DEVOTION
ROMANS
BELIEVE GOD
Rom 1:18-20
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the
godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness,
19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it
plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities
— his eternal power and divine nature — have been clearly seen, being
understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
NIV
The idea here is that all men have the truth of God within them, it is
just that some have suppressed that truth by their wickedness. Considering that
God is the creator of all things created and that he is the one who formed man
from the dust of the earth and breathed the very breath of life into him making
man in God’s own image, we would have to conclude he does not make man without
having the knowledge of God within him. It is also true that God knew each one
of us before we were in our mother’s womb. He knit us together in our mother’s
womb.
Ps 139:13-14
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's
womb . 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
NIV
There is not a person born that God has not knit together in their mother’s
womb. All mankind is his to do with as he pleases. Even if, like in the days of
Noah, he decides to wipe all mankind from the face of the earth, it is his right
to do so. All people have this knowledge within them. But there are people who
refuse to acknowledge that truth which is within them and they act out in
wicked ways suppressing that truth. They say, “I don’t believe in God, therefor
there is no God”. Their logic is flawed. Truth is not dependent on being
believed in for it to be truth. Although it would be difficult not to believe
in gravity since we are subject to it all our lives and see things fall to the
ground because of it, it still does not depend on being believed in for it to be
truth. It was true before Isaac Newton discovered the principle of gravitation.
God does not depend of man believing in him for him to be true, for him to
exist. So, having nothing to do with God, they suppress the truth about him in
order they may live as they please, without any eternal consequences. Although they
know breaking the laws of men may have temporary consequences, they care not
about breaking any law of God. They simply say there is no laws of God because
they do not believe in God. Flawed logic. God says that all they have to do is
look at his creation and they would know him, know he is there for them. But
because they refuse to look, they are still without excuse. One day they will
stand before God and will be without any excuse for why they refused to believe
him. We too most live as through we not only believe in God, but believe God.
It is one thing to claim to be saved, as we believe enough in God for our
salvation, but do we believe him enough for all the rest of his promises? When
we read his word, it is filled with many things he declared to us. Of course we
know the old law has been fulfilled in Christ, and we are now under a new
covenant with God. But he still has much to say about how we should live, how
we should behave, how we should be filled with his Spirit and bearing much
fruit, exhibiting his gifts, and fighting the good fight, running the race and
all those other ideals he has for us. Do we live out our faith? Have we suppressed
any of his truth because it is either too difficult to abide, or too inconvenient
because of our wants? The fact is we cannot afford to suppress any of the truth
God has for us. We should be excited to live according to his truth, all his
truth, not just the ones we pick out as we see fit. Let us be ready to give an
account of our faith. Let us confess, we believe God. It does not matter what
everyone else believes. Just in the days of Noah, everyone had corrupted their ways,
but Noah believed God. Let us not be concerned what everyone else says, let us
just believe God.
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