" The Existence of Fools "

Psalm 14:1-7   " The fool hath said in his heart, 'There is no GOD.' They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek GOD. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? who eat up MY people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. There were they in great fear: for GOD is in the generation of the righteous. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. OH that the Salvation of Israel were come out of Zion ! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of HIS people. Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. "

     One of the surprising realities about Scripture is that it is often blunt when it refers to unbelievers. In verse one of today's text, we find that the individual who claims GOD does not exist is a  "fool."  Disbelief in GOD's existence is something that is internal - a person  "[says] in his heart, There is no GOD" (v.1). Such language is certainly not endearing nor accommodating to the unbelieving mind. In fact, the intelligentsia of our day fully rejects this bold assessment of the unbeliever.

     The  "fools"  who reject GOD have been around nearly since the beginning of time. This disbelief in GOD is not merely a matter of claiming that HE does not actually exist but that HE does not exist in the way HE has revealed HIMSELF in HIS WORD. For example, certainly Cain was a fool for the way he interacted with GOD in Genesis 4. He obviously believed in the  "existence" of GOD, yet his behavior was an attack on the very person of GOD and the veracity of HIS WORD, which HE had previously revealed to Cain. He had been warned that his attitude toward his brother had dire consequences if allowed to continue. Cain was clearly a  "fool"  for rejecting the revelation of GOD.

     Probably no bigger fool in the Old Testament existed than Pharaoh. The Book of Exodus records that he ordered his troops into the dried bed of the Red Sea, only to witness the entire army's demise when the waters collapsed on them, utterly destroying the chariots, soldiers, and horses. We must be aware that such folly continues into the present time, for the  "fools"  believe in their hearts that  "there is no GOD" (v.1). However, one day all will, without any doubt, know that  "[GOD] is" (Hebrews 11:6). GDF

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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