WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.299 Chapter 13 The Triune God and the Laws of Logic 00:00:03.299 --> 00:00:06.799 The Foundation of All Reality Breaking news! 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:11.080 All logic depends on the Triune God. Ladies and 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:13.800 gentlemen, prepare yourselves for the ultimate 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:17.859 reality check. The laws of logic don't just exist, 00:00:18.140 --> 00:00:21.179 they are grounded in the very nature of the Triune 00:00:21.179 --> 00:00:24.420 God. Without the Father, the Son, and the Holy 00:00:24.420 --> 00:00:28.120 Spirit, not only would logic collapse, but rational 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:31.359 thought, consistency, and knowledge itself would 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:36.020 be impossible. So, before you say, well, logic 00:00:36.020 --> 00:00:38.939 is just something we use to think, let's ask 00:00:38.939 --> 00:00:41.939 some fundamental questions. Where do the laws 00:00:41.939 --> 00:00:45.500 of logic come from? Are they just human inventions? 00:00:46.020 --> 00:00:49.520 Did they evolve like bacteria? Atheists have 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:53.159 no answer. But the Bible does. Logic is not some 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:56.960 arbitrary rule imposed on reality. It is a reflection 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:00.399 of the eternal, self -existent, and relational 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:04.140 nature of God. And here's the kicker. The laws 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:07.819 of logic are inherently Trinitarian. Each law 00:01:07.819 --> 00:01:11.260 is distinct, yet they function in perfect unity, 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.640 just as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:18.579 are distinct in personhood, yet one in being. 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:22.480 the three laws of logic and the triune god the 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:26.359 laws of logic are universal immaterial and unchanging 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:30.379 why because they reflect the eternal unchanging 00:01:30.379 --> 00:01:35.579 nature of god the law of identity a is a a thing 00:01:35.579 --> 00:01:39.019 is what it is and not something else the law 00:01:39.019 --> 00:01:43.239 of non -contradiction a is not non -a a thing 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:46.319 cannot be itself and not itself at the same time 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:50.319 in the same way the law of excluded middle either 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:54.640 a or non a no third option a proposition is either 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:58.620 true or false there is no in between let's explore 00:01:58.620 --> 00:02:01.439 each of these laws and see why they exist only 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:04.719 because of the triune god one the law of identity 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:09.439 rooted in the father son and holy spirit the 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:12.020 law of identity states that a thing is itself 00:02:12.020 --> 00:02:15.509 and cannot be something else The Father is the 00:02:15.509 --> 00:02:18.689 Father, not the Son or the Holy Spirit. The Son 00:02:18.689 --> 00:02:21.129 is the Son, not the Father or the Holy Spirit. 00:02:21.409 --> 00:02:24.569 The Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit, not the Father 00:02:24.569 --> 00:02:28.270 or the Son. The Triune God is the perfect embodiment 00:02:28.270 --> 00:02:31.689 of identity. Each person of the Trinity is fully 00:02:31.689 --> 00:02:37.750 God, yet distinct in identity. Exodus 3 .14 I 00:02:37.750 --> 00:02:43.120 am who I am. God defines himself. He is not dependent 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:47.060 on anything outside of himself. He is who he 00:02:47.060 --> 00:02:51.960 is. John chapter 1, verse 1 and 2. In the beginning 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:55.259 was the Word, and the Word was with God, and 00:02:55.259 --> 00:02:59.560 the Word was God. The Word, Logos, was with God, 00:02:59.819 --> 00:03:04.280 distinction, and was God, unity. If there were 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:07.240 no Trinity, Identity itself would be meaningless, 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:09.840 because there would be no eternal distinction 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:13.199 and unity to ground it. Atheists cannot explain 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:16.180 why things are what they are. Without God, why 00:03:16.180 --> 00:03:18.979 does anything have identity at all? Why is a 00:03:18.979 --> 00:03:21.759 cat a cat and not something else? They can't 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:25.199 say. But Christians can, because the law of identity 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:28.599 is a reflection of the Trinity. 2. The law of 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:31.919 non -contradiction, rooted in the eternal distinctions 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:35.060 of the Trinity. The law of non -contradiction 00:03:35.060 --> 00:03:38.340 says that something cannot be both itself and 00:03:38.340 --> 00:03:41.699 not itself at the same time and in the same way. 00:03:42.020 --> 00:03:46.199 The Father is not the Son. The Son is not the 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:49.580 Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not the Father. 