We Know There is a God
In the book of Romans, Chapter 1 of the Holy Bible, Paul writes the following (the emphasis is mine):
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
I find this section of scripture interesting in the light of today's world. There are some that claim God is unjust. They make this claim based upon those people living in the farthest reaches of the world, not getting to hear the Word of God, but being judged by it in spite of their ignorance.
But what I see in this scripture, and know to be true even in my own life, is that even if we don't go to church or have exposure to the Holy Scriptures, we know there is a God, a Creator of the Universe. We know it in our hearts, but our hearts are often deceptive and want their own fleshly ways. Simply put, we deny God's presence and calling, so that we can be "free" to do as we please.
That's it!!! Simply put. We choose to deny God because we do not want to be accountable to anyone. But the sad truth for those who deny him is that they will be held accountable one day.
ReplyDeleteI agree Sheila. I can't help but wonder why this scripture isn't screamed from e mountaintop because it's happening!! However, I do trust that The Lord will show mercy to them He will. He is long suffering. That's for sparking this blog as I'm going to read up on it. Love you Kate!!
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