Foundational Shifts

 “For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” Romans 1:19-20 (ESV)

Only fools say in their hearts “There is no God”. Never a truer statement and guess where we find it…God’s Word that’s where. And for those of us who know Psalm 53 this first verse goes on to say…”They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.” May we add yet another true statement made by God’s Word.  When we parallel this with what we see in at the end of Romans 1:20 one might come into agreement with what John Gill said in his commentary when he wrote, “The very Heathens, who have only the light of nature, and are destitute of a revelation, have no colour or pretext for their idolatrous practices, and vicious lives; nor have they, nor will they have anything to object to God’s righteous judgment against them, or why they should not be condemned.”

I was reading an excerpt from Ken Ham’s “The State of the Nation” article and was thrown back by the accusation but really had to nod my head in agreement. Ken wrote this, “Because many churches and Bible colleges/seminaries have compromised God’s Word with the pagan religion of the age (millions of years/evolution) that tries to explain life without God, the church has helped undermine biblical authority in America. In doing so, Christians have actually paved the way for the nation’s change, helping (unwittingly in most cases) to build a worldview-foundation that is becoming more man-centered and less Bible-centered.” I don’t know about your church but where I am we almost break-out fist fights over a new earth verses an old earth during our Men’s Bible study.

But let’s get real…to say that all of the beauty and wonder of God’s creation came about randomly, spent any amount of time “evolving” or can be cloned to perfection in a test tube is ridiculous. The person who believes in the theory of evolution makes a choice to believe it. As my friend from Brooklyn shared with me once, “I believe they make that choice because the lifestyle they want to live has no place for God. If there is a Creator, then there is a God. If there is God, then there is a Judge. If there is a Judge, then there is a judgment. And if there is a judgment, they will have to stand there one day. So they have to try to find a way to write God out of the script.”

These are the very people who would have a serious problem with me if I told them I believed that the new fancy-smancy 7-something-7 airplane they just came out with (that has had electrical issues) was created by a tornado that swept across the local junkyard that I live near and it magically appeared in my front yard and sat there in all its glory waiting to take me to some island below the equator. They may feel the need to spend hours arguing with me that it took the efforts of countless engineers, designers and workmen at Boeing to build it while I spent time looking for my bathing suit and fishing pole.

But I think we know intuitively there is a Master Designer behind it all. God has revealed Himself in many ways to every person, everywhere. He has given us the testimony of His own creation. Yet people will look at something as intricate and amazing as the human body and the creation around us and say it all came about randomly. “So they are without excuse” needs to be taken seriously folks. Is your faith built upon the “rock” of God’s Word, or the “sand” of man’s opinion? What can you do to fend off the foundational shifts that try to invade God’s Word? – Chris Hughes is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and is a weekly Freedom Fighter blogger

Daily Bible Reading: Amos 1-3; John 7:1-27

Quote of the day: ”Think about it. One is either for Christ or against Him! What has happened is that the religion of naturalism (atheism) has been imposed on the public education system (and on the culture as a whole).”—Ken Ham

Verse to Memorize:  Let my cry come before  you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word! Let my plea come before you; deliver me according to your word. Psalm 119:169-170