For the choir director: A meditation; a psalm of David. Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!
(Psa 53:1)
Today, we have another 3yearbible interview… this time we will be talking to the great preacher and theologian Charles Spurgeon.
3yearbible: What is your initial reaction to this psalm?
Spurgeon: The state of earth ought to be deeply felt by us. The world lying in wickedness should occupy much of our thoughts. The enormous guilt, the inconceivable pollution, the ineffably provoking Atheism of this fallen
3yearbible: What connection do you see between the BELIEFS of the fool, and his actions?
Spurgeon: Bad principles soon lead to bad lives. “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.” And this he does because he is a fool. Being a fool he speaks according to his nature; being a great fool he meddles with a great subject, and comes to a wild conclusion. The atheist is, morally, as well as mentally, a fool, a fool in the heart as well as in the head; a fool in morals as well as in philosophy. With the denial of God as a starting point, we may well conclude that the fool's progress is a rapid, riotous, raving, ruinous one. He who begins at impiety is ready for anything. “No God,” being interpreted, means no law, no order, no restraint to lust, no limit to passion. Who but a fool would be of this mind?
3yearbible: Is every man by nature like this? Are they all fools?
Spurgeon: The fallen race of man, left to its own energy, has not produced a single lover of God or doer of holiness, nor will it ever do so. Grace must interpose or not one specimen of humanity will be found to follow after the good and true. This is God's verdict after looking down upon the race. Who shall gainsay it?
3yearbible: Praise God for His grace! May we extend the grace of God as the only hope we have for a lost and dying world!
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Where do you get the interviewees answers? Do you come up with them?
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