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The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” [Psalm 14:1; 53:1]
Perhaps you’ve heard the commonplace, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” The meaning is that, when a person stares death in the face, he suddenly out of thin air believes in God, or at least in a god of some kind. The implication is that sinful man cannot in truth disbelief the existence of God.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, dear friends! Let the Lord teach us, rather than man with his fanciful imagination. Let’s eat from the life tree, not from the kogae tree. So what does the Word of God teach us? Read the verse quoted at the commencement of this study and see.
A person who truly doesn’t believe God exists is a “fool”. We might define a “fool”, then, by reversing this: A fool is a person who truly doesn’t believe God exists. Voilà! a Biblical fool.
Now consider how a Biblical fool thinks and what he spouts off: “There is no God.” See! He truly doesn’t believe that God exists.
“Oh, no, teacher,” a fervid gainsayer interrupts. “He does too believe in God. He only says he doesn’t behind academia’s ivory towers, where all is well in his world. But put him in a foxhole, and you’ll hear him call upon God pronto!”
Oh, really, my good man? Is that what you think? Well, what you think is about as relevant as the price of tea in China. It’s not what you or I think. Such poppycock comes from the kogae tree, and its fruit is insalubrious, let me assure you. It’s what God knows, and He shares it with us in His Word.
Let me ask you, where did the fool come to the conclusion that God doesn’t exist? Answer: “in his heart”. The fool doesn’t spout idle words. He believes it. He doesn’t believe it just in his head, as an intellectual exercise which he can discard like a cheap suit when it’s convenient to do so. He believes it in his heart.
In order to be born again, a person must confess with his mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in his heart that God has raised him from the dead (cf., Romans 10:9-10). It isn’t enough, you see, to talk the talk, to have certain thoughts about Jesus in the head. A person’s heart must be truly converted, if he is truly born again.
So too is it with the fool talking the talk about God not existing. If that’s all he does, then in the foxhole he might very well sing a different tune! But if his words begin in his heart, then that by definition is his true nature. He really does believe there is no God.
Consequently, he won’t somehow out of the clear blue come to a belief in God because his world is lacking. Oh, he might utter the words, “Oh, my God!” But that is simply a common enough exclamation, one which is heard on every street corner from here to Timbuktu.
Our atheist is doing no more than spouting what to him is an expletive, when he exclaims using that phrase. He is a parrot repeating what he’s heard countless times before. But his heart isn’t speaking those words. He isn’t calling upon God; he’s using God’s name in vain.
Let this be a lesson to us. We cannot choose God anytime we find it convenient to do so. Oh, we can say His name and use words, but He will turn a deaf ear to us should we do so. God chooses us; we don’t choose Him. When He calls us, if we turn a deaf ear to Him, don’t be surprised if He returns the favor!
Call upon the Lord while He may be found. Behold, now is the day of salvation. Heed the call, lest you be sealed in the condition known as the Biblical fool who says in his heart, “There is not God.” Go to Jesus now and throw yourself on His mercy. He won’t refuse you.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
Perhaps you’ve heard the commonplace, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” The meaning is that, when a person stares death in the face, he suddenly out of thin air believes in God, or at least in a god of some kind. The implication is that sinful man cannot in truth disbelief the existence of God.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, dear friends! Let the Lord teach us, rather than man with his fanciful imagination. Let’s eat from the life tree, not from the kogae tree. So what does the Word of God teach us? Read the verse quoted at the commencement of this study and see.
A person who truly doesn’t believe God exists is a “fool”. We might define a “fool”, then, by reversing this: A fool is a person who truly doesn’t believe God exists. Voilà! a Biblical fool.
Now consider how a Biblical fool thinks and what he spouts off: “There is no God.” See! He truly doesn’t believe that God exists.
“Oh, no, teacher,” a fervid gainsayer interrupts. “He does too believe in God. He only says he doesn’t behind academia’s ivory towers, where all is well in his world. But put him in a foxhole, and you’ll hear him call upon God pronto!”
Oh, really, my good man? Is that what you think? Well, what you think is about as relevant as the price of tea in China. It’s not what you or I think. Such poppycock comes from the kogae tree, and its fruit is insalubrious, let me assure you. It’s what God knows, and He shares it with us in His Word.
Let me ask you, where did the fool come to the conclusion that God doesn’t exist? Answer: “in his heart”. The fool doesn’t spout idle words. He believes it. He doesn’t believe it just in his head, as an intellectual exercise which he can discard like a cheap suit when it’s convenient to do so. He believes it in his heart.
