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“Fools say to themselves, ‘There is no God.’” I’d written a quote in the margins from an
earlier quiet time: “The belief that
there is no God is founded on the desire
to lead a wicked life, or is embraced
by those who in fact live such a
life, with a desire to sustain
themselves in their depravity and to avoid the fear of future retribution.”
My commentary calls them practical
atheists. “All that they are, say,
and do comes from their arrogant (and ignorant) belief that there is no God …
They ignore God.” I loved this quote describing them: “Sinners can’t find God for the same reason
criminals can’t find policemen – they aren’t looking!”
“By leaving God out of their lives, they cause their inner
person to become more and more corrupt … ‘Gone aside’ means they have turned
their backs on God and refuse to fulfill the purpose for which they were
created – to glorify God … The wicked have no future with the Lord because they
preferred not to know the Lord or
live for Him. They lived according to
the desires of their own heart, not to please the Lord and glorify Him. Those who reject Jesus Christ will spend
eternity apart from the Lord and will honestly be able to say in hell, ‘There
is no God – here!’”
Father, thank You for pulling me away from my life like that
– for loving me when I didn’t love You.
Thank You for not giving up on me.
Your persistence was what I needed.
Please keep it up with those I love, and lead them to know You as their
God, too.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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