00:03:50.099 --> 00:03:55.219 Matthew 28, verse 19. Baptizing them in the name 00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:57.860 of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy 00:03:57.860 --> 00:04:02.689 Spirit. one name unity yet three distinct persons 00:04:02.689 --> 00:04:06.629 distinction if the universe were purely random 00:04:06.629 --> 00:04:10.229 contradictions should be possible but they are 00:04:10.229 --> 00:04:14.590 not why because god is never confused within 00:04:14.590 --> 00:04:19.110 himself if god were a monolithic being like islam's 00:04:19.110 --> 00:04:22.189 allah there would be no eternal distinctions 00:04:22.189 --> 00:04:25.430 and thus no foundation for non -contradiction 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:29.000 everything would collapse into undifferentiated 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:32.800 oneness, making distinction arbitrary, like the 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:36.620 philosophy of Adi Shankaracharya. Where all distinction 00:04:36.620 --> 00:04:38.800 would collapse, there would be no distinction 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:42.420 between oxygen and hydrogen. If God were multiple 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:46.399 gods, like popular Hinduism, reality would be 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:48.779 full of contradictions because different gods 00:04:48.779 --> 00:04:51.360 would have different natures and approval of 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:54.800 reality. only the trinity provides a rational 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.459 foundation for why contradictions are impossible 00:04:57.459 --> 00:05:01.959 three the law of excluded middle rooted in the 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:05.519 absolute truth of god the law of excluded middle 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:08.439 states that something is either true or false 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:12.300 there is no in between the son of god is either 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:15.899 son or he is not he cannot be partially son and 00:05:15.899 --> 00:05:19.040 partially father the same applies to the father 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:22.350 and the holy spirit God is either God or He is 00:05:22.350 --> 00:05:27.029 not. John 8, chapter, verse 58. Before Abraham 00:05:27.029 --> 00:05:31.230 was, I am. God either exists or He does not. 00:05:31.550 --> 00:05:35.069 Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 6. Whoever would draw 00:05:35.069 --> 00:05:38.509 near to God must believe that He exists. Sin 00:05:38.509 --> 00:05:41.250 is either rebellion against God or it is not. 00:05:41.649 --> 00:05:45.730 1 John, chapter 3, verse 4. Sin is lawlessness. 00:05:46.170 --> 00:05:50.839 John, chapter 14, verse 6. I am the way, the 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:54.319 truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:58.500 except through me. If Jesus is the truth, then 00:05:58.500 --> 00:06:01.680 there is no middle ground between truth and falsehood. 00:06:01.819 --> 00:06:04.680 If God were not absolute truth, there would be 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:08.000 no absolute distinction between truth and falsehood. 00:06:08.339 --> 00:06:11.160 Atheists cannot justify why contradictions don't 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:13.879 exist. Without an absolute standard of truth, 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:16.740 why should anything be either true or false? 00:06:16.980 --> 00:06:22.519 They don't know. but christians do for how the 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:25.439 laws of logic relate like the trinity the law 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:30.379 of identity a is a implies the law of non -contradiction 00:06:30.379 --> 00:06:35.879 a is not non a if a is a then it cannot also 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:39.519 be non a at the same time if the father is the 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:42.959 father then he cannot also be the son the law 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.220 of non -contradiction implies the law of excluded 00:06:46.220 --> 00:06:50.810 middle either A or non -A. If A cannot be non 00:06:50.810 --> 00:06:53.889 -A, then it must be one or the other, no third 00:06:53.889 --> 00:06:57.490 option. If Son of God is either Son or not Son, 00:06:57.709 --> 00:07:01.089 there is no middle ground. The laws of logic 00:07:01.089 --> 00:07:04.709 are one and one law implies the other, just like 00:07:04.709 --> 00:07:08.649 the perichoresis of the triune God. John chapter 00:07:08.649 --> 00:07:13.050 14, verse 10 and 11. I am in the Father, and 00:07:13.050 --> 00:07:16.639 the Father is in me. The Father, Son, and Holy 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:20.839 Spirit exist in a perfect relational unity. Likewise, 00:07:21.100 --> 00:07:23.660 the laws of logic exist in a structured unity. 