The House of God
Today’s Topic: The Creator and the Creation
Scripture: Romans 1:18-20; 2 Peter 1:4
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
One of the beautiful ways of God is that in creation, the things of creation are to show something about God. Now if everything in the earth is supposed to do that then there should be no question that God exists. So there is no excuse for anyone to even believe that there is no God. If we just look at creation, the creativity of God shows His majesty and a small snippet of the creative mind of God. With that said let’s look at Romans 1:18-20:
“For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest to them; for For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse; Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful ; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”
When Paul was writing this in its context he clearly was speaking about man’s wickedness and God’s response to his wickedness. So based on Romans 1:18,19 we see that the result of man’s wickedness is the wrath of God poured out on them because they suppress the truth with unrighteousness. For example, wicked and unrighteous men only see the truth through the prisms of their own eyes. If they are wicked and unrighteous then the truth within them is wicked and unrighteous. Now some may say, how can God hold mankind responsible for knowing someone they cannot see. God takes that argument away through the creation. Romans 1:20 says The invisible things of Him (God) are clearly seen and understood by the things that are MADE. So what that means is that there are certain people in creation that must behave a certain way that models the divine nature, holiness, goodness, mercy, compassion, loving kindness, understanding, wisdom and counsel of God. So the children of God are to be the sign to the world that God is real. Hence we have 2 Peter 1:4:
“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
The divine nature of God is evident in the children who submit themselves to the rulership of Christ and allow the Will of God to be done through them, for them and for the Earth. This divine nature shows in the attitude and ways of the children. However this starts with the proper mindset of the individual. If all we know is we are Christians and sinners saved by grace, then to realize you are a son of God who has citizenship and rights within the Kingdom of God is going to be foreign to you. God will pour out His wrath on the wicked and unrighteous because just looking at the creation and the sons of God there is NO EXCUSE for them not to believe in this truth that “God is real and He is the Creator of the World”.
Do not let the Big Bang theory or Darwinism fool you. Evolution is a funny thought and I want to leave you with this thought: If we came from monkeys and we evolved to humans, then what are we to evolve to now? Are we going to be some weird creature? This is how absurd these theories are. God created the world, that includes mankind, and set everything in a particular order so that the things of God are clearly seen AND UNDERSTOOD by the things that are made. If the animals and plants believe in God, why are we having such a hard time?
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
