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¡Tener cuidado!

Posted on by Pastor Paul M. Sadler

“Pero el Espíritu dice expresamente que en los postreros tiempos algunos apostatarán de la fe, escuchando a espíritus engañadores y a doctrinas de demonios” (1 Tim. 4:1).

“Pero los hombres malos y engañadores irán de mal en peor, engañando y siendo engañados” (2 Tim. 3:13).

En los últimos días de la gracia, habrá dos áreas en las cuales debemos estar especialmente atentos con respecto a aquellos que ministran la Palabra. Pablo nos advierte que algunos, pero no todos, se apartarán de la fe que alguna vez fue cercana y querida en sus corazones. Abandonarán la sana doctrina que nos fue entregada por primera vez por el apóstol Pablo y, en cambio, prestarán atención a espíritus seductores. Al enseñar cosas que son contrarias al evangelio de Pablo, causará mucha confusión entre los hermanos, lo cual es una estratagema magistral de Satanás, quien es el autor de la confusión. Pero ¿por qué estos maestros se apartarían de la verdad a sabiendas? Las razones son muchas y variadas: notoriedad por el descubrimiento de la llamada nueva verdad, mayor aceptación en la cristiandad dominante, mayor número de personas y otras tentaciones de ganancias carnales y terrenales.

El nivel de confusión aumenta dramáticamente cuando agregamos ministros que intencionalmente engañan a los desprevenidos para construir un ministerio utópico o de secta. Pablo dice que tienen “apariencia de piedad, pero negarán la eficacia de ella” (2 Tim. 3:5). En una palabra, negarán la predicación de la Cruz, que es poder de Dios para salvación (Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 1:18). A aquellos que caigan bajo su hechizo se les harán cosquillas en los oídos con mensajes inspiradores, pero habrá un silencio ensordecedor cuando se trate de la deidad de Cristo, el nacimiento virginal o la preciosa sangre de Cristo.

El apóstol es claro para todos los que quieran escucharlo cuando dice: “de los tales apártate”. Si no lo hace, será arrastrado hacia lo que es su enseñanza errónea o una red de engaño. ¡Tener cuidado! La solución de Pablo para evitar estos peligros es en realidad bastante simple: “Pero persevera tú en lo que has aprendido y en lo que estás seguro, sabiendo de quién lo has aprendido” (2 Tim. 3:14). En pocas palabras, siga a Pablo como él siguió a Cristo. Una comprensión completa de las epístolas de Pablo será una salvaguarda contra el error y lo protegerá de ser engañado o sucumbir a las astutas maquinaciones de los hombres.

Enemigos en las altas esferas

Posted on by Pastor Ricky Kurth

Si bien es agradable tener amigos en las altas esferas, ¡el pueblo de Dios tiene enemigos en las altas esferas!

“Porque no tenemos lucha contra sangre y carne, sino contra principados, contra potestades, contra los gobernadores de las tinieblas de este siglo, contra huestes espirituales de maldad en las regiones celestes” (Efesios 6:12).

La palabra griega para “alto” aquí es epouranios, traducida en otros lugares como “celestial”, “celestial” y “en el cielo”. Sólo aquí se traduce “lugares altos”(regiones celestes), una frase que siempre se encuentra en otras partes del Antiguo Testamento, donde se asocia con la adoración del dios falso Baal (Núm. 22:41; Jer. 19:5; 32:35). ) y la idolatría (II Crón. 14:3). Es por eso que Dios se enojó cuando Israel permitió que estos lugares altos existieran entre ellos (Sal. 78:58), y por eso se alegró cuando fueron removidos (II Reyes 18:1-4) y se disgustó cuando no lo fueron (II Reyes 18:1-4). Reyes 12:3; 14:4; 15:4,35).

Pero aquí está el truco. ¡Por extraño que parezca, Jehová era a menudo adorado en estos lugares altos en la adoración de ídolos (II Reyes 17:32; II Crónicas 33:17)! Si esto suena familiar, es porque fusionar la adoración de Dios con la idolatría es un dispositivo que Satanás usó durante siglos durante la Edad Media en la iglesia de Roma en nuestra propia dispensación.