00:07:23.980 --> 00:07:27.279 Each law implies the others. Atheists cannot 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:30.319 explain why logic is unified, but Christians 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:33.459 can because logic is a reflection of God's triune 00:07:33.459 --> 00:07:36.319 nature, the trinity and the foundation of all 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:40.240 thought, science, and life. Reality only makes 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:44.600 sense because of God. The big revelation? Everything 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:48.560 yes, everything you see, think, know, and experience 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:52.240 is grounded in the triune God of the Bible. That's 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:55.439 right. Without the Father, the Son, and the Holy 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.740 Spirit, you wouldn't just lack morality or reason. 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:01.920 You wouldn't exist at all. Atheists want you 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:04.420 to believe that reality just holds itself together. 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:07.759 No cause, no intelligence, no rational foundation. 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:12.160 It just is. But let's think logically. which, 00:08:12.220 --> 00:08:16.139 ironically, only works because God exists. Science 00:08:16.139 --> 00:08:20.180 depends on predictable laws. Laws require order. 00:08:20.379 --> 00:08:24.339 Order requires a mind behind it. But atheists 00:08:24.339 --> 00:08:28.180 say reality just happens. That doesn't sound 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:32.220 very scientific, does it? Now, we already explored 00:08:32.220 --> 00:08:35.340 laws of logic. Let's now explore how science, 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:39.009 morality, mathematics, Consciousness and even 00:08:39.009 --> 00:08:41.809 social order are only possible because of the 00:08:41.809 --> 00:08:45.309 triune nature of God. One, the uniformity of 00:08:45.309 --> 00:08:49.970 nature. Why science needs the triune God. Let's 00:08:49.970 --> 00:08:52.909 play a game. Why does gravity work today the 00:08:52.909 --> 00:08:56.169 same as it did yesterday? Why do chemical reactions 00:08:56.169 --> 00:08:59.870 always follow the same rules? Why does math hold 00:08:59.870 --> 00:09:02.269 true no matter where you are in the universe? 00:09:02.830 --> 00:09:06.429 Science requires uniformity. The belief that 00:09:06.429 --> 00:09:09.850 nature is stable, repeatable, and predictable. 00:09:10.409 --> 00:09:14.070 Otherwise, every experiment is meaningless. But 00:09:14.070 --> 00:09:16.950 here's the big question. Why is nature uniform? 00:09:17.509 --> 00:09:20.309 Atheists have no answer. If everything is just 00:09:20.309 --> 00:09:23.509 random physical processes, why should we expect 00:09:23.509 --> 00:09:26.570 consistency? If the universe is just an accident, 00:09:26.750 --> 00:09:29.250 why should it follow rational, predictable laws? 00:09:29.870 --> 00:09:34.470 Colossians 1, verse 17. In him all things hold 00:09:34.470 --> 00:09:39.039 together. Hebrews chapter 1, verse 3. He upholds 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:42.700 the universe by the word of his power. Translation. 00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:46.279 Science only works because God makes it work. 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:50.320 Atheist response. Uh, the universe just follows 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:54.279 rules, okay? It's just the way things are. Stop 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:57.799 asking questions. Maybe there are infinite universes 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:01.759 and we just got lucky. Translation. They don't 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:05.090 have an answer. Only the triune God can account 00:10:05.090 --> 00:10:07.889 for the unity and diversity in scientific laws, 00:10:08.190 --> 00:10:11.529 just as he exists as one in being and three in 00:10:11.529 --> 00:10:14.990 person. 2. Mathematics, the trinity and absolute 00:10:14.990 --> 00:10:18.490 truth. Mathematics is objective, unchanging, 00:10:18.529 --> 00:10:22.669 and universal. But why? Numbers exist independently 00:10:22.669 --> 00:10:27.330 of human thought. No one invents math. It's discovered. 00:10:28.029 --> 00:10:32.740 1 -1 -2 is always true. But why? mathematics 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:35.539 reflects the unity and diversity of the trinity 00:10:35.539 --> 00:10:40.080 one oneness of god's being many diversity of 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:43.639 persons in the trinity relationship how numbers 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.679 interact proverbs chapter eight verse twenty 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.600 seven to twenty nine when he established the 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:52.860 heavens i was there when he drew a circle on 00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:55.740 the face of the deep when he marked out the foundations 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:59.519 of the earth Mathematical truths exist because 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:02.240 they are grounded in the rational nature of God. 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:06.159 Atheists use math, but they can't explain why 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:10.440 math exists in the first place. Morality. The 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:13.519 ultimate atheist contradiction. Atheists love 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:17.019 talking about morality. Religion is evil. Christians 00:11:17.019 --> 00:11:20.000 are bad people. You don't need God to be good. 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:24.769 Wait a second. Evil? Bad? Good? Those words only 00:11:24.769 --> 00:11:28.289 make sense if morality is real. But if evolution 00:11:28.289 --> 00:11:32.090 is true and we're just advanced pawn scum, what 00:11:32.090 --> 00:11:35.730 does good even mean? Atheism's morality problem. 