QT 22 Apr 14, Hardened hearts do not want to hear logic

Mark 8:17-21 (ESV) And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?  18  Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?  19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve." 20 "And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said to him, "Seven." 21 And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"

NOTE: A hardened heart, which would include most of the world, does not think logically, even when the facts are right before them. The world thinks that it "thinks." The world compliments itself on its science and its "settled" science, but in many cases, it is just another religion. A little evidence and a belief combined to form a dogma. A lot of evidence, like the life of Jesus, the words of Jesus, and the resurrection of Jesus, does not stir their hearts the slightest--because they do not want to believe. We think we are smart, but we fool ourselves because of our hardened hearts. Father, protect me from the same error. Help me to see where faith is necessary and where logic is applicable.