Psalm 14: Only A Fool Denies God's Existence!

This is a Psalm of David, written while he was king over a united Israel.

It is a Psalm that applied to David's time, but it is also prophetic in that it looked forward to Israel's apostasy that resulted in God sending them into Babylonian captivity for seventy years.

Psalm 14:1  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 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.

This truth is also found in the Book of Proverbs written by King David's son, Solomon.

This truth has applied to all people since the fall of Adam into sin.

Only a fool would ever say or believe that God does not exist.

I feel empathy for young people who are indoctrinated by public education to believe that evolution is a fact, not a theory of origins.

We could not begin to list the errors propagated by  evolution, but let me provide one simple, but profound example.

Genesis 1:11-12  And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12  And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 

Genesis 1:20-21  And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21  And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 

Gen 1:24  And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 

Genesis 1:25-26  And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 

The key phrase used often in the creation account and elsewhere in scripture is "after his kind."

Evolution theorizes that one kind of plant or animal can, over eons of time, morph into a new kind of plant or animal, of a higher form.

God says that every kind of plant, fish, bird, or land animal bring forth after their kind.

A goat is always going to reproduce another goat. An acorn from an oak tree will only grow another oak.

This is an incontrovertible truth that each one of us can observe in people, animals, plants, trees, birds or fish.

God ordained creation in this manner but a fool will deny this truth and claim that some other unprovable mechanism is responsible for the various species.

When a person believes evolution or creation, it has a significant impact upon their moral standards.

Those who accept evolution automatically remove God from the equation, and by extension, remove any form of moral accountability to God for their sins.

Thus, David says that those who say there is no God, are corrupt in their ways.

We are all born with a sin nature inherited from Adam's original sin.

Modern social programs begin with the flawed assumption that people are inherently good and just need some help, more education, better training to become productive members of society.

Western nations systems of law and order are based upon the Judeo Christian principles of law, that assume everyone is born a sinner, and laws must be put in place to punish wrongdoers.

In a general sense, all societies are full of people who do not do what is good in the sight of God.

Psalm 14:2  The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 

God is omnipotent, meaning infinite in His power.

God is omniscient meaning that He knows everything from beginning to the ending.

God is omnipresent, meaning that He is not bound by time, space or matter.

The LORD holds mankind accountable for sins we commit.

In every generation He had supplied a way of salvation by faith to cover the sins of those who trust Him.

God is always observing our actions, especially looking to see if any were seeking Him.

Genesis 6:12  And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 

God investigates and searches our our way. The vast majority of people in the time of Noah, had corrupted their ways.

Their imaginations were used to sin against God and wickedness was so pervasive, that He drowned all all humanity except for Noah and his family.

Genesis 11:5  And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 

Building the tower of Babel was the height of man's idolatrous sin against God.

All the world spoke one language and all people were committed to build a tower to create a universal godless religious system.

God observed their wicked ways, confused all the languages and scattered all the people in judgment.

Genesis 18:20-21  And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21  I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 

The sin of sodomy was the great sin of Sodom and Gomorrah.

God came down and observed their wicked ways and after rescuing Lot and his family, He destroyed both cities with fiery judgment.

Proverbs 15:3  The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. 

Where the unbelievers say there is no God, scripture tells us that God observes all the evil or good that people do everywhere in the world.

Psalm 14:3-4  They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4  Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. 

In a general sense, all humanity has gone aside into the paths of sin.

In a specific sense, Israel repeatedly fell into idolatry until it reached a point where God judged the nation via the Babylonian captivity.

Generally, there are none born among men who naturally do what is good and right.

All of us are contaminated by our sins and are filthy in the sight of God.'

Isaiah tells us that even the very best we can do is like filthy rags that must be cast away.

Romans 3:19  Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 

This may seem like a depressing message, but God sees our hearts and knows what is in us.

He can condemn all mankind so that He can provide salvation to all who repent and trust Jesus Christ, His Son.

Those who have repented and trusted God for salvation, are eaten up like bread by the workers of iniquity.

That is another way of saying that the world is not a friend to Christians, and that those who are unbelievers will always oppose believers in Christ.

Psalm 14:5  There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. 

This shows that the ancient corrupt civilizations like the Canaanites or Babylonians had some knowledge of God. 

They had some level of consciousness from their guilt, which they endeavored to banish from their minds by turning to idolatry.

Some fear of being punished for sin remained in their minds, because that is why God gave every man a conscience to convict us when tempted to sin.

Psalm 14:6  Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. 

The Psalmist refers to the confidence which Jehovah's people had in Him for their deliverance.

The other nations of wicked men derided and ridiculed the Hebrews for having such a hope.

Yet, the faithful poor people took counsel together to expect help from God and to wait patiently for it. 

But the wicked did not consider, that God was in the congregation of the righteous.

Psalm 14:7  Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 

David speaks of a future time of captivity of Israel and Judah. 

He looked forward to the day that King Cyrus would order that the Jews be allowed to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple of God.

In a similar sense, though Israel is back in the promised land, they do not yet possess all of it.

Thus, David's psalm anticipates that great day when the Lord Jesus Christ shall establish His kingdom to rule the nations with a rod of iron.

Like King David, we also long for the return of Jesus Christ, to take His Bride, the church, home to heaven for the marriage supper of the Lamb.

When the tribulation period on earth is almost complete, Jesus will return as King of kings and Lord of lords and He will put down all rebellion, cast Satan, the antichrist and teh false prophet into the lake of fire.

Then, Jesus will create a new heavens and a new earth that will be filled with the joyous song of the redeemed.

May these words encourage each of us to faithfully serve God and others until He calls us home.

May these words give hope to us as David intended, remembering that God always keeps His promises.

May these words serve as a warning to all who persist in sin and unbelief, that God will judge the wicked.

Remember what Jesus said: "Ye must be born again."

May there be many who read this who trust Jesus Christ with repentant faith.

Bob