Now, someone out there is bound to ask why critical thinking really matters. Folks, high levels of intellectual achievement and IQ scoring is not necessary for anyone and everyone to see things as that same Spirit shows to each one who asks.
What do I mean by that?
Simply this:
1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
When you have truth as revealed by that wonderful and altogether lovely Spirit of the Most High God, you have a critical thinking weapon in your arsenal by which you can defeat any and all foes, no matter how eloquent they may be in words.
Habakkuk 2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Luke 12:12 For the Spirit shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
Yes, I did speak of "skill" in critical thinking, but that has to be coupled with the weapons of truth in order for it to be effective. The Lord equips His people who seek and ask Him for the weapons of truth coupled with understanding to speak what is given. Skill can also refer to the discipline for asking of the Lord what you need, and that sometimes requires setting aside one's pride in order to speak what is Divine in origin...
MM