Esta contaminación de la adoración todavía era fuerte cuando se tradujo nuestra Versión Autorizada, y podría ser la razón por la que los traductores tradujeron epouranios como “lugares altos” en nuestro texto. Es posible que hayan percibido que, si bien la “maldad espiritual” con la que luchaban era la hueste de ángeles caídos en los lugares celestiales, la esfera de operación de estos espíritus malignos en la tierra estaba en la iglesia romana, cuyas imponentes catedrales les recordaban los “lugares altos” donde Dios era adorado con ídolos en Israel.

En los días de Daniel, un espíritu maligno luchó con un ángel enviado por Dios para tratar de impedir que un mensaje de Dios llegara a un hombre de Dios (Dan. 10:10-14). De manera similar, durante la Reforma, los reformadores lucharon con espíritus malignos que intentaron ocultar el mensaje de la Palabra de Dios al pueblo de Dios utilizando la fuerza bruta de la iglesia romana que restringió Su Palabra al idioma latino que pocos podían leer. Los reformadores lucharon y los vencieron traduciendo la Biblia a los idiomas del pueblo.

Hoy esos mismos espíritus inicuos se esfuerzan por ocultar al pueblo de Dios el mensaje de la Palabra de Dios para nosotros, el mensaje del apostolado distintivo de Pablo. Esta es la batalla que peleamos aquí en el Berean Bible Society, y es la lucha en la que usted también debe participar si quiere “pelear la buena batalla” (I Tim. 6:12). Es la “buena batalla” que Pablo peleó hasta su último aliento (II Tim. 4:7). ¿Es tu lucha también?

Sentado en el cielo

Posted on by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

Dios ve a cada creyente en Cristo como si ya estuviera en el cielo. Vea lo que dice la Biblia sobre esto:

“PERO DIOS, QUE ES RICO EN MISERICORDIA, POR SU GRAN AMOR CON QUE NOS AMÓ,

“AUN CUANDO ESTÁBAMOS MUERTOS EN PECADOS, NOS DIO VIDA JUNTAMENTE CON CRISTO (POR GRACIA SOIS SALVOS),

“Y JUNTAMENTE CON ÉL NOS RESUCITÓ Y NOS HIZO SENTAR EN LOS LUGARES CELESTIALES EN CRISTO JESÚS:

“PARA QUE EN LOS SIGLOS VENIDEROS PUEDA MOSTRAR LAS ABUNDANTES RIQUEZAS DE SU GRACIA EN SU BONDAD PARA CON NOSOTROS MEDIANTE CRISTO JESÚS” (Efesios 2:4-7).

La mayoría de los creyentes sinceros, mal instruidos en la Palabra, están preocupados por llegar al cielo, pero en lo que respecta a Dios ya están allí. Han sido “hechos aceptos en el Amado” (Efesios 1:6). Dios les ha dado una posición “en Cristo”.

Somos muy conscientes de que la mayoría del pueblo de Dios sabe poco acerca de esto por experiencia, pero Dios dice que en lo que a Él respecta, ya están en el cielo, y eso es lo que importa. Cuando Cristo tomó nuestro lugar en la cruz del Calvario, Dios ahora nos ve en Cristo, a su diestra, el lugar de favor y honor. Por eso el apóstol Pablo dice a los creyentes en Cristo:

“SI, pues, habéis resucitado con CRISTO, BUSCAD LAS COSAS DE ARRIBA, DONDE CRISTO ESTÁ SENTADO A LA DIESTRA DE DIOS.

“Pon tu mirada en las cosas de arriba, no en las de la tierra.

“PORQUE ESTÁIS MUERTOS, Y VUESTRA VIDA ESTÁ ESCONDIDA CON CRISTO EN DIOS” (Col. 3:1-3).

Y todo esto por la gratuita gracia de Dios:

“QUIEN NOS SALVÓ, Y LLAMÓ CON SANTO LLAMAMIENTO, NO CONFORME A NUESTRAS OBRAS, SINO CONFORME A SU PROPIO PROPÓSITO Y A LA GRACIA QUE NOS FUE DADA EN CRISTO JESÚS ANTES DE LOS TIEMPOS DE LOS SIGLOS” (II Tim. 1:9).

Nuestros corazones están con aquellos de nuestros lectores que aún no han recibido este “regalo de la gracia de Dios”. “Cree en el Señor Jesucristo y serás salvo” (Hechos 16:31).

