Human intellect searches for rest, often looking outside of Jesus Christ. Even those educated and converted sometimes view the cross with little reverence or love. They're tempted like the Greeks to blend philosophy with revelation. This draws Christians away from the simple truth of Christ crucified, leading them to create more 'intellectual' doctrines.

This mindset led early churches into Gnosticism and various heresies, sparking movements like Neology that captivated minds in Germany and still lure some believers today. No matter who you are or your education level, if you belong to the Lord, you'll find no peace in philosophical theology. You might chase the ideas of great thinkers, but compared to God's word, they're like chaff to wheat.

Reason, even at its best, only scratches the surface of truth and still lacks certainty. In Christ, we find the fullness of wisdom and knowledge. Christians who try to settle for theologies like Unitarianism will never find true satisfaction. Only the soul-saving truth—"Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners"—brings genuine joy, from the scholar to the humble believer. Jesus answers the deepest questions of the mind but, without him, even the regenerate mind finds no peace. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." "A good understanding have all they that do his commandments."