PSALM 53

1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

IGNORING THE OBVIOUS

These verses describe atheism and its ideology, and at face value, it is calling the atheist a fool.

But in the Hebrew, it means the fool has said in his heart, NO GOD. Every atheist knows there is a God, even the most basic of tribal people worship something, whether it is nature or some other inanimate object.

Why do people say No God:

This verse gives us several reasons:

Because they are corrupt, they are stubborn in their belief that there is no God, they wish there is no God, they hope there is no God, so they can continue in their sin and idolatry.

Their lifestyles are ones of iniquity, if there is a God, that would challenge their sick and twisted lifestyles.

They do nothing good, they think they do something good, in the eyes of the world and indeed in their own eyes, but all their righteousness is like dirty rags. Isaiah 64:6

In all their sin and iniquity and sin, do you think these people seek God? No they run away from God, people who live in this way are going to invent anything that shuts out God, they will deny the existence of God, because to admit his existence would be to disturb their lifestyle.

Remember all this, when next you share the gospel with an atheist, they know full well, there is a God, but to admit that, would mean they would have to confront their sinful lifestyle.

God bless you

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