THE ATHEIST’S PLIGHT

 

Friday, April 25, 2025

 

THE ATHEIST’S PLIGHT

 

Ps 14:1

14 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

 

Eph 2:12 AMPLIFIED

12 [Remember] that you were at that time separated (living apart) from Christ [excluded from all part in Him], utterly estranged and outlawed from the rights of Israel as a nation, and strangers with no share in the sacred compacts of the [Messianic] promise [with no knowledge of or right in God's agreements, His covenants]. And you had no hope (no promise); you were in the world without God.

 

          The atheist claims no understanding of creation. The diversity of the creatures baffles him. The platypus is a mystery. Geology makes no sense to him. The formation of strata yields no answers for him. Photosynthesis in plant life is more science than he can fathom. Plants need carbon dioxide to survive and produce oxygen as a byproduct. The atheist does not see God in any of this.

 

          The atheist has no moral authority. Since, or if, there is no God then there is no right or wrong. He chooses whatever is most comfortable, pleasant, and convenient as a lifestyle and moral code. He is his own god and answers to none other. He manages to live with others by obeying or disobeying laws established by society. He is motivated only by the threat of capture and punishment. Still, he sees no God in any of this.

 

          The atheist has no help. Since, or if, there is no God he does not pray even in the direst circumstances. He manufactures his own “miracles” by scheming and manipulating others. The atheist, therefore, is a true menace to society.

 

          The atheist has no hope. The end of life is a fearful thing. He deals with this fear by dismissing the idea of an afterlife whether good or evil. The God he refuses to acknowledge calls him a fool. The word fool, in Psalm 14:1 is the Hebrew word nabal (naw-bal) and means both stupid and wicked.

 

          The atheist may become an agnostic who simply says that he does not know whether there is a God. He has caught glimpses of Him but is still unconvinced. “For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”  Rom 10:3

 

1 Cor 15:19

19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

 

Lord, all that I see helps me to believe in that which I cannot see. Please reveal yourself to those who cannot see you. AMEN