Psalm 115:8

Psalm 115:8

Those who make them become like them;

so do all who trust in them.

Man has sinful conflicts. He desires a god but craves control; wants the supernatural, but he must see it; he craves a deity but lusts after human form. And so man creates god in his own image. Men make god a smorgasbord of their personal tastes and so deny the true and living God.

These sinful pleasures reveal themselves in a variety of ways today. TVs, hand-held electronics, computers, musical instruments, books, houses, and cars all represent examples of inanimate idols. In and of themselves, they are harmless matter, but man makes gods out of them.

The tragic consequence of idolatry is becoming as dead as the idols worshiped. When man replaces the only true God with a god created in earthly image, he loses his spiritual senses (see vv. 5-7). His awareness of God and Heavenly things is replaced by a false sense of security in his idol. All spiritual life runs dry.

May the living and true God awaken our hearts and our senses to the reality of His eternal truth.

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.