If the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do?
It is always tempting to attempt to make the Bible fit in with science or man's perceived wisdom, whether it be the latest theory or some well established fact. This a great error.
Rather, we should always start with Scripture as being the absolute norm and then test man's wisdom against what the Word of God tells us. Throughout history men have found that the Word of God is always correct. A new discovery may be made tomorrow which at the outset may seem to contradict Scripture, but eventually it will be seen that the Word of God is proven to be 100% correct.
For example, take the Book of Job which is believed to have been written some 2000 years before Christ. In that book there are numerous scientific facts stated.
In Job chapter 38 verse 16 God asks Job this question:
Have you entered the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in search of the depths?
Yet it wasn't until 1970s, with the help of deep diving research submarines that were constructed to withstand 6,000 pounds-per-square-inch pressure, that oceanographers discovered springs on the ocean floors!
And so we could go on with many more examples.
As the Psalmist says:
If the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do?
We need to examine everything through a Biblical lens and always be ready to give an answer for the hope that is within us (1 Peter 3:15). Otherwise our foundations will start to crumble and then where will we be? If the Word of God can be proved unreliable in just one point then what is to say that it is unreliable in every other area?
