Light Of Nature

Romans 2
14 ....when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

Does our knowledge of God come from the light of nature, i.e., reason, or from inspiration?  This was no insignificant issue during the early years of the Baptist faith:

Baptist Confession Of Faith 1689
The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience, although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet they are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and His will which is necessary unto salvation.

Psalm 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

It is odd that during any period of Christian history, some ideas or doctrines or issues are more important, and some are less important. And some old important doctrines from Christian history just seem to disappear into the mists of forgotten theology.

Our First Parents 2

Genesis 2
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But....

Fear God. That I understand. The Comforter is here for us, to guide us through good times and bad times. That I understand. Jesus is coming. That I truly understand.

When I was younger,  I found sin difficult to understand. I was in the Army for a couple of years.  And I lived in a construction camp overseas for a couple of years. And there were countless seemingly spiritually aimless years. I was proud of my life and meager accomplishments.  But now, I look back on so much un-righteous, if not necessarily sinful, behavior.

I hardly know what to think.

Our First Parents 1

Ecclesiastes 7
29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

God provided an opportunity to Adam and Eve, the opportunity to live upright, to walk the path of  righteousness. But then there was the apple, and Adam and Eve set humanity off on a different path,  the path towards perdition.

And it is amusing, (well, it would be amusing if one's salvation were not at stake), the sheer number of man's inventions. Inventions are those things that man does that are not righteous. Some of those things are sins, other are just a pure waste of time.