April Fools

Psalm 14:1, "The FOOL has said in his heart, 'There is no God.'..."

I can enjoy April Fools Day like many of you. I woke the kids up this morning telling them to look at the snow outside. I troubled my wife with the thoughts of mouse droppings in our bathroom. Most of us enjoy practical jokes. However, the thought that there is no God is no joking matter.

"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse," Romans 1:20

Ray Comfort has given one of the greatest arguments concerning the existence of a Creator by simply saying, "The greatest evidence of a Creator is to look at creation. You cannot have a creation without a Creator just like you cannot have a painting without a painter, or a building without a builder." Scripture teaches us that creation itself speaks of the existence of God. When we step outside of our homes we have all the evidence that we need to understand that there is a God.

I don't open the door to my home and say, "Boy, I sure am glad that there was a big bang and my home started existing." No...I know that there was a builder and I am thankful for his workmanship. My house didn't evolve from an ant hill nor did my car evolve from a matchbox toy. Each of these possessions were the product of intelligent design. The same is true concerning each of us and the world in which we live.

As for those who go around thinking that they are too intelligent to believe in God. The joke is on them. Regardless of whether or not we believe in God, each of us will face Him on Judgment Day! He knows every sin that we have ever committed. He views hatred the same as murder and lust as adultery. God is not only the Creator of the World but is the one true Judge over our lives. All of us have sinned against Him regardless of our personal beliefs. How can we ever expect to be acquitted of our guilt? Only through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ!

This is the Good News that the Gospel message proclaims. Jesus died on the cross according to Scripture. He was buried according to Scripture. And on the third day He rose again according to Scripture. We may try to walk in a God-less existence, however, God has done everything that needs to be done so that we can be forgiven. The moment we turn to Him in faith - that is the moment we are saved.

The fact of the matter is that it takes more faith to believe that there isn't a God. If atheists and agnostics alike will take that faith and turn to a loving God they can be saved. It's simply a matter of repentance. If they will "change their way of thinking" and "turn from their wicked ways", God is all too ready to receive them.

Interesting that April Fools Day falls on the same week that we celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus this year. Jesus' ministry, life, and death is one of the most well recorded events in human history. Our calendar even marks the time before He arrived and after His coming. There is an empty tomb in Jerusalem where He was laid. The EVIDENCE is there! All you have to do is believe and receive.

For anyone out there who thinks that I am boasting of my intelligence - I am not. What I have received from God cannot be understood through man's wisdom. The Bible clearly teaches that the natural man doesn't receive the things of God. All I can offer you is the same thing that I received by faith: Eternal Life. "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become Children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." John 1:12-13