00:11:36.070 --> 00:11:39.129 If morality is just a survival mechanism, then 00:11:39.129 --> 00:11:42.009 nothing is truly right or wrong. If morality 00:11:42.009 --> 00:11:44.830 is based on human opinion, then Hitler wasn't 00:11:44.830 --> 00:11:48.529 wrong. He was just unpopular. If morality is 00:11:48.529 --> 00:11:51.490 constantly changing, then today's good could 00:11:51.490 --> 00:11:55.100 be tomorrow's evil. But God's morality is absolute. 00:11:55.500 --> 00:12:00.460 Romans 2 .15 The law is written on their hearts. 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:06.039 Micah 6 .8 Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:09.779 with God. Translation You know right from wrong 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:13.379 because God put it in you. Atheists borrow Christian 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:16.679 morality to argue against Christianity. They 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:19.960 say, morality is just an illusion, but let me 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:22.440 tell you why you're wrong. See the contradiction? 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:25.659 Only the Trinity accounts for both the absolute 00:12:25.659 --> 00:12:29.399 standard of goodness, God's nature, and the relational 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:32.580 aspect of moral law, how we love one another. 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:36.639 4. Consciousness. The mind that shouldn't exist. 00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:40.200 All right, science nerds, explain this one. Why 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:43.480 are you aware of yourself? Atheists say your 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:47.080 brain is just neurons firing. But how does electricity 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.620 produce self -awareness? If evolution were true, 00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:53.940 you'd expect only reactive creatures beings that 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:56.200 respond to their environment without thought, 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:59.539 like a Roomba vacuum. But humans aren't just 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:03.059 reacting, we're reflecting. Why am I here? What 00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:06.320 is my purpose? How do I know I exist? No chemical 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:09.419 reaction in the universe explains this. Genesis 00:13:09.419 --> 00:13:13.740 chapter 1 verse 27. God created man in his own 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:17.340 image. Translation. Your mind isn't just brain 00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:20.700 activity. It's a reflection of God's image. Meanwhile, 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:23.659 science says, we don't know where consciousness 00:13:23.659 --> 00:13:27.879 comes from, but trust us. It evolved. Maybe it's 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:30.659 just an illusion. Shut up and trust the experts. 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.139 Translation, they have no idea. Only the triune 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:37.580 God who exists in eternal relationship within 00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:40.539 himself can account for human self -awareness. 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:44.019 Final thoughts. Who's really trusting science? 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.879 So, let's sum this up. Logic exists because God 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:51.279 exists. The Trinity explains why logical distinctions 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:54.559 exist. The laws of logic reflect the triune nature 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:57.679 of God. Without the Trinity, knowledge is impossible. 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.360 Science only works because of God. Mathematics 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:04.299 is grounded in God's nature. Morality is absolute 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:07.399 because God is holy. Consciousness only makes 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:10.559 sense because we are made in God's image. Meanwhile, 00:14:10.860 --> 00:14:14.500 science says, logic is just there, bro. There's 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:17.080 no reason for logic, but let's trust it anyway. 00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:20.559 Maybe logic evolved too. Everything came from 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:23.879 nothing, for no reason, with no purpose. Stop 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:26.340 asking questions and just trust the randomness. 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:29.820 Yeah, no thanks. If you trust logic reality, 00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:33.259 guess what? You just admitted it depends on the 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:36.720 triune God. But don't worry. The atheists will 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:39.879 be back tomorrow using logic, math, and morality 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:42.740 to argue that none of these things actually exist. 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:45.460 while cashing their research grants.