Showing posts with label existence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label existence. Show all posts

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Psalm 53:1

Psalm  53:1
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
there is none who does good.

There is no person in the world who truly believes there is no God - only those who say it. In order to convince themselves of God's nonexistence, fools much preach to themselves because God has permanently branded on every heart His existence. His truth is undeniable in every conscience (Ecc. 3:11). So man suppresses it (Rom. 1:18).

This suppression of truth leads to evil deeds. Man does not want to be judged, so he claims there is no Judge and does the evil his flesh desires. A sinful worldview leads to sinful actions. Ultimately all men are born prone to this. All sin is the denial of God's holiness, justice, mercy, and existence. And all have sinned.

Because man declares a corrupt message to his heart, the heart becomes evil, and deeds follow. The only remedy to this corrupt preaching of lies can be righteous preaching of the truth. And that truth is the Good News.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Psalm 50:1

Psalm 50:1
The Mighty One, God the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.

God has supreme power over the universe in a way we cannot comprehend. Lest He command a star to shine, it does not shine - it cannot. Not only has God created the earth, but He also commands it. It has its existence because God speaks its existence. It spins and travels only to where God calls it.

The care and command of the Mighty One never rest. He is actively involved in His creation; this is the ultimate denial of Deism. He uses seemingly random and catastrophic acts of the weather to move people from one place to another (see vv. 4-5). "He causes His sun to rise, He sends the rain."1

God's activity in His world is unfathomable. His power none can grasp. "Did He speak the world into existence? Does matter exist apart from Him? Is it still here? Are you still here? Then He is still speaking."2


Notes
1. Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts (Colorado Springs, CO: NAVPRESS, 1988), 102.
2. N.D. Wilson, Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2009), 31.