The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalm 14:1 NKJV
A recent movie, God Is
Not Dead, featured a college freshman who was welcomed to one class by a
professor who instructed the students to write “God is dead” on a sheet of
paper.
According to the professor, scientific developments had
eliminated the need to believe in a Supreme Being. Admitting this would
eliminate his need to even discuss the possibility of a Supreme Being.
One student, however, challenged him and was allowed the
opportunity to engage the professor in a debate…a debate he won when he asked
the professor if he hated God. When the instructor admitted he did, the student
queried, “How can you hate someone who doesn’t exist?”
Calling someone a fool may be scripturally dangerous, but God
defines just who a fool is.
Believing in a Creator is not foolishness. Rather,
foolishness believes everything in the natural realm just happened to appear in
some primeval cesspool and evolved over billions of years into what we observe
now. It appears obvious that the natural order bears the imprint of an
Intelligent Designer who ordered the natural laws.
Nor is it foolish to acknowledge sin. Every day, the actions
of people bear out what the Bible pronounces as actions that result from sinful
natures: crime, greed, immorality, dishonesty. Because of our condition, we
need a Savior, and God provided him in the person of Jesus—the sinless Son of
God. On Calvary’s cross, he bore the sins of the world so that we might be set
free. Believing frees us from condemnation and returns us to God’s good graces.
Believing death is not the end also isn’t foolish. God has
created eternity in our hearts. Since the beginning of time, people groups have
worshiped various gods, proving they believed in someone or something higher
than themselves. Christians believe this someone is the only true and living
God who has prepared an eternal home for those who love and serve him with
their entire being. Science hasn’t eliminated him; he still exists.
The fool says there is no God. What do you say?
Prayer: Thank You, merciful God, for providing the means of our salvation through the sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus.
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