One of the things that show Biblical
Christianity supremely true is its inseparability to total reality. It is true not only in the realm of the
intellectuality but also in the realm of physicality and spirituality. The perfect balance of its perspective and
the absolute preciseness of its equilibrium are amazingly incomparable to any “system”
that exists.
What the head conceives,
the heart imagines and the hand moulds in the circularity of Bible truth. Only the Christian system is real and true,
all others are but imitations, counterfeits, and parasites to its spherical
realm and periodic functionality. Only
this system can define what is and what is not in triperspectival dimensionality.
A doxastic reaction of the biblical Christian
or believer to spirituality is identical to the unmediated praxis of a knower
to secularity. The believer and the
knower cannot be dichotomized in the life of a Christian. Bible doctrines as evangelically and
fundamentally stated are composed of propositions which we claimed to be
true. These asserted and proclaimed true
propositions are also collectively declared in the dogmatics, creeds and
confessions of faith which reflect the essential beliefs of the community of
believers throughout the history.
There is a definite epistemic ground for these
propositions as defended in the Christian apologetics which consists of
evidential, presuppositional and verificational systems. This epistemic justification does not confine
itself in the deep recesses of our minds but corresponds firmly in the sublime
commitment of our hearts which served as the nontheoretical foundation of all
theoretical thoughts. As the famous
words of Blaise Pascal reminds us that the heart has its own reason which the
reason itself cannot understand, it is clear that true faith is not irrational
but it goes beyond the commonality of beliefs and rationality itself.
The subject-object correlation governed by
universal law as applied to a Christian proved that there are adequate reasons
to believe in the objectivity of Bible doctrines which are accessibly knowable
to the subjectivity of the believer.
As I have clearly explained in my article
entitled “How Do We Know that the King James Bible Is the Perfect Word of
God?”, only God’s word itself can only authenticate the word of God. You cannot ultimately justify the Bible by
appealing to extra-biblical authority, facts, experience, intuition, etc. We can only use such facts and evidences to
defend biblical authority within the sphere of biblical presupposition. The final authority cannot be attested by any
other authority.
The authority of the Bible and the Lordship of
Christ are ultimately inseparable. The
Bible (God’s words) is the final standard of truth because of Christ (the Word)
who is the Truth. The argument will always
be spherical. The presuppositional
cogency, logical consistency, internal coherence, and factual correspondence of
the Bible truth will be known at a certain point by all men because we are all
created in the image of God and we lived in the revelational universe which is
governed by the richness of God’s common/special grace in His
comprehensive/all-encompassing eternal plan in Christ.
Only a Bible-believing argument is not guilty
of a fallacy of circular reasoning. You
know why? It is simply because only a
Bible-believing argument is true and valid in the ultimate sense. I am calling this presuppositional
justification of the belief-system as “spherical argument” since it concerned
with the ultimate criterion of a worldview.
I used the word “spheriodicity” to describe this truth as a whole.
The Bible in all its detail can only be
ultimately proven by the Bible itself because the Bible justifies itself. Sola Scriptura or Scripture Alone is true
because the Bible as God’s word is absolutely necessary and it has an absolute
authority, sufficiency and perspicuity.
The implausibility of other system can be seen
by its ultimate reduction to absurdity.
All other arguments exist only in a borrowed capital from the total
sphere of Bible truth. Unbelieving
argument and reasoning in itself is untrue, invalid, fallacious, and
self-destructive.
In my famous article on the Net entitled “The
Three Unanswerable Basic Questions for Infidels, Skeptics and Critics,” I
pointed out the self-contradicting and self-condemning factors in all infidel’s
belief-system. I have also shown the
inherent vicious circularity in all Bible-rejecting arguments: “In any
unbelieving argument or reasoning, you must always start with premises which
need not to be proved in order for an argument to go on for either they have
already been verified to be true or they are merely assumed to be true for the
sake of argument. Otherwise, you will be reasoning either in a circle or in
infinite regress. However, verification and assumption of a premise have often
been determined by the consensus of majority belief, recognized authority,
intuition, or empirical experience that may vary from one issue to another
producing various opinionated opinions. Proof is needed to show either the
truth or the falsity of a particular proposition by using well-known and
accepted facts as premises. The fact which is in need of proof in an argument
is called the principal fact (factum probandum) while the fact which is being
used to establish its truth is called the evidentiary fact (factum probans).
Thus, ultimately, all unbelieving argument is guilty not only of the fallacy of
circular reasoning but also of the fallacy of begging the question. It commits
the fallacy of assumption of an unproved premise (assumptio non probata)
because the premises are never proved in an argument for they are assumed to be
true. It is guilty of the fallacy of arguing in a circle (circulus in probando)
because the conclusion is always implicit in the premises by proving a fact by
another fact of the universe in an inferential process. These fallacies are not
true with the Bible-believing argument for we never assume the truth of the God
of the Bible as though He is merely another fact of the universe. He is the
Truth of truths Who needs no evidence or proof for His truth. We need not
assumed His truth for we are obligated to believe Him as He is because He is
the God of gods and we are His creatures created in His image. He alone can
adequately explained all things. Without Him, all things are utterly unrelated
and meaningless.”
It is not only true to a specific argument but
also to its system in its entirety. All
unbelieving systems are fallaciously and viciously circular. Rationalism can only be “proven” by a
rationalist through rational argument.
Empiricism can only be “proven” by an empiricist through empirical
experience. Subjectivism can only be
“proven” by a subjectivist through subjective consciousness. Mysticism can only be “proven” by a mystic
through mystical experience. Naturalism
can only be “proven” by a naturalist through natural phenomena.
Unlike the Bible truth which is a
self-revelation of an infinite-personal triune God Who is there, all
unbelieving systems based their “truth” on themselves and nothing beyond themselves. Their so-called facts are based on pure
contingency, hedonistic law, amoral standard, maximum uncertainty, unknown origin, reified
chance, anarchic rule, valueless particulars, abstract universal, momentous irrationalism, nihilistic guidelines,
ultimate impersonality, tragic relativism, and future despair.
All Bible-rejecting systems have no power to
justify themselves since they all contradict the total reality and reject the
God who created the universe. They are
all self-referentially absurd and essentially self-destructive.
God created and preserved all things by His
word (Gen.1, 2; Psa.33:1-11; 119; Jn.1:1-14; Ac.17:24-31; Rom.1:16-20;
Col.1:15-20; Heb.1:1-3; 11:3; 2Pet.3:1-18; Rev.4:11). Thus, only God’s word can give meaning and
purpose to God’s creation. The
interpretation of the universe by the eternal God’s word precedes the
derivative interpretation of the finite man.
Only the Bible can shed light to everything. Science, philosophy and religion can only
exist because of the Bible truth.
Without the word of God, we cannot know at all. We cannot know who we are, why we are here,
where we will go, and what is the world in which we live. We cannot also know
the foolishness of other belief-systems and we cannot know God Himself. Ultimately speaking, without God’s word, we
are nothing.
All that we know were derived from the Bible
truth: explicit scriptural justification by direct quotation, explicit
scriptural justification by logical deduction/induction, implicit scriptural
justification by practical application, and implicit scriptural justification
by direct implication. Sola scriptura is
spheriodicity in action encapsulated in the Bible Formula which stated that Only
the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as Creator, Sustainer and Redeemer at the
center and circumference of the Trinity can unlock the secret of the universe,
life and man.
“Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.” (John 14:6)
“That
their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches
of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery
of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge.” (Colossians 2:2,3)
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