Abraham Kuyper on No Certainty Outside of Christ

Kuyper writes,

No matter how hard we try to set aside the all-dominant questions of life, they always come back. The questions about where we come from, how this universe and this world came into being, and how we came into existence in this world, will simply not be repressed. The unbeliever who, in his confusion, in order to cede nothing to faith in the end forbids himself to reflect on these questions, dulls his own mind, and darkens his consciousness. We can cut off the question about the origin of things as little as we can suppress the questions about where we go when we die, and how this whole world will one day end up, and what the purpose of this whole creation is. And it is precisely the rich book of Genesis that gives us a fully satisfying answer to this question of the origin of things.

He continues,

The world outside of Christ is in search of all manner of life philosophies and worldviews. In this search it repeatedly slips and falls and repeatedly hopes to regain a sure footing, that is, to find again a position that can serve as a vantage point from which to view things. And those worldviews and philosophies of life change daily. Time and again the one replaces the other. And in the end people are desperate and do not know anymore what they must cling to; they often end up with the despondent exclamation that certainty has not been granted us human beings, so we must retreat into our ignorance. But it is precisely the great privilege of the church of Christ that it does not need to search and does not need to ask, but that things have been revealed to us by God. A well-grounded Christian always has his answer ready. He no longer doubts and hesitates, but rests in the revelation given to him. The philosopher seeks a philosophy, but a Christian who knows God's Word has his philosophy, has his view of reality, has his standpoint and from that standpoint has an unfaltering view on what lies behind, around, and before him.

Common Grace: God's Gifts for a Fallen World. Vol. 1: The Historical Section. Ed. Ballor, Jordan J. and Stephen J. Grabill. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016. p. 123-5.