“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God…”
There are people who do not believe in God. They can’t see Him with their eyes or feel Him with their hands, so they say that He does not exist. I know that it is not that simple, but it is the beginning of unbelief. Besides that, why would people not believe in God? People reject the idea of God because of bad things that happen in the world. The reasoning is that if God exists, we would not have earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, cancer - you name it. There is a long list of bad things that happen and seem to be unfair. What they do not take into account is that we live in a fallen world. This is written plainly in the Bible and is plainly seen in history. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, their perfect world came to an end. As a Christian, I do not try to explain why bad things happen, or why bad things happen to good people. That is the nature of life in a fallen world. For myself, I am just glad that in the midst of all of the bad things that happen, there is a God who loves me and is with me in the good and bad things that happen. People reject the idea of God because they do not want to be beholden to a higher power. Belief in God puts brakes on our natural inclinations. People have always tried to get around obedience to God, because He curbs their natural inclinations. Those who do not believe in God see no need to repent and ask for forgiveness. They just do not want God to exist. People reject the idea of God because those of us who believe in Him sometimes act as if He does not exist. We see this in churches all of the time. The New Testament teaches that we are to be in unity in Christ’s church, but the world sees us disobey in this and acting like people who do not have to answer to God. I know that we are “only human” but this does not relieve us of the responsibility of living Christian lives before the world. The world is crying out for we who believe in Jesus Christ to make Him real in our lives. It is my daily prayer that my life will show my belief, for example, in how I treat people. It is my prayer that people will not base their unbelief on my behavior!!! Make that your prayer as well. (I need to add that I am sure that I have not always succeeded in this. I'm glad that our God is a forgiving God.) There are many other reasons why people do not believe in God, but these are uppermost in my mind today. Let’s show the world what a profound belief in an almighty God can do in one’s life. Bro. Joe
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