Just as recently as ten years ago, Atheists would not dare to be so open and public about their proclamations. Going so far at to post a huge sign on the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel ( NYC )which portray the The Three Wise Men with the star in the distance with the words, “You know this is a myth.” Millions of people see this sign on their commute into New York City per day.
To counter the affect of this sign, a Christian organization also put up a huge sign on the New York side of the Lincoln Tunnel. So that millions of people will see there is hope in Jesus Christ.
My response to this? If Atheists, who are deniers of the existence of God, can so boldy go forth and proclaim their so-called doctrine of disbelief, so can we Christians who believe in the One and True God of the Universe!
Let me ask you a couple of questions:
1. Are you willing to die for your faith or “lack of faith” in God? The ultimate true test of one's faith is lay one's life down in the name of it? Will you?
2. You say that you don't believe in God, what gives you hope? How do you live day by day under crushing adversity without the supernatural empowerment of God and His presence to comfort you?
3. What is your hope for eternity? Where are you going when you die? If you don't believe God exists and refuse to believe on Jesus Christs death to pay for your sins, there is nowhere else for you to go except that place there the room temperature is stuck at a million degrees and you can never get a glass of water, EVER!
Now, lets start at the very beginning. Everything has a maker. A chair has a maker, either it is Chipendale or Lazy Boy or Ikea, but it still has someone who created/designed and made it. The same goes for a table, a computer, an i-pod, a car, a boat, a bridge, etc. Can you see where I'm coming from, all of those things had makers.
So, who made you? Obviously it had to be 1. Someone very powerful, 2. Someone very intelligent. Scientists and doctors to this day are still trying to unravel the mysteries of the Human body. So intricately and wonderfully made were we. The Bible says Psalm 139:13-16 ( Amplified Bible )
13. For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother's womb.
14. I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.
15. My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery].
16. Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.
Right there this pointing out that we as Human Beings did not evolve from a non-intelligent glob of jelly, nor did we crawl up from the depths of the sea on to dry land, or descend from apes ( however much they look like us and act like us ). God made us! God made you!
Satan would have you to believe that the universe came into being by way of a great explosion. But, since when has an explosion created life? Every time we've heard about explosions on the news there are always fatalities. Especially very large ones. . . . . . .
Let's see what Genesis says:
Genesis 1:1 (Amplified Bible)
1. IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth.
This is a picture of God at work. Note, there was NO explosion!
As you read further down you will see that He continues to create until there was a perfect habitation for His final creation to live in. Then in Genesis 1:26 (Amplified Bible).
26. God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.
During the creation process God spoke things into being by saying “Let there be . . . . ." But God personally came down from heaven and made the first man with his hands out of “the dust of the Earth”, which means the “red clay” like a potter making a pot! Then God breathed into Adam and he became “a living soul”. That's how mankind came into being friends! Not from some microbe which took billions of years to evolve into an intelligent Human Being!
Another question I want to ask. How can you say that there is no God when you enjoy His bounty every day, every minute of your life? Every time you take a breath, that is God's blessing. Every time your heart beats, that's Gods blessing. You have a place to live, that's God's blessing. You have a job, that is Gods blessing. You have food to eat, that's Gods blessing. You are healthy, that is a blessing from God. You are blessing with a spouse and children, that too is a blessing from God. You have and warm clothing, that is a blessing from God.
Why have I said all of this? Because the bible says:
1 Corinthians 10:26 (Amplified Bible)
26. For the [whole] earth is the Lord's and everything that is in it.
That means YOU TOO belong to Him, even though you deny Him!
I often wonder to myself upon meeting and seeing God on Judgment Day what would the Atheist do? I kind of think it would be like that old M&M's Christmas commercial where Santa Claus and the M&M meet each other for the first time. They both say “He's real!” and faint at the same time.
Only on Judgment Day, God WILL NOT FAINT! You will because you blew it!
You had been blessed with however many years on this Earth to put away your God denying foolishness, realize you are a sinner and need Jesus Christ as your personal Savior! When you die and finally met God in judgment, it would be too late to say “Ops!”. And there will definitely not be any do overs! Then there will be no excuses either!
God will show you all of the times you rejected Christ. When people spoke to you on the street, on the bus or train, when someone handed you a tract, when a co-worker invited you to church, etc. God will show you the very day, hour and minute of every encounter, so you will not be able to say, no one told me.
He will also show you the times you went out of your way to harass, intimidate, and attack Christians. As God did not send His people to you to be subject to your attack! He sent them to you with an invitation because He loves you! Can't you see how much He loves you?
I can talk until I'm blue in the face, but unless you make a personal choice to believe on Him Whom God Has Sent, my words won't make a hill of beans.
As I've stated many times before God will not overstep the the boundry lines of the personal sovereignty He blessed all man with, which is personal choice. He will not force you to make a decision in His favor even though you might step into hell fire with the very next step. Why wont He force you? Because He wants you to WILLINGLY love and obey Him. He does not want slaves or robots.
If you chose to disbelieve, God still loves you and will continue sending people to you to tell you The Good News. Why? Because He Loves You!
John 3:16 (Amplified Bible)
16. For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten ([a]unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
