Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Friday, June 12, 2009 5:16:27 PM
“Let them be pagans and practice what pagans do. Let them refer to the gods and worship nature and pleasure and preach child sacrifice in their gathering places, but let them cease and desist all claims to the Judeo-Christian God. We should not succumb to the confusion of the pagans.” –Sandy Rios
Re: http://townhall.com/columnists/SandyRios/2009/06/12/the_confusion_of_the_pagans
We thank Sandy Rios for writing with clarity on this issue in the midst of confusion.
The pagans usually reference Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac to accuse God. Causing the death of the first born of Egypt is sure to make their point that God is unrighteous and hypocritical. But these are only pictures of the things to come. If they want to mock God, then why don’t they reference the final judgment when not just the Egyptians, but all men will stand before the righteous Judge?
Modern people may no longer make idols in the form of physical images, but their very idea of “scientific law” is an idolatrous twisting of their knowledge of God. They conceal from themselves the fact that this “law” is personal and that they are responsible to Him. Or they substitute the word “Nature,” personifying her as they talk glowingly of the works of “Mother Nature.” But they evade what they know of the transcendence of God over nature.
Even in their rebellion, people continue to depend on God being there. They show that in action they continue to believe in God. Cornelius Van Til compares it to an incident he saw on a train, where a small girl sitting on her grandfather’s lap slapped him in the face. The rebel must depend on God, “sitting on his lap,” even to be able to engage in rebellion.
What is more childish than sinful men passing judgment on God? Who will accuse God of unrighteousness with Pharaoh? God has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires [Romans 9:18]. Even in the last plague on Egypt, God provided a way of escape under the sign of shed blood. We all must either perish in our sin or be covered by the blood of the Lamb. Herein is life and the light of men. [John 1]