ROMANS 1:19 GOD MADE IT PLAIN
What was known of God began with Adam and down through years and generations of people, the knowledge of God was imparted to everyone with open eyes and open minds. The creatorial power of God was never hard to discern. The orderliness and supreme intelligence of God is there for all to see. The holiness and judgment of God cleansed the world by the flood. God's justice, mercy and grace are not characteristics of God that are hidden from man. More important in one way, is that God knows everything about us - every one of us. God's indictment has no distinction. "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." It reaches all.
God is not hiding from us to try and catch us in some sinning situation. "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do." Men say, "I am not so bad." "There are a lot of people who are worse than I am." "I am not perfect, but basically I am a good person." This can be very deceptive if we really believe this about ourselves. It is wisdom when we listen to the worst God has to say about us. Even though we are born to a race of people lost in sin, God loves us. What is known about God is made plain to us so that we make no mistake about God's omniscience. No one has the excuse to say there is no God. There is way too much evidence that He is, and is a "rewarder of them that fear Him." However, there are those who still say, "There is no God for me."
God's redemption and forgiveness by grace is known to us so we can have hope and life in Christ.
Everywhere I look I can see evidences of Him. What a glorious place this was before it was marred by human sin. The problem doesn't start with our actions but the will of man within. God reveals His creative power to us.
Colors and forms from atoms to stars - Reveal much of God and His infinite powers And supreme intelligence that's infinitely superior to the greatest of ours. God reveals His intelligence to us.
The beauty of a landscape and the beauty of a child - Draws from those who look upon them an automatic smile. All the variety of beauty manifest from a face to a flower - God reveals His glories to us.
There is the sound of a new-born baby's cry. We often give ourselves or hear another's contented sigh. A senior's voice sings, "In the sweet bye and bye." God reveals His love to us.
A baby was born long ago in Bethlehem. As a youth, Jesus was teaching some learn`ed men The God-Man walked here among us way back then. God revealed His grace to us.
Jesus was nailed to Calvary's tree. He suffered there that day in great agony. He died on the cross that we might live eternally. God revealed His salvation to us.
In His Word God unfolded His unchanging truth. It tells of the Savior's sacrifice and its matchless worth. And how when I learn of and follow Him, I can bear fruit. God reveals Himself to us.
"O Holy Gracious God, I bow my heart before Thee today considering the ways You are manifest to me. In Thy grace Thou hast revealed who You are, who Christ is and what He has done, and by Thy Spirit; You revealed to me what I am. I am not left in the dark about Thee and Thy manifest blessings. I thank Thee in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."