WHAT WILL YOU DO
Romans 1:18-20, 28-32"But God shows His anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because He has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature. So, they have no excuse for not knowing God.
Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, He abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too."
This is a description of the deceived world of the first century and of our deceived world today. Humanity has not evolved out of spiritual deadness. What is dead can never hope to change itself; ever. Left to itself, humanity yields to the lord of the flies over and over again. Satan is called Beelzebub, which actually means, "lord of the flies" as "beel or baal" means "lord" and "zebub" is semantic for "fly". People have suppressed the truth about God by wickedness believing they can cause life to have meaning and purpose without any reference to God. But God has not left Himself without witness to Who He is and what He has done to redeem humanity from its wickedness and death and to deliver us into Eternal Life through Jesus Christ.
The scientist who mapped the human genome turned from atheism to putting his faith and trust in Jesus Christ because he saw the complexity, the overwhelming evidence of intelligent design pointing to the Eternal God, the Designer, the Creator of the universe and all that is in it and to Jesus Christ, the Living Word of God through Whom it was all made.
John 1:1-5, 14
"In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
So, the Word became flesh and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son."
It is through Jesus Christ, the Eternal Son of God, that all things have been made. He holds all things together through the Power and Authority of His Word. The intricate balance of all things on this planet in atmospheric composition, gravitational hold and other scientifically measured phenomena show that all these things are held in the exact balance so that life might exist on earth.
Wholeness of life will never be found let alone lived in and experienced apart from believing and receiving Life from God through Jesus Christ. There is hope for all who are still "crawling in the darkness, looking for an answer" and it is found when a person turns from pursuing self and sin and turns to God for forgiveness, restoration of their humanity; a new heart and a new spirit with God's power to live a new life, a new way. Time is running short for people to turn, for when Jesus Christ returns to earth to judge the living and the dead, the opportunity to be born anew will have past forever. Please don't wait, resisting in mockery and folly. Turn to God and be made new and alive again.
Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, He abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too."
This is a description of the deceived world of the first century and of our deceived world today. Humanity has not evolved out of spiritual deadness. What is dead can never hope to change itself; ever. Left to itself, humanity yields to the lord of the flies over and over again. Satan is called Beelzebub, which actually means, "lord of the flies" as "beel or baal" means "lord" and "zebub" is semantic for "fly". People have suppressed the truth about God by wickedness believing they can cause life to have meaning and purpose without any reference to God. But God has not left Himself without witness to Who He is and what He has done to redeem humanity from its wickedness and death and to deliver us into Eternal Life through Jesus Christ.
The scientist who mapped the human genome turned from atheism to putting his faith and trust in Jesus Christ because he saw the complexity, the overwhelming evidence of intelligent design pointing to the Eternal God, the Designer, the Creator of the universe and all that is in it and to Jesus Christ, the Living Word of God through Whom it was all made.
John 1:1-5, 14
"In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
So, the Word became flesh and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son."
It is through Jesus Christ, the Eternal Son of God, that all things have been made. He holds all things together through the Power and Authority of His Word. The intricate balance of all things on this planet in atmospheric composition, gravitational hold and other scientifically measured phenomena show that all these things are held in the exact balance so that life might exist on earth.
Wholeness of life will never be found let alone lived in and experienced apart from believing and receiving Life from God through Jesus Christ. There is hope for all who are still "crawling in the darkness, looking for an answer" and it is found when a person turns from pursuing self and sin and turns to God for forgiveness, restoration of their humanity; a new heart and a new spirit with God's power to live a new life, a new way. Time is running short for people to turn, for when Jesus Christ returns to earth to judge the living and the dead, the opportunity to be born anew will have past forever. Please don't wait, resisting in mockery and folly. Turn to God and be made new and alive again.
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