In relating to Jesus to get the answer to our needs, first, we consider the objective facts; second, we take the objective facts to Jesus in prayer through worship and praise and in spirit and truth to get any subjective impressions not seen on the surface; third, we check the subjective impressions with the word of God to be sure that what we believe is Jesus’ revelation through the Holy Spirit is truly Jesus’ revelation because He never leads us contrary to the Word of God; and fourth, we check what we believe is Jesus’ leading with all proven facts not given in the Bible, but not in contradiction to it.

If we are to be successful in life and to know for certain what is Jesus’ leading in our life, a foundational knowledge and understanding of the Word of God is of first greatest importance. But this does not mean that limiting your education to the Word of God alone can make you a qualified minister in any field, otherwise, we would not need colleges and universities with fields in science, medicine, psychology, etcetera. What a knowledge of the Word of God will do is give us the ability to discern what is true and what is false in the natural sciences that we pursue. Francis A. Schaeffer states,

"It is an important principle to remember, in the contemporary interest in communication and in language study, that the biblical presentation is that, though we do not have exhaustive truth, we have from the Bible what I term true truth. In this way we know true truth about God, true truth about nature. Thus on the basis of the Scriptures, while we do not have exhaustive knowledge, we have true and unified knowledge."^68/21

Airplanes are designed taking into consideration the unchanging law of gravity. Now you could study gravity the rest of your life, but this would never lead you to an adequate understanding of the physics and design of an airplane. But if you tried to build an airplane without taking the law of gravity into consideration first, you would never get off the ground, or if you did by some miracle get off the ground, you would probably end up crashing in the end. In other words you would fall into error. The Bible says, "There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" (Prov 14:12). The law of gravity is the Bible of Aerodynamics. You cannot build an airplane with the knowledge of the law of gravity alone, but without this foundational understanding of the law of gravity first, you can never be sure that your science of aerodynamics is not in error, right, or safe, let alone whether or not it will get off the ground.

In the same sense the Bible does not tell us all there is to know about science, history, and the cosmos; but it does give us enough information in order to help us determine that the way we are pursuing our sciences and the way we are using our sciences is not in error.

For example: Uniformatarianism (evolution) states that the present is the key to the past, that the present aging process of the earth is as it always was from the beginning and that the fossil layers are our proof to this fact and that men evolved from lower forms to higher forms until he became man.

The Bible in opposition to this tells us that God created the heavens and the earth in six literal twenty-four hour days (Genesis Chapters 1-3); and the separate species spontaneously to reproduce only after their own kind during that six days; and that the fossil layers are a result of not slow progressive layering over millions of years, but as a result of an instant catastrophe called the Genesis Flood which instantly destroyed all life forms upon the earth except Noah, his family, and the collected animals upon the Ark (Genesis Chapters 6-9, 2 Pet 3:3-7).

Since the theory of evolution contradicts God’s Word it is therefore false and must be rejected as truth. As long as science holds onto these false presuppositions as a basis for truth it will never come to the truth but will instead get farther and farther away from the truth and continue to bear the fruits of immorality in our society that it supports. "There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" (Prov 14:12). "Let God be found true, though every man be found a liar" (Rom 3:4). Jesus said, "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me: for he wrote of Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?" (John 5:46-47).

The Franciscan Friar Roger Bacon, back in the thirteenth century, said that there are two sources of knowledge given to us by God: the book called the Bible and the book called nature.^71/100-101 If a person feels called to be an electronic engineer, and the next day is presented with an engineering problem to solve, without any previous schooling in electronic engineering, going to Jesus in worship and praise and in Spirit and truth for the answer is not going to help him. Why? Because Jesus through the Holy Spirit leads us to the solution to our needs by what we know. In this case the answer the person would probably get from the Lord would be to go to college and get a foundation in electronic engineering by completing a Bachelor of Science degree first, then He will show him the next step.

There are some special times when Jesus does give us knowledge beyond our knowledge. Harold Hill, an electric engineer, in his book, How to Live Like A King’s Kid, tells a story about some complicated electronic equipment that a set of technicians could not get to operate. Hill himself being an engineer and not knowing what to do prayed about it and the Lord gave him a mental read out, as he puts it, that told him exactly where the problem was, and thus by this revelation was able to get the equipment running.^72/157

These men, including Hill, had done all they knew to do in the natural and with the knowledge they had, but when a solution was not found, Hill was able to turn to the supernatural, Jesus, since his field at that point did not have an answer in this area of knowledge, and was able to get the answer they needed supernaturally.

I do not know all that the Bible has to say about theology and God’s truths and principles, but I have read through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation enough times that Jesus is able by the Holy Spirit to direct me to those specific passages that will give me the answer to my present theological problem.

In the same sense, having a degree in psychology or medicine or electronic engineering or whatever your field may be, does not make you an automatic success in these fields, but without this background information Jesus is not going to be able to bring to your remembrance the relevant principles of your particular field that is the right answer to your particular present problem at hand.

To depend on your knowledge alone will lead to error when it comes to dealing with man, particularly because of the complexity of our inner problems. But to try and minister to someone having a problem that requires a professional education in Biblical psychology, without that back ground, solely through relationship with Jesus will also lead to error. Jesus leads us by what we know. Therefore, if Jesus is calling you to be a Christian psychologist, then to be a good psychologist you first need to know what God’s word teaches on the subject; second, you need to go to school and get a degree in psychology and then continually keep reading up on all the latest data as much as you are able. Why? So that Jesus by His Holy Spirit can more intelligently, more exactly show you what particular specific points of your previous education apply to the present need at hand.

When it comes to people’s needs or needs in science, irrespective of what we know, the Bible tells us we must approach Jesus like little children, as if we know nothing about the present need at hand. Why? Because only Jesus knows what aspects of our past education best applies to present problems at hand. This is because only Jesus knows exhaustively all the subjective and objective details involved. We do not because we are finite. Because we are finite we are foolish to not take His counsel into consideration as well in our considering how best to approach a problem since He is infinite and knows exhaustively all the details involved.

When it comes to getting the right answers to our problems, whether it be in relation to a person’s need, our needs, or our needs as related to our fields, it is not an either or situation. We need, first, a good strong foundation in the Word of God; second, an adequate educational background in our field; and then finally, we need to submit that knowledge to the Lordship and counsel of Jesus if we are to have the right answers to our present and daily problems and the right answers quickly.