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What the Bible says “For
although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor
gave thanks to him.” |
The world is not full of people who love God, is it? In fact, the Bible says that rather than loving God and giving glory to him, we have all tried to put ourselves at the centre of the world. We are all caught up in a world-wide rebellion against him. That's why our lives are such a mess most of the time. Some of us might look better than others on the outside, but inside we're all pretty messed up. We're all proud and greedy, arrogant, boastful, foolish and selfish. We're all basically haters of God at heart. And it’s been that way since the beginning. When God made the first man and woman he gave them a choice – to love him and obey him, or to love themselves and disobey him. He spelt out the consequences to them beforehand – eternal life if they loved him, judgement if they didn’t. They decided for themselves how they thought they should live (the Bible calls this 'sin') and chose, just as we all do, not to love God or give glory to him, but rather to try to put themselves at the centre of God's world. Oh dear! It looks as if God's plan may have gone wrong right at the start. But has it? Read on. | |||
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