Can an intellectual believe in God?
September 7, 2018 Save Article
Psalm 19
(RA-1866, Program: 3618, Air date: 09.09.18)
- INTRODUCTION
- Psalm 19:1-6
- God has spoken
- Anybody who wants to believe in God can believe in God.
- Unbelief is not due to intellectual difficulties but rather moral difficulties.
- Unbelief never comes out of the head but rather out of the heart.
- Psalm 14:1
- God has spoken
- Psalm 19:1-6
- THERE IS THE DECLARATION IN THE SKIES (Psalm 19:1)
- God’s written Word in the heavens
- God’s glory
- The heavens above us tell us that God exists.
- God’s greatness
- What great power is seen in the creation of the universe!
- If the atheist doesn’t believe in a self-existing God then he must believe in a self-existing universe or that nothing times nothing equals everything.
- Genesis 1:1
- Out of nothing, nothing comes.
- “God stepped from behind the curtain of nowhere and stood upon the platform of nothing and spoke a world into existence.”
- Psalm 139:14
- The complexity of the human cell alone tells us that God exists.
- Romans 1:19-20
- God’s goodness
- Psalm 19:2
- There is a fixed order in the universe.
- Day follows night
- Light and warmth speak of God’s grace
- THe Revelation of the scriptures (Psalm 19:7-11)
- God’s written Word in the Bible
- The heavens tell us there is a God, the Bible tells us about God.
- The virtues of the Scriptures
- Psalm 19:7
- The Word of God converts the soul.
- Speaks to the inerrancy of the Scriptures.
- John 10:35
- The Word of God is a sure place to stand.
- Psalm 19:7
- Matthew 11:25
- The Word of God will not lead you astray.
- Psalm 19:8
- God’s Word makes our paths straight
- His Word is not difficult or hard or onerous.
- God’s Word is true with no mixture of evil or error.
- Psalm 19:8
- Over 6,000 promises in the Bible
- God’s Word bears no seed of corruption.
- Psalm 19:9
- God’s Word endures forever
- Several millennia have passed since David wrote this Psalm.
- The earth turns to dust, the flower withers and dies but the Word of God endures forever.
- It is incorruptible
- It is never out of date
- It applies to every age (time)
- It never needs updating or revision
- God’s Word is inerrant, infallible and incorruptible.
- Several millennia have passed since David wrote this Psalm.
- The values of the Scriptures
- Psalm 19:10-11
- The Scriptures are precious
- Psalm 19:10
- The Scriptures are protective
- Psalm 19:11
- The Word of God will keep you from hurts and harms if you bathe your soul in its truth and walk in its light.
- The Scriptures are profitable
- Psalm 19:11
- In living by the Word of God there is reward.
- The Illumination of the spirit (Psalm 19:12-14)
- The Holy Spirit takes what we see objectively in nature and in the Word of God and interprets that subjectively and spiritually so we can know God; applying it to our heart.
- The conviction of the Spirit
- Psalm 19:12
- Only through the Holy Spirit can we understand the nature of God
- The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin.
- John 6:18
- The Holy Spirit cleanses us from our secret faults so we can know God.
- Sin: an undetected weakness, an unexpected temptation and an unprotected life.
- The cleansing of the Spirit
- Psalm 19:12
- 1 John 1:9
- There is no cleansing apart from the blood of Jesus Christ.
- The control of the Spirit
- Psalm 19:13
- The Holy Spirit will keep you from sin that is directly in front of you.
- Pray every morning for the Holy Spirit to not only protect you from hidden faults but presumptuous sin.
- The communion of the Spirit
- Psalm 19:14
- You don’t come to God simply through His Word in creation and His Word in the Bible but through His love for you. God has revealed Himself to you.
- CONCLUSION
- God is revealing Himself to you and it doesn’t take intellect to know Him.
- Matthew 11:28
- Revelation 3:20
- Do you know Jesus personally? If not, you can pray to Him today by asking Him to come into your life.
- Call upon Jesus today. Repent (turn) from your sins, and turn to Jesus. Ask Him to forgive you of your sins, and acknowledge Him as Lord of your life.
- Romans 3:23
- Romans 10:9-10
- Romans 10:13
- Acts 16:31
- God is revealing Himself to you and it doesn’t take intellect to know Him.
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