God Has Not Failed
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Jesus said, Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
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You're listening to Daily Truth.
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Now, notice that in verse 21, it says that they became futile in their thinking and their foolish hearts were darkened.
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Brothers and sisters, we must recognize there is a progression to sin.
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There is a progression to sin.
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Don't let anyone tell you that God has failed.
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This is what the non believer says.
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Their narrative is that if there is a God, He has failed to do His part.
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He has not provided sufficient evidence of His existence, His divine nature, and eternal power.
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He has been vague.
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He has been mysterious.
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That God has failed to clearly produce and display evidence regarding Himself.
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And therefore, because of God's failure, I was ignorant.
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And not a culpable ignorance, but innocently ignorant.
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And from this place of innocent ignorance, eventually, I began to rebel.
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Because if there is no God, then there is no rebellion against that God.
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Romans chapter 1 says that all of that narrative is a lie.
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The Bible says this God has not failed.
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And how dare man climb up into the judgment seat and begin to accuse God?
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Man does not get to judge God.
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Man will be judged by God.
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God has not failed to sufficiently provide evidence that clearly and plainly speaks to his divine nature and eternal power.
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God is faithful, he cannot fail.
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He does all things right and good and perfectly.
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So God has not failed, but rather been faithful.
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To speak through what he has made in such a way, so clearly, so plainly, that all men are without excuse.
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And that the reason that man does not listen is not because he is innocently ignorant and eventually becomes rebellious.
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The Bible teaches the exact opposite man is rebellious and eventually becomes ignorant.
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Notice that verse 21 says that they became futile in their thinking.
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And that their foolish hearts became, is the implication, darkened.
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See, ignorance stems from rebellion, and not the other way around.
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People will always claim rebellion as a product of ignorance, and ignorance as a product of God's failure.
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But the Bible says that when they do this, they are lying and suppressing the truth in deeds of unrighteousness.
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And so we must say, In the most loving way possible, you're a liar.
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God is clearly seen.
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Clearly.
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And you know him.
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You're not ignorant and therefore becoming rebellious.
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In your heart of hearts, you hate God and are rebellious.
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And from your rebellion, you're becoming increasingly ignorant.
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