September 29, 1991
Why is humanity in the shape that it’s in? Alistair Begg explains that in our appraisals of the world, we have left out the most important factor: the existence of God. We know Him to be real—it has been revealed to us—but we deny this fact in order to live our own way. Humanity has made a great miscalculation. The only correction is to throw down the arms of our rebellion and admit what we know to be true: God is here, and He has a claim on our lives!
1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds,
there is none who does good.
2The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,1
who seek after God.
3They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.
4Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon the Lord?
5There they are in great terror,
for God is with the generation of the righteous.
6You would shame the plans of the poor,
but2 the Lord is his refuge.
7Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
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Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.