The Skeptical Fool

SHUTS his eyes to the evidence all around him, turns a deaf ear to the testimony of the Bible, and says: “There is no God” (Psa. 14:11<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. (Psalm 14:1)). But observe, this is the language of the fool’s heart. Not exactly of his mind. His reason, unless perverted, would lead him to the very opposite conclusion. It is in his heart he says “No God.” That is, if he could only have things as he would like, there would be no God. The wish is father to the thought.
More than 250,000 French youths have the letters A.D. tattooed on their arms. These letters stand for “Anti-Dieu,” which means “Against God.” How horrible! But the heart of the skeptic, and, indeed, of all men naturally apart from the grace of God, is branded with the same device. “The carnal mind” (that is, the mind, or will, or desire of the flesh, man’s fallen and depraved nature) “is enmity against God” (Rom. 8:77Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. (Romans 8:7)).
A man hears that he is responsible for his actions to God, and that he must give account to Him for all that he has done. The thought is dreadful to him, for he knows that God is holy, and that he is most unholy. Then he silences the voice of conscience by disclaiming his belief in the existence of God! The Bible emphatically calls this man by his right name— “Fool.”