December 22, 2025 3:00 am
Christians are often puzzled by highly educated leaders who struggle to believe in the Bible and the gospel of Christ. According to scripture, this is due to self-induced ignorance and a hardened heart, making them resistant to the truth. The remedy lies in the power of God's word, prayer, love, and the Spirit to capture and transform even the most stubborn minds.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Mind control. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart. Ephesians four, seventeen and eighteen. A question that troubles many Christians is why most highly educated leaders in science and other fields, even theologians, seem to find it so difficult to believe the Bible and the gospel of Christ.
The answer is in the words of our text. They are alienated from the life of God because of self-induced ignorance. It is not that they can't understand, but that they won't understand. They walk in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened because of the blindness of their heart. They don't want to believe in their hearts.
Therefore they seek an excuse not to believe in their minds. They are men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. They may be ever so intelligent in secular matters, but the Gospel, with all its comprehensive and beautiful simplicity, remains hidden to them. If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost, in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believeth not. Is there a remedy?
But the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. In this verse, the word thought is the same as mind. The weapons of truth, of prayer, of love, and of the Spirit can capture even such minds as these. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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