Posted on 07/02/2002 8:54:06 AM PDT by WhatNot
In the late eighteenth-century, the kingdom of France was overthrown. The new revolutionary government proclaimed that there was no God and declared France a nation of atheists. What came out of it all was the reign of terror where thousands were butchered. Finally Robespierre, speaking at the Convention, declared that belief in God was essential, and the national representatives voted that "the French people acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul."
The revolutionaries learned the hard way what the Bible said from the beginning. Man cannot live without God, even believers. You can call yourself a believer, but still live as an atheist. You proclaim God with your lips, but you deny Him with your life. If you believe in God then God must be Lord of your life, your number one. Renounce all atheism, especially Christian atheism, and proclaim God by living a life in which God is God and the Lord is Lord...Because when He isn't, then life isn't a whole lot better than a reign of terror.
Isaiah 12:4
TODAY'S MISSION
Renounce one thing in your life that is not pleasing to God. Take a step to make Him # 1 in that area and follow in His ways.
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