Three Ways To Deal With God

But we definitely need to put this statement into context. The whole verse says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

Since God can not be seen, some foolishly say there is no God. Now if He could be seen they would not be able to state that. But just because we can not see Him does not mean He does not exist.

For example, we can not see:

• Oxygen, but if it did not exist every one of us would be dead in a matter of seconds

• Electricity, but it is a vital part of our life every day

• Wind, but we know it exists

So the argument of the atheist starts off not making sense. Just because you can not see God is not a good argument to teach that there is no God.

One of the problems people have in believing in God is because they cannot understand God with the human mind. There are some things that are just too large for the human mind.

Illus: It is much like weight lifting. A weight lifter might be able to pick up so much weight that we are all amazed, but as strong as he might be, he has some limitations. They may be able to pick up 400 pounds, but if you put 410 pounds on the bar they will not be able to lift it.

These minds of ours are amazing, but there is a limitation on them also.

God is so AWESOME that these minds of ours can not comprehend Him. There are some things that our minds can not comprehend, and one of those things is GOD!

So that we might be able to comprehend God, He became flesh and dwelt among us.

Illus: I'm thinking of a little boy named Timmy. Timmy was very afraid of lightning and thunder. His mom and dad went into his room during a thunderstorm and said, "Now, Timmy, don't be afraid. God is right here in the room with you." He said, "Okay, Mommy and Daddy, I won't be afraid." But then as the parents went into their room and started to get ready for bed, the lightning flashed, and the thunder rolled, and Timmy screamed bloody murder. Timmy's parents went back into the room and said, "Honey, we thought we told you, you don't need to be afraid. God is right here in the room with you." Timmy said, "I know God is right here in the room with me, but I need someone with skin on." (Thomas Tewell, "The Tenacity of a Bulldog," (Preaching Today, Tape No. 141.)

God put on flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus came in the flesh that we might see God. God does exist, and there are only 3 things we can do with God, and they’re all found right here in Psalm 14.

We see that . . .

I. WE CAN DENY HIS EXISTENCE

Look at verse 14:1a, we read, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God...”

• Someone has defined an atheist as: "One who denies the existence of God and has a concrete mind - permanently set and all mixed up. - Unknown

• Someone else said, "An atheist is a man with no Invisible means of support."

Do you know what’s amazing about this Psalm? This Psalm begins with people who don’t believe in God. And notice this:

• There are 41,173 verses in the Bible, and God gives one half of one verse to the atheist

• There are 774,746 words in the Bible and God gives the atheist 11 words

• God does not have much to say to the atheist because he is a fool

About 7% of Americans say that they do not believe in God! They say, “There’s no God!”

God calls these people FOOLS for a reason. Why?

• If they said they doubt there is a God we could understand that

• If they said they hope there is no God, we could understand that

• But when they say, “There is no god,” they are saying that they know everything there is to know, and they know there is no God.

God says they are FOOLS!

God says the atheist is only FOOLING himself.

Illus: This reminds me of a little boy who was talking to his atheist dad at dinner and said, “Dad, do you think God knows that we don’t believe in him?”

Illus: This reminds me of the man who said HE DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD! Later, he was heard taking God’s name in vain, and a Christian said, “I thought you said you did not believe in God.” He said, ‘I don’t”. The Christians said, “Then why are you cursing Him?’