In order to be born again, a person must confess with his mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in his heart that God has raised him from the dead (cf., Romans 10:9-10). It isn’t enough, you see, to talk the talk, to have certain thoughts about Jesus in the head. A person’s heart must be truly converted, if he is truly born again.
So too is it with the fool talking the talk about God not existing. If that’s all he does, then in the foxhole he might very well sing a different tune! But if his words begin in his heart, then that by definition is his true nature. He really does believe there is no God.
Consequently, he won’t somehow out of the clear blue come to a belief in God because his world is lacking. Oh, he might utter the words, “Oh, my God!” But that is simply a common enough exclamation, one which is heard on every street corner from here to Timbuktu.
Our atheist is doing no more than spouting what to him is an expletive, when he exclaims using that phrase. He is a parrot repeating what he’s heard countless times before. But his heart isn’t speaking those words. He isn’t calling upon God; he’s using God’s name in vain.
Let this be a lesson to us. We cannot choose God anytime we find it convenient to do so. Oh, we can say His name and use words, but He will turn a deaf ear to us should we do so. God chooses us; we don’t choose Him. When He calls us, if we turn a deaf ear to Him, don’t be surprised if He returns the favor!
Call upon the Lord while He may be found. Behold, now is the day of salvation. Heed the call, lest you be sealed in the condition known as the Biblical fool who says in his heart, “There is not God.” Go to Jesus now and throw yourself on His mercy. He won’t refuse you.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
Stuff and Nonsense
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” [Psalm 14:1; 53:1]
Perhaps you’ve heard the commonplace, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” The meaning is that, when a person stares death in the face, he suddenly out of thin air believes in God, or at least in a god of some kind. The implication is that sinful man cannot in truth disbelief the existence of God.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, dear friends! Let the Lord teach us, rather than man with his fanciful imagination. Let’s eat from the life tree, not from the kogae tree. So what does the Word of God teach us? Read the verse quoted at the commencement of this study and see.
A person who truly doesn’t believe God exists is a “fool”. We might define a “fool”, then, by reversing this: A fool is a person who truly doesn’t believe God exists. Voilà! a Biblical fool.
Now consider how a Biblical fool thinks and what he spouts off: “There is no God.” See! He truly doesn’t believe that God exists.
“Oh, no, teacher,” a fervid gainsayer interrupts. “He does too believe in God. He only says he doesn’t behind academia’s ivory towers, where all is well in his world. But put him in a foxhole, and you’ll hear him call upon God pronto!”
Oh, really, my good man? Is that what you think? Well, what you think is about as relevant as the price of tea in China. It’s not what you or I think. Such poppycock comes from the kogae tree, and its fruit is insalubrious, let me assure you. It’s what God knows, and He shares it with us in His Word.
Let me ask you, where did the fool come to the conclusion that God doesn’t exist? Answer: “in his heart”. The fool doesn’t spout idle words. He believes it. He doesn’t believe it just in his head, as an intellectual exercise which he can discard like a cheap suit when it’s convenient to do so. He believes it in his heart.
In order to be born again, a person must confess with his mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in his heart that God has raised him from the dead (cf., Romans 10:9-10). It isn’t enough, you see, to talk the talk, to have certain thoughts about Jesus in the head. A person’s heart must be truly converted, if he is truly born again.
So too is it with the fool talking the talk about God not existing. If that’s all he does, then in the foxhole he might very well sing a different tune! But if his words begin in his heart, then that by definition is his true nature. He really does believe there is no God.
Consequently, he won’t somehow out of the clear blue come to a belief in God because his world is lacking. Oh, he might utter the words, “Oh, my God!” But that is simply a common enough exclamation, one which is heard on every street corner from here to Timbuktu.
Our atheist is doing no more than spouting what to him is an expletive, when he exclaims using that phrase. He is a parrot repeating what he’s heard countless times before. But his heart isn’t speaking those words. He isn’t calling upon God; he’s using God’s name in vain.
Let this be a lesson to us. We cannot choose God anytime we find it convenient to do so. Oh, we can say His name and use words, but He will turn a deaf ear to us should we do so. God chooses us; we don’t choose Him. When He calls us, if we turn a deaf ear to Him, don’t be surprised if He returns the favor!
