Read Isaiah 44.
"There are none so blind as those who will not see." According to the Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings that quote may be traced back to John Heywood in 1546. Many people choose to ignore the spiritual truth that they already know. That is nothing less than willful ignorance. A vast number of people, even when they see the truth in front of them, hear it in their own language, and have it explained to them just cannot process God's word.
Several times in the Bible the subject of spiritual blindness and deafness is discussed. Sometimes it is willful and at other times it is God who has prevented them from responding "for he has shut their eyes" (v.18).
The result of such inability leaves people to their own imagination and devices to fill that spiritual void. Isaiah details in verses 9-20 how some make up gods with their own hands. It is insane to think that a piece of wood or metal, shaped and formed by a craftsman, has some supernatural powers. Others place their faith in philosophical schemes or depend on their own thoughts about eternity. And, then they hope they are correct.
Here are six irrefutable claims of the Sovereign LORD God of the Bible.
1. "I am the first and the last; besides me there is no god." (v.6)
2. "I am the LORD, who made all things, who alone spread out the earth by myself..." (v.24)
3. "...who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish..." (v.25)
4. "...who confirms the word of his servant and fulfills the counsel of his messengers..." (v.26)
5. He controls the natural world. (v.27)
6. He controls the future. (v.28)
In addition, the LORD has claims on our individual lives and decisions. Can you see it? Can you hear it? His invitation in verse 22 is "I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you." Will you come?
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