Thursday; December 26
What would happen if God just left us alone? I know there is a lot of debate about just how active God is in our lives and our world, but let’s just pretend for a minute that God left us up to our own devices, what then? Well, interestingly enough, the Bible addressed just this scenario. The Apostle Paul writes of a life without Godly involvement in this way, “ And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of deat...