“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God…”
There are a lot of people who have written God off. 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 existence of God because of bad things that happen in the world. The reasoning is that if there were a God, 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. I do not try to explain why bad things happen, or why bad things happen to good people. That is the way the world is and, until Jesus brings in the kingdom, that is the way it will be. For myself, I am just glad that in the midst of all of the bad things that happen, there is a God who loves you and me and He is with us even when the bad things happen. (I thought that I should add that there are a lot of good things that happen too.) People reject the existence of God because they do not want to be beholden to a higher power. Belief in God puts brakes on our natural inclinations. Every time we read of someone doing a bad thing, we need to say: “Except for the grace of God there go I.” The Bible says that “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” People have always tried to get around obedience to God, because He curbs their natural inclinations. The history of the Jews in the Old Testament shows this to be true. No matter how many times God warned them not to give in to the sins of the countries they were displacing in Palestine, they gave in to their sinful inclinations and disobeyed God. If one does not believe that there is a God, there is no One out there to answer to and one can do as one pleases – no matter how bad it is. David is a good example of this. No one believed in Jehovah more than David, yet when he saw Bathsheba, he disobeyed the commandment not to commit adultery. But David also knew that he had to answer to God, and in Psalm 51 he asked for God’s forgiveness. Those who do not believe in God see no need to repent or ask for God's forgiveness. People reject the existence of God because those of us who believe in Him sometimes act as if He does not exist and that we do not have to answer to Him for our actions. 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 disobeying 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 to live a Christian life 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 this. I want to show it, for example, by how I treat people who serve me in places of business. There are times when I encounter a waitress or a clerk with a bad attitude that I want to return the favor. I’ve got to tell you that it is not always easy, but I just try to remember that I represent Jesus, and that my attitude should be like His. It is my prayer that people will not base their unbelief on my behavior!!! Make that your prayer as well. There are many other reasons why people don’t 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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