THIS great stone globe may be seen at Swanage in southern England, and we can imagine the amount of work it took to make it. Yet as we compare it with the great globe on which we live it is small indeed.
We would never think of questioning that this stone globe was made by someone, or perhaps many people worked on it, especially to put it in its place. Yet there are those who question the fact that God made this world in which we live. They do not even believe in a Creator, though the Bible tells us,
"When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; what is man that Thou art mindful of him?" How very small we are upon this mighty planet as it sweeps through space, and how dependent we are upon God for the breath we draw. If He took our breath from us this very moment, we would die, every one of us. Man may be able to invent some wonderful things; he can even shoot a satellite into space, but he has never discovered the secret of life. He has never created any new force, but has only discovered what God has placed in the universe — and how little he really knows about God's wonders!
But the greatest of all wonders is not the creation of this world, nor of the things that we see. There is something far more wonderful than all that. It is told out in John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." What a marvelous fact that God should look down upon this world which has been ruined by sin, and love the very ones who have ruined it, enough to give His Son to die to save them. The Lord Jesus is the Son of God and He is the Creator of all things, yet He became a man and walked through this world to show out the heart of God in love. Creation shows God's power and wisdom, but it is at the cross of Calvary we learn that "God is love."
The Bible also tells us that "God is light," and this shows us that He cannot have sin in His presence. Sin has spoiled this world, and it would spoil heaven if God were to allow it to enter there, but He will not. "There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth." Revelation 21:2727And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Revelation 21:27). It was at the cross that "righteousness and peace met together," for there the Lord Jesus was made sin for us, dying as the Sin-bearer that we might be saved. What wonderful love! The question of sin has now been settled to God's glory, and He has come out in the riches of His grace offering salvation to "whosoever will." Have you, dear reader, accepted the Lord Jesus as your own personal Saviour?
Messages of the Love of God 1/12/1958