Romans 1:18-20, Psalm 19:1-3, Hebrews 1:1, Romans 2:14-15, Romans 1:32, Proverbs 22:19-21, Genesis 1

Summary: Creation and the Scriptures have been the primary means by which the Sovereign Lord God Almighty has revealed Himself to us. Still, humanity is willfully and deliberately blind to what is undeniably obvious due to our love of sin. Romans 1 describes this malady perfectly.

The Apostle Paul uses the first three chapters of Romans to show us that apart from the grace and mercy of Almighty God, our behaviors, thoughts, and deeds are in a descending state of depravity that will not improve. Our wickedness only draws us further into the maelstrom of deviancy and malevolence, and with it, the wrath of God and eternal punishment we so richly deserve.

In Romans 1:18, Paul addresses the issue of God’s wrath as part of His Holy nature. He does not tolerate sin and will not allow it to go on. His wrath is being stored for the Great Day of Judgment upon the earth, as depicted in the book of Revelation. It will spare no one who has taken up a life of rebellion and hatred towards Him. The sinner must be held accountable and give an answer for his choices and life overall, and no one will be overlooked. The Day of God’s Wrath and Judgment on wicked humanity is certain and unavoidable. Scripture describes not only this promised event but the authentic nature of who we are apart from His saving grace He freely provides but few take.

Nobody can say to God, “Well, I didn’t know You were there. I didn’t see any proof that You existed.” Certainly, no smug atheist will stand before His Holy Presence and arrogantly ask which of the “gods” He claims to be as if Almighty God will bow to the yapping heathen’s defiant whims. Sinful humanity’s desire to overlook the obvious is a pathetic method of trying to deny the existence of the Sovereign LORD of All.

Let us look at what Paul has to say about this situation:

“For the WRATH of God is revealed from heaven against ALL ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, WHO SUPPRESS the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for GOD HAS SHOWN IT TO THEM. For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes are CLEARLY SEEN, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are WITHOUT EXCUSE.” (Romans 1:18-20, NKJV).

Now, what part of these last two words does the world not understand? That’s just it – they DO understand and inwardly know that there is a God but don’t want to admit it or deal with it, as if this futile thought will somehow make Him go away.

King David wrote of the undeniable presence and power of God as follows:

“OH, LORD, you have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thoughts from afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word upon my tongue but LORD, you know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before and laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there…

“…For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in all Your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them” (Psalm 139:1-8, 13-16, NKJV).

The Scriptures abound with these facts, yet unregenerate humanity continues to revile, ignore, denounce, and has over the centuries attempted to extinguish them from history. Yet, the Holy Word of God has stood tall and withstood all the venom which has been thrown at it. The Scriptures are their own best defense of God’s role as Creator and Redeemer (Genesis 1:1, 26, 2:3; Exodus 20:11; Nehemiah 9:6; Job 12:9, 26:7, 13, 33:4,40:15; Psalm 33:6, 95:5, 102:25, 104:5, 30; Isaiah 40:12, 28, 45:12, 48:13; John 1:3; Acts 4:24, 7:50, 14:15, 17:24; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:1,2,10, 11:3).

No writer of Scripture ever once contradicted, challenged, updated, removed, or dismissed the teachings that Almighty God brought all things into being and with a purpose, fully functioning, with accuracy, and nothing going to waste or irrelevance as part of His Holy will and plan. Yet, with all of this placed before us by a loving God who wishes to have a relationship with us, humanity offers foolish and nonsensical excuses for their behavior and would rather try to put a diaper on a crocodile than bow before Him and surrender their lives to Him.

That’s just the plain truth, and I will not back off from what Scripture teaches in order to make people feel better about where they either stand or don’t stand before God. Paul presents his case in the same manner. He is unapologetic and blunt as he presents the step-by-step effects of sin on humanity and will not allow anyone to claim any exceptions.

I pray that these words have caused you to stop and think about where you stand before a Holy God whom you WILL see one day, like it or not, believe it or not (John 5:28, 29; Hebrews 9:27). God has offered the ONLY way by which you can have an authentic relationship with Him and be freed from the curse of sin, death, hell, and the coming wrath that God will bring to this wicked world. That ONE WAY is by His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who took your sins and the wrath you and I deserve upon Himself on the cross as the perfect and final sacrifice for us (Isaiah 53:1-12; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 10:9-10; Hebrews 7:25; 1 John 1:6-10, 2:1-2).

You do not have to face what is fixing to hit this world. Jesus Christ offers you eternal life, forgiveness, peace, salvation, mercy, grace, and rest for your soul (Matthew 11:28-30). Now, you can choose right now to walk away and mock what has been presented here, but ask yourself as you do – what does this world have to offer that, in the end, will pass away?

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Donald was born and reared in the authentic “Cajun Country” of southern Louisiana. He is a graduate of Louisiana College (B.A. in History Education/ Biblical Studies, 1984), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div. In Christian Education, 1994), and Andersonville Baptist Seminary (Doctor of Ministry, Biblical Exposition, 2000). He has been in the Gospel ministry since 1986, serving as an evangelist, interim and supply pastor, hospital and rescue mission chaplain, high school and college teacher, and pastor in churches in Louisiana and Oklahoma.

In 2018, he began to devote his time to the rich field of internet and social media evangelism and outreach. In 2021 he became a member of the Oklahoma Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists, using his skills as a writer to contribute articles and sermons to websites such as Rapture Ready, Sermon Central, and Inspirational Christian Blogs. He also writes Bible studies and curricula for churches in southeast and central Asia and Africa, the locations of which are anonymous. He can be contacted at: donaldwhitchard@gmail.com for inquiries, information, and speaking/preaching engagements. A copy of his resume is also available upon request.

