(Excerpt - EJ Waggoner)
Without Excuse.
How evident it is, therefore, that men are without excuse for their idolatrous practices. When the true God reveals himself in everything, and with his power makes known his love, what excuse can men have for not knowing and worshiping him?
But is it true that God makes known his love to all men?
Yes, it is just as true as that he makes himself known, for "God is love."
Whoever knows the Lord must know his love.
This being the case with regard to the heathen, how utterly without excuse are people who live in lands where the gospel is preached with an audible voice from his written word.'
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And how utterly without excuse are so many who have access to the knowledge of our Lord and Savior and yet refuse to learn. The United States boasts 328.2 million people (approximately - the number is fluid because of birth and death). So many people and so many refuse the access of God's truth. I have no clue how many out of the millions, but I do know that there are few compared to the many who will know our Savior.
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
All those who refuse the knowledge when it is available are without excuse. Rejecting the love of God, the knowledge of God is a tragedy on an eternal level.
When we learn the truth, we need to share the truth in our lives. Our lives evidence of the love of God. May this be true in us, may the Holy Spirit live in us, may Christ live in us now and always!
Without Excuse.
How evident it is, therefore, that men are without excuse for their idolatrous practices. When the true God reveals himself in everything, and with his power makes known his love, what excuse can men have for not knowing and worshiping him?
But is it true that God makes known his love to all men?
Yes, it is just as true as that he makes himself known, for "God is love."
Whoever knows the Lord must know his love.
This being the case with regard to the heathen, how utterly without excuse are people who live in lands where the gospel is preached with an audible voice from his written word.'
*
And how utterly without excuse are so many who have access to the knowledge of our Lord and Savior and yet refuse to learn. The United States boasts 328.2 million people (approximately - the number is fluid because of birth and death). So many people and so many refuse the access of God's truth. I have no clue how many out of the millions, but I do know that there are few compared to the many who will know our Savior.
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
All those who refuse the knowledge when it is available are without excuse. Rejecting the love of God, the knowledge of God is a tragedy on an eternal level.
When we learn the truth, we need to share the truth in our lives. Our lives evidence of the love of God. May this be true in us, may the Holy Spirit live in us, may Christ live in us now and always!