A Wordless Book

God has given us two basic revelations: one natural and one supernatural. David was an outdoors man. He spent the early part of his life as a shepherd and so he was very accustomed to sleeping under a canopy of stars. He saw sunrise and sunset daily and he marveled at God’s creative genius and power. The existence of creation implies the existence of a creator. This is my basic argument when I witness to atheist. I was speaking to one such person several years ago and their happened to be a beautiful vegetable garden outside his window. I pointed to the garden and said, “Do you believe that garden has a gardener or did it just pop out of the ground? He said nothing and I can’t stand silence so I ask, You see the order of the rows with one vegetable here and another over there: did someone plan that or did it happen randomly?” He wouldn’t answer. If he had said, “It just happen,” he would have been acknowledging that he was a fool, so he said nothing. Creation gives a sound witness to the existence of God but it says more: the order we observe in creation speaks of God’s foreknowledge and faithfulness. Day after day and night after night the sun rises and sets. The complexity of creation speaks of God’s wisdom, His infinite intellect. He is a Creator who knows everything. The vastness and the mass of creation speaks of God’s power and it is there day after day for everyone to see. The history of the universe speak of His eternal nature.

David said, God’s creation speaks but without words or sound.” How could anyone communicate anything in a wordless book? Glad you ask because there is a simple answer–A picture book! One picture can speak a thousand words and pictures are not restricted by language or culture. Pictures have universal appeal. If I am not mistaken, most primitive languages began with pictures. But despite this universal message that is written across the shy for all to see day in and day out, most people reject or ignore the God of creation [Rom. 1:18-23] because they want to live as they please. This is the essence of sin. We want to think of sin and wickedness as being murder, rape, incest and crimes against other people but the essence of sin is found in Isaiah 53:6– All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him [Jesus]. We are all bound and determined to do things our way. Why do you think we have trouble in Baptist churches: because we all want our way.

The second revelation is God’s word and it comes in two forms: [1] The written and the [2] Living. Lord willing we will discuss this tomorrow.