“The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good” (Psalm 14:1).
Stephen Charnock: It is a folly to deny or doubt of a Sovereign Being, incomprehensible in his nature, infinite in his essence and perfections, independent in his operations, who hath given being to the whole frame of sensible and intelligible creatures, and governs them according to their several natures, by an unconceivable wisdom; who fills the heavens with the glory of his majesty, and the earth with the influence of his goodness.
It is a folly inexcusable to renounce, in this case, all appeal to universal consent, and the joint assurances of the creatures.
Reason I. Tis a folly to deny or doubt of that which hath been the acknowledged sentiment of all nations in all places and ages. There is no nation but hath consented in the notion of a Supreme Creature and Governor.
1. This has been universal. 2. It hath been constant and uninterrupted. 3. Natural and innate.
Clay Miller: He will pick up on those three ideas next. It would be absurd, a great folly for anyone reading this BLOG to assume these words, with the order forming words, the spaces separating each word (if I have no typos) and the punctuation marks defining parts, merely came into being on their own with no author, no writer, no thinker, no designer. The mere being of this short document betrays some mind behind it. The content itself reveals the information coming from one Stephen Charnock and one Clay Miller. You moved from existence to content. That is the same with our world. God is evident. This world is a great document. And the Bible, explains the meaning of it all. Nature points to Scripture and Scripture points us to who the God is who created this seemingly infinite universe.
Incomprehensible: Obviously, the God who created this existence we know and that part we are ignorant of, is beyond comprehension, utterly other than ourselves.
Infinite: This Creator is infinite. This universe is a reminder of that. He is without end. You never ever, ever, come to a point where you reach “the end of God”. He is limitless. Each perfection and attribute of His is as well.
Independent: He has no dependence on anything outside of Himself for anything.
Inconceivable wisdom: No scientist can even begin to scratch the surface of how all things in this world work.
It is evident. And the reason every single country, tribe and nation believes in some kind of God, is because it is evident. We all know something is there. The Bible explains more fully who He is. It confirms what we already know. The atheist chooses to suppress this knowledge because it is his nature to do so. Our natures do not like God. We do not like that we are not good. It is hard to bow down to such a God who has revealed such truths. But it is a folly not to.