The following is an open letter to a Christian brother who chooses to live under a rock and is denying all the signs of the times.

Remember the Weather Underground – the terrorists of the seventies? Although they bombed several federal buildings and even killed a policeman, they never sufficiently paid for their crimes. Instead, some were elevated to positions of power with help from the Democrats. Some became academics, including Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, who have influenced university students with their radical left policies. Obama, when he was an Illinois Senator running for the Democrat nomination for president, served with Ayers on the board of an anti-poverty foundation in Chicago. Bill Clinton pardoned two members of the group during the last days of his presidency. (See the 2008 Reuters article, Weather Underground resurfaces in U.S. politics).

These Communists are ruling and indoctrinating students and other people into the occult, transgenderism, and, of course, communism. Their agenda is to destroy all ties to freedom and Judeo/Christian mores and laws that keep us safe and free.

On 6/24, the Supreme Court voted to leave the abortion issue up to the individual states, and on top of that, they upheld the Second Amendment as well. The left, of course, was indignant and vowed revenge against members of the Supreme Court. Even the Mayor of Chicago, in a hate-fueled rage, condemned the justices and vowed retribution.

Thankfully, the justices stood their ground and continued dismantling the left’s agenda. The very next thing they did was to re-institute the Second Amendment – “The right to bear arms,” which means a person can carry a concealed weapon with a license authorization. This means that if radical abortionists insist on wreaking chaos, burning and looting, they could justifiably be shot, so it’s beginning to look like Conservatives have had enough of these radical perverts who have taken over all our institutions and have made us the laughingstock of the rest of the world.

Could the stoppage of homosexual marriages be far behind? If that happens, this will infuriate the leftists further, and they will commit acts of violence throughout the country. This means that Antifa and BLM would certainly get involved since mayhem and looting are their favorite pastimes. In fact, already many Liberals are rioting in the major cities of America. Albeit they are low-key about it for now since none of them really wants to get shot or tossed in jail.

Speaking of jail, aren’t they doing the very things they insist the Right was doing in the supposed J6 insurrection at the Capitol building? (Yet these people have already spent over a year in jail for daring to try to protect their freedoms and to stop the presidential election theft.) We will have to wait and see if they, too, will be incarcerated for insurrection. Luckily or providentially, the rioters were careful not to cause too much violence so as not to provoke the police. One thing is for sure, should insurrection persist and become more violent, there will have to be arrests. And if you think that this will stop the radical left, you have another thing coming. It will inevitably become tit for tat, and that means blood being spilled.

So, my warning to you is that if you insist on living under a rock and just ignoring all the bad news swirling around us, you do so at your own peril. The bad news is only going to get worse as we approach a day of reckoning with Almighty God. Receiving Christ is the best thing you can do to avoid the upcoming catastrophe of the Great Tribulation. In doing so, today, you can be assured of the strength to get through the difficult days ahead just before the Tribulation period. Just before that, all believers in Christ will be resurrected away to meet Christ in the air and taken home to be with the Lord while the time of tribulation gathers steam.

The Bible says chaos and lawlessness will increase and continue for seven more years. Just before then, when we are ensnarled in political intrigue and manmade viral infections take place, people everywhere will be at their wit’s end with war looming on the horizon. After a short but devastating war with Israel, a man of “peace” will appear to make treaties. Having taken a beating by Israeli forces, Gog and Magog leave to lick their wounds and re-arm. Three years later, they and other determined forces come against Israel a second time in what is known as the battle of Armageddon. By then, many will be dead or dying, with a third of mankind being wiped off the earth. During that time, people will desire to die but, for some unknown reason, won’t be able to do so; although, today, many are committing suicide.

Another weird thing that is happening with more frequency is the UFO phenomenon. What or who are these objects that are frequenting our skies? Are they Godly angelic beings or demonic interlopers? Should we be afraid of them since, so far, they have done us no harm? These UFOs are often seen near nuclear installations or war zones and appear to be concerned for our well-being. For some of us, they are a concern for fear and dread.

War is decimating the Ukraine with no end in sight, famine looms on the horizon, and here at home, killings are rampant while Joe Biden warns of another pandemic and continues to promote vaccinations for children and even infants – even though many are being injured or are dying from the “jabs.” All this craziness is enough to scare the faint of heart.

You can stay in bed and cover your head with the sheets, but it won’t help. Eventually, you will have to get up and face everything you have been trying to avoid. The sad thing is that you don’t have to cower and fear things that go “bump” in the night and the nightmares you are experiencing.

Jesus, who is referred to as the “Prince of Peace” in the Bible, is ready and willing to give you peace during this manmade storm when you repent and receive Him into your heart and life. He will give you peace that surpasses all understanding. I know that sounds incredible, but it’s true. The Bible is chock full of promises and insight into world events, while others are tossing caution to the wind and continue to protest, pillage, and parade even in the nude.

Book report

Letters from a Skeptic: A son wrestles with his father’s questions about Christianity. This is my latest find, and having just finished the 185-page book published by Victor, a Cook Communications publication – it was better than I anticipated. Unpretentious and well written, it poses many of the questions that many unbelievers have asked over the last two thousand years about the historical Jesus, which Bible is true, salvation, heaven and hell, and much more. I was also intrigued and impressed by the loving communication between an unbelieving father and his Christian son. (A rare commodity in today’s relationships.)

YBIC

Jim Towers

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