The Christian Reality - 1003 Words

The Christian reality consists of both a physical and a supernatural world. Men for a long time have been aware of these two realities and yet many times have only looked at just one or the other. The Greek philosophers have held opposing views on what is real. These philosophies are known as idealism or realism. Each hold to truths that are found in Christian beliefs, but also contain beliefs that are opposed to Christianity. Idealism holds to many ideas that can be accepted by Christians. One of these ideas is that there is a reality which cannot be discovered in the material world. According to the Christian faith this world is just a temporary existence that will pass away. The ultimate reality is that all men have a spiritual†¦show more content†¦Idealism has beliefs that contradict scripture. According idealism the universal truth exist inside of man, and he must use reason and logic to find them. This contradicts scripture because man is not able to obtain full truth on his own because all truth is from God. Man is separated from God because of man s sin nature so they are separated from the truth. According to Scripture the only way that man can come to the truth is through accepting the work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Idealism is contradictory to Scripture in its view of matter. According to Idealism matter is just the shadow of an idea and that the idea is what is real. Scripture does not deny the reality of the material world. Scripture does say that Christian are living in a very real and material world. Jesus when he came to save humanity had to come to this material world and become an actual man to redeem the world. Jesus came to a material world to redeem all the creation. When man dies his soul is separated from his body, however when the rapture occurs the body is reunited with the spirit. This shows that God has created man with a dual spirit and body nature. God intends for man to exist within a material world and the coming worl d is a material world. Scripture constantly shows that the material world is a reality. While some parts of Idealism agree with Christian belief some do not, this is also true for Realism.