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Job 37:19-20
19 Teach [yada`] us what we shall say ['amar] unto him; for we cannot order [`arak] our speech by reason [paniym] of darkness [choshek].
20 Shall it be told [caphar] him that I speak [dabar]? if a man ['iysh] speak ['amar], surely he shall be swallowed up [bala`]. KJV-Interlinear
19 'Teach us what we shall say to Him; We cannot arrange our case because of darkness. 20 'Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up? NASB
God is the origin of truth. God is the origin of reason. Man is not.
There is nothing which man can originate, except from those things which surround him in his environment, except from those things which come out of mans sin nature.
Apart from truth and legitimate reason, man functions in and lives in, total darkness.
The only time when man can function in truth, discernment, and reason, are when man learns these things from God. God is their only source. The Bible is our only link to these things. Study of the scriptures, after salvation, and while resident in fellowship, is the only means of our learning these things.
Application of these truths, etc., to our daily lives, serves as reinforcement and accelerates our understanding of these things through positive feedback. Repetition of all of these activities, produces wisdom within our soul. And wisdom produces maturity, and spiritual maturity is the quintessence of advancement as well as our ultimate goal, in the spiritual life.
Spiritual maturity in this life is the ultimate preparation for life in eternity. Spiritual maturity to the maximum in this life, combined with the blessings of eternity, produces the ultimate completion of ones total life forever.
Mans only contribution in all of this, is the willingness to learn and obey Gods principles of truth, which man learns. God does all of the work. God accomplishes all of the results for us.
What then can man say to God that will help in mans cause? What can man do to assist God in mans effort? What can man create that will improve Gods plan?
Nothing.
Anything that man imagines will be swallowed up into an oblivion of no value.
