"For since the creation of the world His [God's] invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse . . . "
This (above) is Paul's Christianized version of the Cosmological Argu-
ment for the existence of God: "If anything exists, an Absolutely Nec-
essary Being [God] exists. Something exists; therefore, God exists." The problems sinners have with God are almost never intellectual. Practically no one is so stupid, so as to actually think there *is* no God.
Instead, the issue unrepentant people have with God is His holiness. If He is so incredibly powerful, as to create the universe; then He has other attributes, too--and two of these are that He is good, and just. This is where the "rub" is: no sinner wants to acknowledge the exist-
ence of a morally-perfect God, since then he is held to account. Churchmen who are in Christ, however, know that Jesus is our cover-
ing (for our sin).
[Puritan quote of the day: "It is a dangerous thing for people to ne-
glect, resist, or rebel against the ministry of the Word." --Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "Gospel Remission"]
