God is no fool – He is masterful. Most men on the other hand are fickle and want all their ducks in a row, and scientific proof of everything before they will believe something (it’s worth pointing out that the often cited need of proof in order to ‘believe’ in God is a contradiction in terms, or at best a meaningless concept) so they can be assured of salvation regardless of their deeds or actions – then forget about God and salvation and carry on in their sin. Luckily for us, He has given us salvation by a simple faith in His goodness and not of our own deeds – lest we boast. None of us would be salvageable otherwise.
God outwits dishonest men every time. He has not left His existence, or an exact formula for salvation, that people that have no love for God or truth can follow and be saved – open to proof or disproof, or dogma or doctrine as men would like – Jesus said; “I am the truth and the way.” Much as men would like to base their salvation on getting the right doctrine and/or proof. God masterfully left it to what men desire in their hearts – by FAITH we are saved. This means any adult with a heart facing God can be reformed and saved – even an innocent child with no knowledge of doctrine or dogma. Beautiful! Thank goodness or we would all be in trouble.
And we can clearly see what men want in their hearts from their attitude towards Jesus claim to be God in flesh as a sacrifice for us and his words. If we admit our need for this sacrifice we are being honest. If we don’t admit our sin, or our need for salvation, and Jesus as a perfect sacrifice as the only solution we are being dishonest not only with God but ourselves. Believing our own lies is often more dangerous than believing those of others.
But in any case, God is not daft enough to give absolute proof of His, or even Jesus existence. And we would never find absolute (scientific/physical) proof of God’s existence anyway – since we are in the natural realm and He is in the supernatural – behind a veil that the people at CERN and others are hoping to penetrate.
God has given us the proof we need – not necessarily the proof we want
But God has not left us groping. What we have actually been given is SUFFICIENT (sufficient means laking nothing) evidence of God’s existence from creation, and the truth of men’s predicament and the only possible remedy (God taking sin on Himself) from Jesus and his death. Jesus said; “no sign will be given to those who only look for signs.” Thank goodness! Can you imagine living in a world full of people who only ‘believe’ because they wanted and got indisputable proof – but did not want God – the giver of all good things. God is masterful.
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