La gracia de Dios

Posted on by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

En la Biblia, la gracia de Dios es su favor amoroso hacia el hombre caído. San Pablo tiene más que decir sobre la gracia que cualquier otro escritor de la Biblia, abriendo cada una de sus epístolas con la declaración: “Gracia y paz sean con vosotros”.

No es de extrañar, porque él mismo fue la mayor demostración de la salvación por gracia de Dios. En 1 Tim. 1:13,14, dice:

“[Yo] era antes blasfemo, perseguidor e injurioso; pero obtuve misericordia… y LA GRACIA DE NUESTRO SEÑOR FUE MÁS ABUNDANTE…”

Después de años de servicio y sufrimiento por Cristo, declaró:

“Pero ninguna de estas cosas me conmueve, ni tengo por estimada mi vida, para terminar con gozo mi carrera y el ministerio que he recibido del Señor Jesús, para dar testimonio DEL EVANGELIO [BUENAS NUEVAS] DE LA GRACIA DE DIOS” (Hechos 20:24).

La salvación es enteramente por la gracia de Dios, no parcialmente por las obras del hombre, porque en Rom. 11:6 leemos: “…si [fue] por gracia, ya no es por obras; de otra manera la gracia ya no es gracia”.

Y en Rom. 4:4,5: “…al que trabaja, la recompensa no se le cuenta como gracia, sino como deuda. Pero al que no obra, sino que cree en aquel que justifica al impío, su fe le es contada por justicia”. Por lo tanto, la salvación “no es por obras”, sino “para buenas obras” (Efesios 2:8-10). Las buenas obras son el fruto, no la raíz.

“Todos pecaron”, dice Rom. 3:23 pero, gracias a Dios, todos pueden ser “justificados gratuitamente por su gracia, mediante la redención que es en Cristo Jesús” (Rom. 3:24).

Por lo tanto, el propósito de Dios es “mostrar en los siglos venideros LAS ABUNDANTES RIQUEZAS DE SU GRACIA en su bondad para con nosotros mediante Cristo Jesús” (Efesios 2:7).

When is the Sun Replaced on the New Earth?

Posted on by Pastor Kevin Sadler

“When is the sun replaced by the light of God’s glory on the new earth?”

“And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did light it, and the Lamb is the light thereof” (Rev. 21:23).

The sun isn’t going anywhere. Revelation 21:23 does not mean that there will be no more sun or moon in the new heaven and new earth, as is commonly taught. Like earth (Psa. 104:5), the sun and the moon will endure forever: “Praise ye Him, sun and moon: praise Him, all ye stars of light…He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass” (Psa.148:3,6).

Further, a careful reading of Revelation 21:23 shows that it only pertains to the light within the new Jerusalem: “And the city has no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it….” Revelation 22:5 adds that, in the city, “there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light.”

The Apostle John is simply pointing out that the light of the sun and the light of the moon are not needed to illumine that great city because the glory of God is its brightness and light forever (Isa. 60:19). In the new Jerusalem, the glory of God shines brightly for all to see clearly and will outshine the natural lights of the sun and moon, but the sun and the moon will continue to server their purposes as ordained by God to provide their light to the rest of the new earth.

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Un verdadero veterano

Posted on by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

Antes de haber puesto su confianza en Cristo como su Señor y Salvador, no hay nada que pueda hacer para agradar a Dios o para obtener su aceptación. Juan 3:35 declara que “el Padre ama al Hijo” y le importa lo que usted piensa de Él y lo que hace con Él. Por eso el versículo 36 continúa diciendo:

“El que cree en el Hijo tiene vida eterna; y el que no cree en el Hijo, no verá la vida, sino que la ira de Dios permanece sobre él”.

Pero una vez que hayas recibido a Cristo como tu Salvador y Señor, hay mucho que puedes hacer para agradar a Dios. Puedes testificar de Su gracia salvadora, puedes agradarlo viviendo una vida piadosa, puedes trabajar para Él, puedes sacrificar tus medios para promover Su causa y, sí, puedes luchar por Él. ¿“Luchar por Él” dices? Sí, de hecho, para este sistema mundial, nuestra naturaleza adámica y Satanás y sus huestes son todos antagónicos hacia el Cristo que murió por nuestros pecados. Las fuerzas de Satanás, especialmente, trabajan detrás de escena para “cegar el entendimiento de los incrédulos” (II Cor. 4:4). Estos ángeles caídos, leemos, son “los gobernantes de las tinieblas de este mundo” (Efesios 6:12).

