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="048085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>FOUR DIMENSION LIVING Plus ~ The Web Site For Insight         </B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FOUR DIMENSION LIVING Plus The Web Site"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>OBJECTIVE REASONING</B>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OBJECTIVE PARENTING"><U>OBJECTIVE PARENTING</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OBJECTIVE WORSHIP"><U>OBJECTIVE WORSHIP</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FRANS PAGE"><U>FRAN'S PAGE</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="4D LABOR"><U>4D LABOR</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Counseling in 4D"><U>Counseling in 4D</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="049d2e83.jpg"> <div> You are not what you think you are but what you think, you are.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Arial" >           - Os Guinness</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Frances Schaeffer deals with this subject in his book, <U>Escape From Reason</U> from the historical standpoint pointing back to Aquinas. This is an excellent work for pastors and others who need to know the background of modern thought. However, God does not speak through history. He speaks through His Word to convict, not just to convince. Alone "the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and Spirit and of the joints and marrow, ands is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart" (Hebrews 4:12).</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04a07073.jpg"> <div> <I>OBJECTIVE REASONING</I></div> <div>            <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Impress BT" >We’ve found the missing link!  It’s in the way we think—</FONT></div> <bR> <div>      The missing link is not a species but a kind. Nor is it  between animals and humans. It's between our ears!  Man's fall in the Garden of Eden included not only our human nature but our intellect as well. This sounds contrary to fact in light of the many advances of our modern era. Really, we don't make choices; we choose consequences! At issue is the way we think. A subjective syndrome has plagued the human race from ancient times until now due to Adam's transgression in the Garden of Eden. </div> <bR> <div> <U>THE KEY PROCESS</U></div> <bR> <div>      Under <I>4D living</I> we considered the <U>principle</U> of the Fourth Dimension. Under <I>4D reasoning</I> we view the <U>process</U>, the key to this entire series. </div> <div>      An Old Testament Scripture reveals the basis of 4D objective reasoning. Isaiah 1:18 reads in part, </div> <div> <B>                                      </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>“Come now and let us reason together,” says the Lord.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div>      The phrase “reason together” is highly significant. Here God confronts us with His alternative way of reasoning, which is objective as opposed to ours, which is subjective. We must not be like a child who attempts to reason contrary to the parent’s better judgment (I Corinthians 14:20; cf. I Chronicles 12:32). The subjective mind begins with a premise. God begins objectively with a promise. The remainder of Isaiah 1:18 reads.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>"...though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow;</B></div> <div> <B>though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>THE KEY PROBLEM</U></div> <bR> <div>      The key problem is our ingrained trait to think from our point of view. It started with Eve away back in the Garden of Eden when she began to rationalize:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof...</div> <div>  - Genesis 3:6</div> <bR> <div>      This explains why some scientists believe in God while others deny Him. It all depends upon where one begins. Darwin for instance looked at resources while Einstein went all the way back to the Source. He began where God began: with light (Genesis 1:3-5). Those who know his equation, E=MC<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT>, understand that the Constant represents the speed of light. Note therefore the Constant is <U>not</U> relative. In fact, it is squared! The other factors in the equation are relative but the formula itself is based upon a fixed law of mathematics. </div> <div>      The Bible tells us <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" >God is light</FONT> (First John 1:5). The Son of God, Jesus Christ himself said, "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Arial" >I am the light of the world</FONT>" (John 8:12). As God he is the sole Constant:</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Hebrews 13:8)</FONT></div> <bR> <div>      Subjective reasoning is usually based upon false assumptions, as in Eve's case. Darwin and his friend Herbert Spencer who coined the term "survival of the fittest," have been proven wrong by none other than today's environmenalists. Inadvertently, they support the Biblical rationale which is, more correctly, the survival of the <U>fitted</U>!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> [Jesus Christ] is before all things and by him all things consist.</div> <div> (Colossians 1:17).</div> <bR> <div>      In all fairness it must be stated that Albert Einstein did not support the conclusions of others who deduced (reasoned subjectively) from his general theory that everything is relative; that there are no absolutes. His answer was that his theories were confined to the realm of physics and had nothing to do with religious, social or moral issues. So don't blame Albert Einstein for "the mess we is in" morally.</div> <bR> <div> <U>THE KEY POINT</U></div> <bR> <div>      Another verse in the book of Isaiah at Chapter 55, Verse 8 clinches the matter—</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” saith the Lord</B></div> <bR> <div>      The key to understanding these themes on 4D Living is by evaluating the way we think. Due to the fall we don't think as God thinks, so we need a guide, a "help file." Thankfully, we have the Bible which God claims is His Word (Isa. 55:11).</div> <div>      Our lockup in this three dimensional world finds us all reasoning horizontally for the most part. We think in terms of yesterday, today and tomorrow (linear) and depend upon various resources for our livelihood and comfort (breadth & depth). The Fourth Dimension provides <U>height</U> perspective. Rather than making deductions based upon resources we must go to the Source. Then our reasoning is in the properly adjusted frame of reference and the resources in turn serve to substantiate what God has spoken (Psalm 19:1). If you perchance do not agree I encourage you to read the Bible for yourself. But please be objective! Begin by telling God you are open to knowing what he has to say.</div> <div>      This Fourth Dimension is absolutely necessary to break us out of the mold. It is the key to understanding all areas of conceivable knowledge. However, our natural bent is to think and reason only in the area of the subjective which includes our environment, our world and our experiences past, present and prospective. The topics on the ensuing pages will clarify this further. In fact, they will help you see how reasoning from the Fourth Dimensional perspective will lead you to see the solution to all your problems, the answer to all your questions. In fact, when we learn the truth about 4D reasoning we learn the secret to understanding any field of knowledge. Jesus warned those supposedly skilled in the Scriptures:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Woe to you lawyers for you have taken away the key of knowledge. <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >- Luke 11:52a</FONT></div> <bR> <div> God's Word is absolutely essential if we would maintain correct thinking!</div> <div> The next page: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OBJECTIVE PARENTING"><U>4D PARENTING</U></A></FONT> elucidates further this Fourth Dimension.</div> <div> Clyde W. Brogan. Publication Rights Reserved (See Home Page <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index_footnote.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FOUR DIMENSION LIVING Plus The Web Site"><U>Footnote</U></A></FONT>)</div> </td> </tr></table></body>