[asa] God as cause

If natural processes are caused by God in any real sense, as the Bible suggests (See Ps. 104 and Ps. 147, for example), then when we see nature, we are seeing God's action. Of course, we may not recognize or aknowlege it as such, to our detriment (Rom 1:21, 28), but it is there for the observing.
   
  "The heavens declare the Glory of God (Psalm 19)."
   
   "Ask the beasts and let them teach you...the hand of the Lord has done all this (Job 12:7-10)."
   
  "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse (Rom 1:20)."
   
  It would appear that God is obvious, or at least should be, after all, it is the fool who says in his heart, "there is no God." What else could these verses mean?
   
  It may be that it must be observed through the eyes of faith (Heb 4:2, 11:3), but in that case, the problem is not that it is not evident, but that our hearts are hard, our minds blinded and our faith weak.
   
  I am not suggesting that there is what amounts to a logical proof of God in nature, but I am suggesting that He must be sufficiently evident in nature to convict the unbeliever.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 
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Received on Thu Jan 18 12:40:32 2007