Es por eso que Dios insta a sus hijos a ser “fortalecidos en el Señor”, vistiendo “toda la armadura de Dios”, para enfrentar y derrotar a estas fuerzas del mal (Vers. 10,11). Es por eso que Él pone una espada (“la Palabra de Dios”) en nuestras manos y nos ordena “¡estar firmes… estar firmes… estar firmes!” (Versículos 11-14).

Ah, pero un gran veterano, que libró muchas batallas para dar a conocer a Cristo a los perdidos, nos da una idea de la emoción que conlleva ser “un buen soldado de Jesucristo”. En sus últimas palabras, justo antes de su ejecución, el apóstol Pablo declaró triunfalmente: “¡He peleado una buena batalla!” (II Timoteo 4:7). De hecho, era “una buena batalla” en la que había estado involucrado, una lucha para llevar luz, salvación y bendición a las almas ignorantes. Y la recompensa:

“De aquí en adelante me está guardada la corona” (Ver. 8).

Without Excuse

Posted on by Pastor Don Hosfeld

“Excuses are the cradle…that Satan rocks men off to sleep in.” – Dwight L. Moody

“When it comes to excuses, law enforcement officers tend to have heard them all. But recently two drivers came up with some novel excuses. When a driver in Western Australia was pulled over for driving 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, he told police, ‘The wind was pushing me.’ The comment didn’t amuse the officer, or prevent him from writing a $150 ticket.

“Then in the Chicago area, a 25-year-old woman was pulled over by police around 4:15 a.m. after officers watched her vehicle cross the center lane and the double yellow line. When officers pulled the vehicle over, the woman told them she was coming from a bar and ‘was doing nothing wrong,’ according to authorities. Then she told police she was driving to White Castle so she could ‘sober up.’”1

A common question we Christians receive is, “What about those who have never heard the gospel?” or maybe it is worded differently, like, “How could God condemn people who have never heard?”

Granted, sometimes these questions come from a sincere interest or desire to know the answer, but often they come from those looking to make excuses for themselves or others who they suspect or know never believed the gospel or feel as if God has not sufficiently revealed His existence. Though the person asking may not intend to suggest this, these questions and those like them have at least two underlying false premises: that it is God’s responsibility to do something more than He has already done, and two, mankind cannot or should not be guilty as long as they are in a place of ignorance.

In reality, not only do unsaved men and women have no excuses for rejecting God and His Word, regardless of what time period they lived in, but God has made this fact abundantly clear. Thus, mankind is once again without excuse!

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

“For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” (Rom. 1:18-20).

Good News or Bad News First

My wife and I have a running joke because I routinely ask her, “Do you want the good news or the bad news first?” Making the situation even funnier (at least to me) is that sometimes I say this even if I have no good news, only bad.

When one considers the manner in which Paul introduces the gospel and other doctrines to the church in Rome, it is interesting to see that he doesn’t follow the pattern or flow that many may think or often employ themselves: Paul brings the bad news first, and he does so very bluntly.

Today, we often see a desire to “spare people” the harsh realities of the doctrines of Scripture without first making them feel good or comfortable. After all, “we don’t want to scare them away, right?” is the usual logic behind this approach. This was not the apostle Paul’s method, though.

Before getting to the wonderful news that Christ “was delivered for our offenses, and raised again for our justification” in Romans 4:25, or that “being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” in chapter 5, Paul chooses to explain instead the bad news and harsh realities of man’s situation: God’s wrath is upon all mankind because of man’s ungodliness and unrighteousness (1:18).

In fact, verse 18 marks the beginning of a long section in which Paul will spend the rest of chapters one and two and the majority of chapter three laying the whole ugly truth on the table before ever giving the good news about a means to receive God’s righteousness in place of ours. There was no attempt to sugarcoat the situation or tone it down. There was no beating around the bush. There were no apologies, no carefully crafted illustrations to make a connection with those he was trying to share the truth with.

In essence, one might say Paul’s approach was, “I have great news, but first, let’s be clear about the bad news.” He then proceeds to prove that regardless of who you are (Jew or Gentile), “There is none righteous, no, not one” (3:10). This is very bad news indeed when one realizes that God will be judging man for unrighteousness.

