Thursday, October 18, 2018

Intentional Ignorance

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”

2 Peter 3:5–7

All around us are evidences that God created the world, yet many people refuse to accept that evidence and instead choose to believe a lie because they do not want to confront the truth. “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” (Romans 1:20). The belief in evolution has become something of a religion in its own right, demanding faith in things that cannot be found or proven.

Yet no matter how ridiculous some of the theories put forward to explain how our world came to be, while leaving God out of the picture, are people still choose to be “willingly ignorant.” They are not uneducated or unintelligent, they simply do not want to face the logical consequences. If there is a Creator, then He has the right to tell us how to live. And if we do not follow His commands, then there will be a judgment.

The problem is not a lack of proof or evidence of God, but an unwillingness to believe what He has said. “Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken” (Luke 24:25). God has no obligation to reveal further truth to those who reject the truth they have already been given. Until faith enters the picture, no amount of evidence will convince someone God is real.

Today’s Growth Principle: 

Only through faith can we see and accept the evidence that God is real and His Word is true.