The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds,
there is none who does good.
--Psalm 14:1
Perhaps you’ve noticed as you’ve looked at the Bible that within its pages, there’s never once an argument for the existence of God. In fact, today’s Scripture is the only verse that directly addresses anything close to the subject. But it tells us much about the mindset behind the atheistic worldview: it’s definitely mistaken.
You see, the atheistic worldview tells us that long, long ago, a chance event happened where life came into being. And through an innumerable series of other random events, over millions of years, inanimate matter evolved into the life we have today.
Now, I don’t know about you, but to me, that’s absolute foolishness. And the reason many people adhere to it isn’t because of the plausibility of the arguments. Behind the atheistic mindset is a rebellious spirit that wants to take God out of the picture. That’s because if there’s no God, there’s ultimately no accountability.
But if we look at what’s most logical, we know that creation requires a transcendent Creator. And that Creator, I firmly believe, is the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. We know God by the relationship we have with His Son, Jesus. Acknowledge God today as your Creator and King by affirming your faith in Jesus!
THE ATHEISTIC WORLDVIEW IS FOOLISHNESS. SO EMBRACE GOD AS YOUR CREATOR BY AFFIRMING YOUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TODAY.
“The Contradiction of Sinners”
Friday, December 27, 2019
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.”
Hebrews 12:2–4
Because Jesus was perfect and the Son of God, it would be reasonable to assume that people would gladly obey what He said to do. While there were some who did respond to Him in that way, many others did not. Instead they critiqued His words, refusing to accept that Jesus could be the Saviour for whom they had been waiting. When Jesus healed a man crippled by palsy, and told him he was forgiven, they should have rejoiced, but their reaction was very different. “And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” (Luke 5:21).
Though we should gladly and willingly follow what Jesus says to us in His Word, there are times when all of us struggle with doing what God said. Even saved sinners are prone to contradict the teaching of Jesus. We must be on our guard not to allow our thoughts and feelings, or those of others, to influence us to disobey God. Jesus may be contradicted by the world, but He should never be contradicted by His children.
Jesus explicitly connected the state of our relationship with Him to our obedience of Him. “Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you” (John 15:14). Our salvation is not conditional, but our closeness to Him certainly is. There is never a time when what we think or feel should be given precedence over what He said. We must not contradict God.
Today's Growth Principle:
We must either accept God on His terms, or not at all. There is no middle ground.
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