It is not until Romans 3:21 that Paul changes direction by using those two beloved words, “But now,” and points out that God’s righteousness is upon all who believe. We, mankind, have no righteousness and are thus under God’s wrath, but we can have God’s righteousness if we believe the gospel, the right gospel specifically. It doesn’t get better than that because it doesn’t get more secure than that.

If salvation depends on my righteousness, then I am lost and always left in a state of wonder and insecurity. But by having God’s righteousness in place of mine, nothing can diminish my standing with Him, which is why Paul later concludes that nothing “shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (8:39). Being “in Christ Jesus” means we are secure (eternally saved).

However, the means by which we can acquire God’s righteousness is up to God and not man. As much as mankind would like to impose or demand that God forgive and save all, no such reality exists.

The Justifiable Wrath of God

When Paul says the gospel is “the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth” and “the just shall live by faith” (1:16-17) he has dispelled any idea that believing the gospel is optional. He has removed any notion that the gospel is okay for some, but it’s alright to conclude, “I’m okay right where I am.” A person may choose to reject the gospel, but they most certainly are not okay where they are. They are lost, and as Paul lays out in these first three chapters of Romans, God is rightfully angry at man’s pride and arrogance.

Not the kind of anger that we so often demonstrate. God is not bad-tempered, mean-spirited, fitful, or irritable. God is not like man in that He becomes so offended that He becomes biased and does not think clearly. No, He simply warns mankind of the natural consequences of their actions, all the while desiring for “all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:4).

Though He is offended and will someday bring His wrath upon those who, by their own choosing, remain alienated from Him and refuse to acknowledge the truth, He welcomes all who humble themselves, become thankful, and approach Him in faith. Of course, that faith must be in what God has said and is applicable to us and not in what we choose. In other words, we don’t dictate to God what we are willing to have faith in and expect Him to comply, even though many act as though they can. Faith is not enough if that faith is not in the right thing.

God is rightfully angered at man’s repeated rejection of Him, what He has said, and man’s refusal to be thankful to Him. His anger is the inevitable reaction of a righteous Almighty God toward sin. It is the proper reaction to the “ungodliness and unrighteousness of men” (Rom. 1:18).

His is not an emotional reaction but a rational one. Four times in the Book of Acts, Luke tells us that Paul “reasoned” with people when confronting them with the truth. God’s words and expectations are valid and reasonable, and man’s rightful response is to say, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” (cf. Acts 9:6).

To the Roman governor, Felix, Paul “reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come,” causing him to tremble (Acts 24:25). Felix is the regrettable example of so many who have been exposed to the truth, but because it is not a “convenient season” (v. 25) and because they “mind earthly things,” they reject and turn aside even though that end is destruction (cf. Phil. 3:19). This includes both general and special revelation.

The Fool

He who thinks half-heartedly will not belive in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.” – Sir Isaac Newton

Mankind has continually rejected God’s rule and authority and instead lives as though God does not exist. This is not a case of ignorance, for all mankind has the knowledge of God, “because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them” (Rom. 1:19), even “the invisible things” of God (v. 20). Not only has God revealed Himself to all, we read in verse 20 that His “eternal power and Godhead” are “clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made.”

Man chose to forget God, as stated in verse 21: “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations.” Man moved from knowing God to rejecting God to vain imaginations. They replaced God with vain or worthless and empty thoughts. This was in the form of idolatry. Making matters worse, they did this while professing to be wise.

Instead of acknowledging God as God, man chose to change “the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things” (v. 23).

The people didn’t stop worshiping when they chose to forget God; they merely changed what they worshiped (cf. v. 25). They gave the glory that should only be given to God to themselves and other created things. The world ooh’s and aah’s at Egyptian pyramids and Myan temples as symbols of man’s intelligence; in truth, they are nothing more than the testimony and evidence of people “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (v. 22).

Interestingly, the Greek word used for fools in verse 22 (maraino) is the word we derive the word moron from. Refusing to acknowledge God as God leads to becoming a moron; it makes you a fool (Psa. 14:1; 53:1). Consider the question and answer posed by Job: “Where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?” (Job 28:12), it is not “found in the land of the living” (mankind or creation) (v. 13), but rather it is found in God because “God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof” (v. 23).

