I AM GREATLY AMUSED
when I hear of so called intelligent men trying to tell us, through their research,
that we evolved through various species into what we are today. Hook line and
sinker, they have swallowed Charles Darwin's doctrine that we once were monkeys,
but now are men! Now, those who propagate the doctrine of evolution directly contradict
the teachings of the Lord Jesus and the truths of the Holy Bible. Did not the
Lord Himself say, "Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning
made them male and female" (Matthew 19:4)? Christ upholds and defends
the divine account of man's creation in Genesis chapters one and two! But intellectual
men reject this passage (I Corinthians 2:14) and make the Son of God a liar!
The question arises, why do men persist in propagating evolution? Here's why.
If our race evolved from a microscopic nucleated mass of protoplasm into what
we are now, then we have no divine Creator. If there is no Creator, there is no
God to meet; and if no God to meet, then we can live it up, sin all we like, die,
and that's the end. But is all this nonsensical thinking true? Absolutely not!
A careful reading of I Corinthians 15:39 shows man's flesh is far different from
that of beasts, fishes and birds. The human race began when "God formed
man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living soul" (Genesis 2:7). God says it, Christ taught
it, and I believe it! Do you? You are a tripartite being of "spirit and soul
and body" (I Thessalonians 5:23). Eternity is stamped upon you - and God
you must meet!
CONSCIENCE DEFINED
Another convincing thing is, man has a conscience - something which no beast,
fish, or bird has. Man is a complex being with at least seven vital faculties:
(1) HIS MIND is the thought-producing faculty!
(2)
HIS MEMORY is the thought-retaining faculty!
(3) HIS SOUL is the
thought-apprehending faculty!
(4) HIS SPIRIT is the thought-analyzing
faculty!
(5) HIS HEART is the thought-appreciation faculty!
(6)
HIS WILL is the thought-energizing faculty!
(7) HIS CONSCIENCE
is the thought-convicting faculty! |
God has put a conscience within you! It is God's link, for it holds you to God.
Like a watchdog, it barks at the approach of temptation and sin. It is God's protest,
and it cries out when you sin. Conscience is a two-syllable word, "con"
and "science." "Con" means "in conjunction
with." "Science" means "knowledge." Thus "conscience"
means, "knowledge which we hold in conjunction with another - namely God."
Here's how it works!
(1) I have sinned. (2) I know
that I have sinned. (3) God knows that I have sinned. (4)
I know God knows I have sinned. (5) God knows that I know
He knows I have sinned.
CONSCIENCE
DENOUNCING
In John 8:1-11, we see conscience working. Hypocritical religious leaders had
brought a woman caught in the act of adultery to the Lord, saying, "Moses
in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest Thou?"
They had never had personal dealings with God, but were trying to hide their own
wickedness by condemning others. Looking at each one, He said to them, "He
that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." Conscience
has no power to save, but it has power to cry out and accuse, and that is exactly
what took place in the hearts and minds of her accusers. "And they which
heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one."
Yes, all the accusers left the scene. Why? Because their conscience
told them that they, too, had sinned. God's Word touches our conscience
and convinces us that we are sinners! Who can say, "I have never sinned"?
Conscience (if active) won't allow it! God says, "All have sinned"
(Romans 3:23).
CONSCIENCE DEFILED
Conscience can be stilled, abused and silenced! Is yours? God speaks of those
whose "mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God;
but in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every
good work reprobate" (Titus 1:15,16). What a class of people! They say,
"I'm a Christian!", but they have no true love for the Lord Jesus. They
love the world's entertainment and pleasures. They are not disturbed about their
position before God, for their conscience has lost its voice - it has become
defiled.
If your conscience and memory are working, I'm sure that you have had thoughts
about your past sins. Have you ever considered what it will be like to
meet a Holy God in eternity? Revelation 20:12,15 says, "And I saw the
dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another
book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those
things which were written in the books, according to their works... And whosoever
was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
What an awful end for those who neglect the cries of their conscience and
consequently die in their sins. Is there escape from this future judgment, and
eternal punishment? Yes! God says, "Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners" (I Timothy 1:15). "Christ died for our sins" (I Corinthians
15:3). "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin"
(I John 1:7). "He that believeth on Him is not condemned" (John 3:18).
May God help you to see your need of the Saviour. Do, my friend, be honest with
yourself, and be honest before God. Take the place of a sinner in need of salvation,
and trust the Lord Jesus Christ as your Redeemer, and you will be saved for eternity!
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