They Knew God
Natural law arguments often conclude that every human being can know, without the help of revelation, that there is some deity, an ultimate reality, an absolute.
Paul says that human beings know “about God” from creation, but also that they “knew God ” (Romans 1:19, 21)—that is, from creation they know the true, living God who reveals wrath from heaven and who created the world to display His invisible attributes.
More, their moral knowledge is knowledge of the ordinances of this very same God (v. 32).
From a Pauline angle, natural law arguments don’t claim too much for “natural” human knowing. They claim too little .
Peter Leithart
Peter J. Leithart is President of Theopolis Institute. He is the author of numerous books on theology, literature, and culture, including Theopolitan, Defending Constantine, and Baptized Body.
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