Psalm 14:1-7 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good.… Unfold the conception which you have formed of the existence and attributes of God. 1. We all involve in our conception of God the idea of personality. 2. To this Infinite Being we involuntarily ascribe self-existence. 3. Both reason and revelation teach us to ascribe eternity; to the Deity. 4. We ascribe to Him infinite and absolute power. 5. And omniscient wisdom. 6. And every moral attribute in infinite perfection. 7. He is revealed as the Father of the creatures He has made. The most astonishing manifestation of the goodness of God is made to us in the remedial dispensation. Evidently the existence of God, and especially of such a God as the Scriptures reveal, is by far the most practical truth of which we can possibly conceive. What, then, must be the condition of a man who believes in the existence of such a God, and yet suffers not this belief to exert any practical influence upon his conduct? (F. Wayland.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. |
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