Christian apologists past and present, including luminaries such as Francis Schaefer and Chuck Colson, have pondered powerful questions while posing challenges to those who believe the God of the Bible is real. “Then how should we live?” ”
In other words, if we believe in a loving God who has revealed His truth in the Bible, how should we live our lives to reflect that truth and love?
Who will win the day: the God of true love or the godlessness of the godless?
Around the world, many religions and belief systems compete with the God of the Bible. People then follow prescribed regimens and rituals based on those belief systems. Many would argue that the reason there are so many conflicts and wars is because people are fighting over who is right about the existence of God.
So what if everyone in the world decided to live like the atheist among us? What if we all decided to give up our faith in a higher power and all agreed that belief in God has always been and always will be an illusion? The attitude that “God is greater than your God” will no longer mean anything. There is no god to compare with or one to fight with.
Will this finally bring peace? Will there finally be universal acceptance and agreement that we can all just “live and let live”? You go your way and I go mine?
There is no persecution of faith because faith no longer exists. faith• Faith in what or in whom? ourselves? that’s it.
There is no one in the Great Beyond. It’s just us, guys.
And since there is no final arbiter of what is right and what is wrong, everyone has to decide what is right and what is wrong in their own minds, or more precisely, what is right for them. You will have to decide which one is most suitable for you. The only thing that matters is that it feels good. Just as it was in the 1960s, our global mantra today would be, “If it feels good, do it.”
And what feels good or right may include the act of ending everything by committing suicide. For example, if someone else’s reality or truth means that they spend their days tormenting you, then it may be time to say “adios” to everything and everyone ( (except when there is no “dios” part).
“There is no God, only nature.”
When I first came to New York, I had a very good friend named Connie who was an avowed atheist. Connie explained to me how she came to the conclusion that there is no God. All her proofs were “based on science” because she tested this so-called god.
One day when she was a teenager, her parents had a typical, drawn-out marital dispute. This fight threw her into her usual depression, and she left the house and went out onto the back porch. Connie looked out into her backyard and with tears in her eyes cried out a prayer from her heart. “God, if you exist, show me that you are real!” She had heard of a loving God’s “touch” that she had never believed. I was hoping that the pain would go away.
Now, within seconds of that prayer, a little rabbit jumped out from between the hedges and headed straight across the backyard. Connie couldn’t believe what she was seeing. She smiled and her heart began to warm.
At that point in her talk, Connie looked at me and said, “You know what? “At that moment, I became convinced that there was no God, only nature.”
I was surprised and said, “Connie, who do you think you are?” sent What about rabbits? But Connie remained resolute. Nature was actually divine.
And many people still believe so today. The climate change situation will prove that nature is ultimately the be-all and end-all. That’s sad. When I was a kid, we called “climate change” by other names: winter, spring, summer, and fall.
However, even nature must be dismissed as “God”. There will no longer be “nature and the God of nature” as described in our Declaration of Independence. Human nature simply exists, and God expressed it this way: [i.e., the basic nature of a human being] It is above all deceptive and beyond therapeutic. Who can understand it? ” (see Jeremiah 17:9)
We will all move along the path of life doing whatever our heart desires, and if along the journey our wheels fall off or we bump into others with control issues; All hell (if it ever existed) would break loose. None of us are looking forward to this world or the next world (again, if it even exists).
God or no God?
But one of the really big and obvious questions is who “not God” do we follow?
The 17th century philosopher Blaise Pascal said that inside every human heart there is a “God-shaped vacuum.” but why? Why is there in the depths of every human heart a desire to chase something or someone… biggerDoes our inner mind know and prove something that we are not fully aware of?? Is this possible in a world without God?
Ultimately, this “vacuum” causes us all to choose one version or the other of Godless. For some, like my friend Connie, it won’t be the God of Nature. For others, it’s the non-gods of the Bible or Koran, figures like Buddha or Confucius, or what National Lampoon magazine once called a “cosmic muffin.”
Ultimately, someone who is not God will be chosen for us by more powerful people, whether we choose it or not. Look at North Korea and China, the most powerful examples. Those places stand out among many others and follow the godlessness of the Almighty Nation.
Who will win the day: the God of true love or the godlessness of the godless? That is for each of us to decide.
In the first century, a fisherman named Peter believed that someone named Jesus would fill the void. He asked important questions that each of us must ultimately think about. The New Testament says that many stopped following Jesus when he proclaimed that he was God incarnate, sent into the world to reveal himself as the only Savior of mankind.
However, when Jesus looked at Peter and asked him directly, “Will you also leave me?” Peter spoke on behalf of the disciples who remained by Jesus’ side, saying, “Lord, “Who shall I go to? You have the words of eternal life.” (See John 6.)
And long before the Old Testament was covered, a prophet named Joshua made a divine decision. “As for me and my family, I intend to serve the Lord,” he wrote. Joshua knew the only truly loving God because he saw God at work through miracles and answered prayers in his life. Just like Peter.
What now?
If there really is no God, which God is most likely to be real, exist, and fill the vacuum deep within our hearts?
Many of us choose the One who not only sent us the Rabbit, but also the one who sent us the Savior.