Call upon the Lord while He may be found. Behold, now is the day of salvation. Heed the call, lest you be sealed in the condition known as the Biblical fool who says in his heart, “There is not God.” Go to Jesus now and throw yourself on His mercy. He won’t refuse you.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
Perhaps you’ve heard the commonplace, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” The meaning is that, when a person stares death in the face, he suddenly out of thin air believes in God, or at least in a god of some kind. The implication is that sinful man cannot in truth disbelief the existence of God.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, dear friends! Let the Lord teach us, rather than man with his fanciful imagination. Let’s eat from the life tree, not from the kogae tree. So what does the Word of God teach us? Read the verse quoted at the commencement of this study and see.
A person who truly doesn’t believe God exists is a “fool”. We might define a “fool”, then, by reversing this: A fool is a person who truly doesn’t believe God exists. Voilà! a Biblical fool.
Now consider how a Biblical fool thinks and what he spouts off: “There is no God.” See! He truly doesn’t believe that God exists.
“Oh, no, teacher,” a fervid gainsayer interrupts. “He does too believe in God. He only says he doesn’t behind academia’s ivory towers, where all is well in his world. But put him in a foxhole, and you’ll hear him call upon God pronto!”
Oh, really, my good man? Is that what you think? Well, what you think is about as relevant as the price of tea in China. It’s not what you or I think. Such poppycock comes from the kogae tree, and its fruit is insalubrious, let me assure you. It’s what God knows, and He shares it with us in His Word.
Let me ask you, where did the fool come to the conclusion that God doesn’t exist? Answer: “in his heart”. The fool doesn’t spout idle words. He believes it. He doesn’t believe it just in his head, as an intellectual exercise which he can discard like a cheap suit when it’s convenient to do so. He believes it in his heart.
In order to be born again, a person must confess with his mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in his heart that God has raised him from the dead (cf., Romans 10:9-10). It isn’t enough, you see, to talk the talk, to have certain thoughts about Jesus in the head. A person’s heart must be truly converted, if he is truly born again.
So too is it with the fool talking the talk about God not existing. If that’s all he does, then in the foxhole he might very well sing a different tune! But if his words begin in his heart, then that by definition is his true nature. He really does believe there is no God.
Consequently, he won’t somehow out of the clear blue come to a belief in God because his world is lacking. Oh, he might utter the words, “Oh, my God!” But that is simply a common enough exclamation, one which is heard on every street corner from here to Timbuktu.
Our atheist is doing no more than spouting what to him is an expletive, when he exclaims using that phrase. He is a parrot repeating what he’s heard countless times before. But his heart isn’t speaking those words. He isn’t calling upon God; he’s using God’s name in vain.
Let this be a lesson to us. We cannot choose God anytime we find it convenient to do so. Oh, we can say His name and use words, but He will turn a deaf ear to us should we do so. God chooses us; we don’t choose Him. When He calls us, if we turn a deaf ear to Him, don’t be surprised if He returns the favor!
Call upon the Lord while He may be found. Behold, now is the day of salvation. Heed the call, lest you be sealed in the condition known as the Biblical fool who says in his heart, “There is not God.” Go to Jesus now and throw yourself on His mercy. He won’t refuse you.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
Stuff and Nonsense
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” [Psalm 14:1; 53:1]
Perhaps you’ve heard the commonplace, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” The meaning is that, when a person stares death in the face, he suddenly out of thin air believes in God, or at least in a god of some kind. The implication is that sinful man cannot in truth disbelief the existence of God.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, dear friends! Let the Lord teach us, rather than man with his fanciful imagination. Let’s eat from the life tree, not from the kogae tree. So what does the Word of God teach us? Read the verse quoted at the commencement of this study and see.
A person who truly doesn’t believe God exists is a “fool”. We might define a “fool”, then, by reversing this: A fool is a person who truly doesn’t believe God exists. Voilà! a Biblical fool.
Now consider how a Biblical fool thinks and what he spouts off: “There is no God.” See! He truly doesn’t believe that God exists.
“Oh, no, teacher,” a fervid gainsayer interrupts. “He does too believe in God. He only says he doesn’t behind academia’s ivory towers, where all is well in his world. But put him in a foxhole, and you’ll hear him call upon God pronto!”
Oh, really, my good man? Is that what you think? Well, what you think is about as relevant as the price of tea in China. It’s not what you or I think. Such poppycock comes from the kogae tree, and its fruit is insalubrious, let me assure you. It’s what God knows, and He shares it with us in His Word.
Let me ask you, where did the fool come to the conclusion that God doesn’t exist? Answer: “in his heart”. The fool doesn’t spout idle words. He believes it. He doesn’t believe it just in his head, as an intellectual exercise which he can discard like a cheap suit when it’s convenient to do so. He believes it in his heart.