The Invisible Things of God are Clearly Seen

“Acknowledging the Creator is the first step in trusting the Redeemer.” – Warren Wiersbe

How can “invisible things” of God be “clearly seen” (Rom. 1:20)? God’s power and divinity are clear and on full display through creation. It is commonly taught that we do not need to try and prove God’s existence because God Himself doesn’t do so. This is technically not true. God did set out to prove His existence through creation, which is why it says, “God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them” (v. 19). Creation is a public announcement that there is a Creator.

Why does this matter? God’s eternal power and authority are fully displayed for all to see “so that they [all who reject this truth] are without excuse” (Rom. 1:20). The fact is, God has made Himself known to all. There is no one to whom God has not made Himself known. Atheism is a choice and is inexcusable because of the testimony provided through creation.

We are all stamped with an awareness of God, and rather than acknowledging the obvious, men and women suppress the truth. Those who refuse to acknowledge the existence of God are refusing to accept what they know to be true, regardless of what they admit.

It’s been said that agnosticism is worse than atheism because it says there isn’t sufficient evidence for God to come to a conclusion. This belief does no less than call God a liar, and that is precisely how we should look at it.

Christianity and creation are not based on emotions, superstitions, or groundless belief. God does not ask us to believe the unbelievable or to check our brains at the door. The evidence for God through the study of creation can be easily verified using the tool of science. The sheer complexity and perfection required for life to exist demands there be a creator.

The amount of information in DNA, as well as the perfection of its structure, leaves no room for chance development. According to information scientist Dr. Werner Gitt, “From an engineering point of view…the code system used in living organisms…is the best of all possible codes….This testifies to purposeful design.”2 Dr. Gitt gives the following examples to illustrate this efficiency:

  • DNA the size of a pinhead contains as much information as 25 trillion 189-page paperback books. A pile of these books would stretch 920 times the distance from the earth to the moon.
  • If you were to stretch out one milligram of a double helix strand of DNA material, it would almost stretch from the earth to the moon.3

He further states, “The basic flaw of all evolutionary views is the origin of the information in living beings. It has never been shown that a coding system and semantic information could originate by itself [through matter]…. The information theorems predict that this will never be possible. A purely material origin of life is thus [ruled out].”4

In other words, the information necessary for life to exist does not allow for evolution and proves beyond any doubt that there must be a Creator. Information can only come from pre-existing information. This is a fact that any adult and most children can recognize. Nobody looks at a painting or a computer and thinks it happened by chance and without a maker.

The Wrath of God is Revealed

As Romans 1 describes the devolving of the human race, we should know that creation is not the only example of God making the truth known so that man has no excuse. It is noteworthy that Romans 1:18 doesn’t say the wrath of God was “revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.” It says it “is” revealed.

Though creation still testifies to God’s power and authority, so, too, do other things. While in Lystra, Paul said that God “left not Himself without witness, in that He did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness” (Acts 14:17).

But when it comes to a witness to God’s wrath upon ungodly men, nothing compares to the Flood. When honest men and women look at the scars upon this earth, it is undeniable that what God said He did, He did. From the carving of the Grand Canyon to the ocean life found atop the earth’s tallest mountains, the evidence for a global flood is everywhere.

Another less thought-of example of God’s wrath still being openly displayed for the world to witness is Sodom and Gomorrah. According to Peter, “turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly” (2 Pet. 2:6).

Jude verse 7 says, “Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”

The first-century Christian Apologist Justin Martyr speaks of the witness of Sodom and Gomorrah being still evident in his day when he says, “Those who so desire may view their whole countryside even now desolate, scorched, and sterile.”5

Even today, the destruction of these cities acts as a witness to God’s wrath against ungodliness. The ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah have been discovered in the region south of the Dead Sea and visitors today can see the evidence of their destruction for themselves. The destroyed buildings are “clearly seen” (cf. Rom. 1:20), and so, too, is the remaining brimstone in the form of balls of sulfur still capable of being lit on fire. Remarkably, the sulfur found here has been scientifically determined to be some of the purest on the planet.

While the world imagines every excuse possible for denying God His due recognition, the truth is that mankind has been justly denied any and every excuse. God has clearly demonstrated His existence, divine attributes, and His complete and total authority “so that they are without excuse” (Rom. 1:20).

1. https://www.preachingtoday.com/illustrations/2017/february/2021317.html
2. Without Excuse, 2011, p. 211.
3. Without Excuse, 2011, p. 288.
4. In the Beginning Was Information, 2005, p. 123.
5. First Apology; p. 54.

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