Today Is April 1st - National Atheist's Day!

Psalms 14:1, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”

Romans 1:20-22, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.”

I have a classic book in front of me published in the year 1868, titled “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” authored by London Pastor John Cumming (1807-1881). May I say kindly, there's no such thing as an atheist! Some of the world's wealthiest celebrities have the stench of Hell on them, which is where they are all going, blaspheming the very God Who is kind to them. Luke 6:35b, “...for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”

On page 139 of his book, “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” Pastor John Cumming makes a brilliant observation concerning professed atheists...

Atheism is folly as much as wickedness. But suffer me, before I show this, to say, that it is absolutely impossible that any man can be an atheist, in the strict sense of that word. All that any can say is this: “No spot that I have searched does reveal a God; every organization I have examined does not show traces of wisdom, goodness, and design:” but that individual cannot say; “There is no God;” because he cannot say, “I have soared to the farthest star, I have descended to the deepest mines, I have swept all space, and searched all time, and in the realms of infinite space I have not detected any traces of a God.” In other words, to be able to say, “There is no God,” you must yourself assume to be God, which is a reductio ad absurdum, an utter and a complete absurdity.

SOURCE: “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” p. 139; by Rev. John Cumming, D.D.; New York: Published by Carlton & Lanahan; 200 Mulberry-Street; 1868

What a brilliant observation! How can any man claim to be an atheist unless he has traveled to the farthest place in the universe? The nearest star to the earth (after our own sun) is Alpha Centauri, which is 4.37 light-years away (25,000,000,000,000 miles away!). This is just one star, being the closest to earth besides our own sun which is 93,000,000,000 miles away. The empty space in between the stars is astoundingly cold, at -454° F (absolute zero is -459.6° F). The reason why empty space is so cold is simply because it contains no matter, no air, no energy, no anything.

The Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990 had previously discovered 200,000,000,000 galaxies in the universe, but the new James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day in 2021 (10 years overdue) has so far discovered an amazing 2,000,000,000,000 galaxies (two trillion). Not just stars, galaxies!!! And each of those galaxies contains HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of stars! Astronomers now confirm that there are approximately TWO TRILLION galaxies!

I greatly anticipate the next generation of telescopes using Artificial Intelligence. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to follow the James Webb Space Telescope as the next major astronomical observatory. Its NASA launch day is set for May of 2027. It will focus on exploring dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets, among other cosmic phenomena. Truly, God is more than amazing!!! Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.”

The inspired Word of God teaches that God made the stars. I love how Genesis 1:16b is written... “HE MADE THE STARS ALSO.” It's like the Bible is saying, “Oh, by the way, God also made all the stars!” Genesis 1:16, “And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.” God is amazing, Who knows the exact number of stars that He created? Yet, God calls each star by their own name. Amen!

Do you know that it would take 31,709 years just to count to one trillion (if you could count one number per second, which no one can do)? Realistically, it would take someone at least 200,000 years to count out loud to one trillion, because expressing a number like (say for example) 345,683,484,693 would require several seconds. And yet the Bible says that God CALLS all of the stars by their name. Psalms 147:4, “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.” That is true omnipotence! Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.” Who am I that a King should bleed and die for?

Legendary singer Billy Joel is a professed atheist...

“I gradually decided that just because I didn't have or couldn't find the ultimate answer didn't mean I was going to buy the religious fairytale. As an atheist you have to rationalize things.” —Singer Billy Joel

The Bible says the eternally damned think that the preaching of the cross of Christ is foolishness. 1st Corinthians 1:18, “For the preaching of the cross is TO THEM THAT PERISH foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”

"The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it." —Robert Ingersoll

"Christianity is such a silly religion." —Gore Vidal 

The Bible says the unregenerate man thinks that the things of God (including His inspired Words) are foolishness. The atheist can't even begin to understand the things of God. 1st Corinthians 2:14, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

"...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind." —Thomas Paine

The Bible says the wicked call evil good and good evil. All woe unto them if they don't get right with Jesus. Isaiah 5:20, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”

"Christians are losers." —Ted Turner

The Bible says the unregenerate man thinks Christians are crazy because they don't do the same wicked things he does, and they don't hold the same wicked opinions that he does. 1st Peter 4:3-4, “For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you.”

"If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible." —Voltaire

The Bible says the Bible will remain forever. The words of some sinful man will never negate what God has said. Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words SHALL NOT pass away.”

Dear reader, if you are a scoffer or an atheist you have NOT defeated the word of God with your big words and ideas, you have condemned yourself! Repent while you still have the hope of eternal redemption, or you will indeed perish. When you die, it will be everlastingly too late. The wrath of God is hanging over your head like a storm cloud. It's when you lay down, when you wake up, when you are working, having lunch with friends, going on a trip—everywhere you go—that God's wrath is upon your head (Psalm 7:11). John 3:36, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”

April 1st is “APRIL FOOL'S DAY” in America, which is appropriately fitting for an atheist. Psalms 14:1, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.” Nobody hates God as much as the atheist who denies that He exists! According to our text Scripture passage from Romans 1:20-22, there is no such thing as an atheist, only ungrateful sinners who refuse to acknowledge or glorify their faithful Creator. 2nd Timothy 2:13, “If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.”