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Ultimate Issues Quotes
Ultimate Issues
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R.C. Sproul29 ratings, 3.97 average rating, 3 reviews
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“Repression is precisely the mental defense mechanism that Paul sees at work. He writes, "Since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind" (Romans 1:28). Paul describes this as a universal human phenomenon. No human being wants God.
This, of course, doesn't stop God from existing if he does exist, or from speaking truth if he does speak it. I can repress the existence of sharks, but if sharks exist and I swim where they exist, repression won't save me. The result of trying to repress the existence of God is most unpleasant. God condemns us to sit in our own evil ignorance. We are condemned to depravity because we are determined not to let the knowledge of God penetrate our heads. We will do everything we can to escape it.
In that case, nothing should seem more suspect than our smug certainty that we see no God on the horizon. Psychology has another term for that kind of thinking. It is "delusional.”
― Ultimate Issues
This, of course, doesn't stop God from existing if he does exist, or from speaking truth if he does speak it. I can repress the existence of sharks, but if sharks exist and I swim where they exist, repression won't save me. The result of trying to repress the existence of God is most unpleasant. God condemns us to sit in our own evil ignorance. We are condemned to depravity because we are determined not to let the knowledge of God penetrate our heads. We will do everything we can to escape it.
In that case, nothing should seem more suspect than our smug certainty that we see no God on the horizon. Psychology has another term for that kind of thinking. It is "delusional.”
― Ultimate Issues
