There are many meanings of the word "reason" or "reasonable" in the Bible. Many are good and many are not when it comes to the truth of God's Word. In Luke 20:1-8 (Amplified), Jesus was teaching in the temple and the chief Priests and scribes asked Him a question. They had the complete revelation of Who Jesus was and why He came within their grasp. They missed out on everything Jesus would have told them, by reasoning among themselves.
Thus, it says in Luke 20:1-9 (Amplified), "One day as Jesus was instructing the people in the temple (porches) and preaching the good news (the gospel) the Chief Priests and the scribes came up with the elders (members of the Sanhedrin) And said to Him, tell us by what (sort of) authority you are doing these things? Or who it is who gave you this authority? Verses 3-5 say, "He replied to them, I will also ask you a question, Now answer Me. Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? And they argued and discussed (it) and they reasoned together with themselves, saying, If we reply, from heaven, He will say, why then did you not believe Him?" Verses 6-8go on, "But if we answer, from men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are long since firmly convinced that John was a prophet. So they replied that they did not know from where it came. Then Jesus said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
By reasoning over the truth of God's Word, man talked himself out of the great truth of the Person and purpose of the Son of God. Debate is not a good thing when it comes to the Word. God says in Isaiah 1:18 (Amplified), "Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord!"
When we reason together with Him and His reasoning, we will always come into the truth of His Word. He will not and cannot deny Himself. He and His Word are One. The word "reasoning" found in Isaiah 1:18 means "to be right (i.e. correct), to argue, to decide, justify or convict, appoint, chasten, convince, correct, correction, daysman dispute, Judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove, surely, (in any wise), " according to The Strong's Concordance #3198.
So what God is saying, is that when we reason with Him in His reasoning, it will correct us (from wrong thinking), it will rebuke us (when we are in error), it will justify us when we are in a dilemma and it will convict us (when we go against it).
Reasoning with God will always put us on the right path of His truth. Always! Too many times, we reason like the scribes did and miss the great truth of God's Word for our lives. Today, we have many different views of God's truth. Most of them came from man's reasoning and without "Come let us reason together, says the Lord."
We've had multiple and various views about the Gospel in these last days because we reasoned among ourselves. We've had disputes about the prosperity message, the healing Word , the Word concerning God's grace, the believer's authority, the speaking of other tongues and the gifts of the Spirit and so many other things that God promised.
All of these things are the reasonings of men and dispute the scriptures and covenant. Many people try to God's people back under the Law (which the Gentile was never under to begin with because it was for the Jews). We continue to stumble over what God's will is for His family in these last days. Most of the problems stem from the fact that we reason with ourselves instead of reasoning together with Him.
We've known that God's Word is true for many years, but we can never seem to have much success with it working in our lives. Jesus said that, "Whatever you ask the Father in My Name, I will do it." We've all struggled with receiving the answer to our prayers. We know that God's Word is true, but we don't see results that the Word has promised. Instead of going to God and reasoning with Him, we reason among ourselves and decide that "We can't say," like the scribes did.
We've put God's forgiven and redeemed family under bondage and condemnation with statements like, "You must have sin in your life and that's why your prayers aren't answered," or "God is using these things to teach you something," and even worse, "You never know what God is going to do."
In these last days before Jesus returns for His bride, there will be a people who will stop reasoning with men in their reasoning and begin to reason with God in His reasoning. Because we have prided ourselves in our own knowledge and reasonings, we've become like the scribes and Pharisees who change His Word to meet our own doctrines when our own reasonings don't line up with the Word.
We argue about the rapture of the Church and the last days. We fight and quarrel trying to make what we believe mean more than the truth. We have even broken fellowship with people from our own company because they disagreed with out little doctrines.
I have set my course to study God's Word for myself, with the Holy Spirit and reasonings with my Father, to prove for myself what is "the good and acceptable and perfect will of God" for my life. Romans 12:2 (Amplified) says, "Do not be conformed to this world (this age) (fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs), but be transformed (changed) by the (entire) renewal of your mind (by its new ideals and its attitude) So that you may prove (for yourselves) what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect (in His sight for you)."
2Corinthians 10:5 (Amplified) says, "(In as much as we) refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the (true) knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)."
The child of God is required to seek God on his own. Too many times, the only Word we hear is the Sunday morning sermon from the pastor. For those wanting to know and receive from the Father, we are to seek "As for silver and gold." This doesn't mean you should dismiss your pastor's teachings, but you must add it to God's truth (that you've studied from His Word for yourself).
Don't allow reasonings to do away with truth. Many people have said that "tongues have ceased," but I know thousands of Christians who speak in tongues today. It's obvious, then, that tongues haven't ceased, but mans reasonings have kept them from the Church. I'm confident that man's reasonings saying that tongues have ceased, didn't come from evil intent, but from a carnal mind. We're to cast down these thoughts that are contrary to God's Word and allow the Word to rule without compromise in our lives.
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