ATHEISM
More and more I am seeing and hearing of people who no longer believe in God. Many young people are walking away from pseudo-religion, where all is glitter and glitz, showmanship, loud bands and flashy speakers.
I heard of a fourteen-year old girl last evening who know longer believed in God. How sad to hear those words coming from a young person. And the numbers are growing across all age groups.
Can you imagine the apostle Paul in such a set up or our Lord?
The simplicity of the Gospel draws people to Him, not the glitz and glamour. For once it has been tried over and over, it loses its effect and people drift away. But I fear many are drifting into skepticism. It is a sugary sweet, candy-coated poison, though it may not be the only reason many are becoming skeptics. It is alarming to watch it happen.
“I look at my watch, knowing that every tick is more than a tick of time, that it is a tick to the genius of its maker – for it never made itself.
As the light from the incandescent lamp drives out the darkness, I know the bulb never made itself – it shines to the glory of its inventor.
I turn on the television, and I know it is the product of a manufacturer, that it never made itself.
Neither did my house evolve. It’s the work of a builder.
“For every house is builded by some man; but He that built all things is God.” (Hebrews 3:4)
In keeping with the same common sense, our text gives this explanation for the origin of man: God created him; he never made himself.
“This is reasonable. And therefore, as long as watches, light bulbs, televisions and houses are unable to make themselves – they have to be made by a superior power – just that long I must hold to the idea that man is the creation of a Higher Power.” ~ Leroy Brownlow
“So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.” (Genesis 1:27)
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7)
Only God can fill the heart, but it is up to us to read and study that Word so we can know with assurance He created man, and that He sent His only Son to die for the world’s sins.
No amount of entertainment or programs will ever be able to fill the heart. These are nothing more than candy, and pretty soon one grows tired of the sweets and wants meat and vegetables. Nourishing food for the soul, but for the soul to grow, it can only come from His Word. All else is just a sickening, filled with sugar diet. God made our souls. Only He can fill the soul.
It’s time to get back to the basics and it starts with His Word.
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” ~ Voltaire
Eileen Light