In order to be born again, a person must confess with his mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in his heart that God has raised him from the dead (cf., Romans 10:9-10). It isn’t enough, you see, to talk the talk, to have certain thoughts about Jesus in the head. A person’s heart must be truly converted, if he is truly born again.
So too is it with the fool talking the talk about God not existing. If that’s all he does, then in the foxhole he might very well sing a different tune! But if his words begin in his heart, then that by definition is his true nature. He really does believe there is no God.
Consequently, he won’t somehow out of the clear blue come to a belief in God because his world is lacking. Oh, he might utter the words, “Oh, my God!” But that is simply a common enough exclamation, one which is heard on every street corner from here to Timbuktu.
Our atheist is doing no more than spouting what to him is an expletive, when he exclaims using that phrase. He is a parrot repeating what he’s heard countless times before. But his heart isn’t speaking those words. He isn’t calling upon God; he’s using God’s name in vain.
Let this be a lesson to us. We cannot choose God anytime we find it convenient to do so. Oh, we can say His name and use words, but He will turn a deaf ear to us should we do so. God chooses us; we don’t choose Him. When He calls us, if we turn a deaf ear to Him, don’t be surprised if He returns the favor!
Call upon the Lord while He may be found. Behold, now is the day of salvation. Heed the call, lest you be sealed in the condition known as the Biblical fool who says in his heart, “There is not God.” Go to Jesus now and throw yourself on His mercy. He won’t refuse you.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
Perhaps you’ve heard the commonplace, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” The meaning is that, when a person stares death in the face, he suddenly out of thin air believes in God, or at least in a god of some kind. The implication is that sinful man cannot in truth disbelief the existence of God.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, dear friends! Let the Lord teach us, rather than man with his fanciful imagination. Let’s eat from the life tree, not from the kogae tree. So what does the Word of God teach us? Read the verse quoted at the commencement of this study and see.
A person who truly doesn’t believe God exists is a “fool”. We might define a “fool”, then, by reversing this: A fool is a person who truly doesn’t believe God exists. Voilà! a Biblical fool.
Now consider how a Biblical fool thinks and what he spouts off: “There is no God.” See! He truly doesn’t believe that God exists.
“Oh, no, teacher,” a fervid gainsayer interrupts. “He does too believe in God. He only says he doesn’t behind academia’s ivory towers, where all is well in his world. But put him in a foxhole, and you’ll hear him call upon God pronto!”
Oh, really, my good man? Is that what you think? Well, what you think is about as relevant as the price of tea in China. It’s not what you or I think. Such poppycock comes from the kogae tree, and its fruit is insalubrious, let me assure you. It’s what God knows, and He shares it with us in His Word.
Let me ask you, where did the fool come to the conclusion that God doesn’t exist? Answer: “in his heart”. The fool doesn’t spout idle words. He believes it. He doesn’t believe it just in his head, as an intellectual exercise which he can discard like a cheap suit when it’s convenient to do so. He believes it in his heart.
In order to be born again, a person must confess with his mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in his heart that God has raised him from the dead (cf., Romans 10:9-10). It isn’t enough, you see, to talk the talk, to have certain thoughts about Jesus in the head. A person’s heart must be truly converted, if he is truly born again.
So too is it with the fool talking the talk about God not existing. If that’s all he does, then in the foxhole he might very well sing a different tune! But if his words begin in his heart, then that by definition is his true nature. He really does believe there is no God.
Consequently, he won’t somehow out of the clear blue come to a belief in God because his world is lacking. Oh, he might utter the words, “Oh, my God!” But that is simply a common enough exclamation, one which is heard on every street corner from here to Timbuktu.
Our atheist is doing no more than spouting what to him is an expletive, when he exclaims using that phrase. He is a parrot repeating what he’s heard countless times before. But his heart isn’t speaking those words. He isn’t calling upon God; he’s using God’s name in vain.
Let this be a lesson to us. We cannot choose God anytime we find it convenient to do so. Oh, we can say His name and use words, but He will turn a deaf ear to us should we do so. God chooses us; we don’t choose Him. When He calls us, if we turn a deaf ear to Him, don’t be surprised if He returns the favor!
Call upon the Lord while He may be found. Behold, now is the day of salvation. Heed the call, lest you be sealed in the condition known as the Biblical fool who says in his heart, “There is not God.” Go to Jesus now and throw yourself on His mercy. He won’t refuse you.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
