“...it is only by
continuously being related to God that the creature exists.”
- Does God Suffer? by
Thomas G. Weinandy (Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 2000), 131
What a powerful quote! While
it should move believers to doxology, it makes the denials of humanity all the
more tragic.
“For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD. In the pride of his
face the wicked does not seek Him; all his thoughts are, ‘There is no God’” (Psalm 10:3,4). The phrase “all his thoughts”
reminds us that a commitment to atheism results in a twisting of all thinking.
It also reminds us that atheism must be continually maintained, since we all
know in the core of our being that our Creator is present.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness
suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because
God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal
power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation
of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks to
Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were
darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools...” (Romans 1:18-22).
With the minds He has
created they contrive reasonings to deny Him, for the sole purpose of making
themselves little gods ruling over little worlds. The exceedingly complex
connections of synapses and micro-electric firings are maintained because He,
at this moment, wills it for His ultimate glory. The breath in the lungs that
is expelled and shaped into the sounds of words through vocal chords, tongues,
teeth, and lips, are all allowed to exist by the granting of His common grace
in this moment. Only because God is involved does the atheist exist.
“The God Who made the
world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in
temples made by man, nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed
anything, since He himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the
earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling
place, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way
toward Him and find Him. Yet He is actually not far from each one of us, for ‘In
Him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets
have said, ‘For we are indeed His offspring’” (Acts 17:24-28).
“He has delivered us from
the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in
Whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were
created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or rulers or authorities - all things were created through Him and
for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:13-17).
“Long ago, at many times
and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last
days He has spoken to us by His Son, Whom He appointed the heir of all things, through
Whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and
the exact imprint of His nature, and He upholds the universe by the word of
His power” (Hebrews 1:1-3).
Jesus Christ is the Person
of the triune God Who was the mediatorial means of Creation. Jesus Christ is
the Word of God made flesh Who, by absolute sovereign decree in this very
moment, sustains every aspect (micro and macro) of Creation so that it
continues to exist. It is for the ultimate and eternal exaltation of Jesus
Christ that all things were created and are sustained.
This same Jesus is the One
Whom God the Father has appointed the sole Savior (Acts 4:12) and Judge (Acts
17:30,31) of all of humanity. Repent and believe, and let the grace of your
existence by His power shine forth in unending doxology to the only One Who is
worthy of it!
Source: Hubblesite.org
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