Ro 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the
truth in unrighteousness,
19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them,
for God has shown it to
them.
20 For since the
creation of the world His invisible attributes are CLEARLY seen
[and clear it is indeed], being understood by the things that are
made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without
excuse,
21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as
God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and
their foolish hearts were darkened.
God has shown us through the things that He has made that He
exists. The problem is not lack of evidence but the want of
spiritual eyesight due to the blinding effect of sin.
If ever you look around you and you can't see God, that's sin
working in you.
Sin has blinded the unconverted man's eyes and logic. No evidence
so clear can convince such a one. Even if the Lord Jesus would
perform wondrous miracles and would raise every dead people in the
grave sin would always find 'loopholes' and every other thing just
to explain away the miracle.
The Pharisees witnessed Jesus raising a dead person from the dead.
What did they do? They sought all the more to kill him. The
Israelites saw all the miracles during their journey to the Promise
Land, they saw the sea opened for them, they witnessed the mountain
of Sinai filled with God's presence, they saw all the
miracles........what happened? Were they converted? No.
21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as
God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their
thoughts, and their foolish hearts were
darkened
There's no real atheist. Just hardened and blinded suppressors of
truth through the process of hardening in time became convinced
that there is no God. God gave them over to thier debased mind.
What a frieghtening thought.
Ro 1:28 And even
as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave
them over to a debased mind, to do those things
which are not fitting;
