Don't Be Fooled

"The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good" (Ps. 14;1, ESV).

April Fool's Day seems like the perfect time to tackle the foolishness of denying God.  It smacks of arrogance to claim, with the limited amount of knowledge that humanity possesses, that there is no evidence of God's existence.

Everywhere there are signs of design.  The heavens declare the glory of the Lord.  Mankind is fearfully and wonderfully made. There is so much information within the natural world.  It is ludicrous to believe that information came from no where.

David alludes to the reason they deny God.  They deny God because their hearts want the freedom to operate outside of their consciences.  They don't want to be condemned for doing the things they enjoy.  If they don't acknowledge the Lawgiver, it's easier to rationalize their guilt away.

When we live like there is no God, we are only fooling ourselves.  God is there, whether we acknowledge him or not.  He will not always be patient, one day we will all stand before him in Judgment.  If we are trusting Christ, he has stood in our place in judgment.  If we have not trusted in Christ, we will stand alone in judgment.  Don't be fooled by fine sounding, empty arguments.  God is real, and he has made a way through Jesus for mankind to know him.