The Athens Christian

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Ephesians 2:12 says, "Once you were ... without God in the world." The Scripture is saying that the Gentiles were going through their lives as if He didn't really exist. The Greek word for without God is atheos, from which we get the word atheist.You might think an atheist is someone who denies God, but the root of the word really denotes someone who's without God. If you're not careful, you could end up being a Christian atheist- a Christian who lives as if God doesn't exist. Much of modern Christianity, many churches, and ministers exist not for God, but to keep existing - serving the house of the Lord, not the Lord of the house. They wouldn't run well without computers, phones, consultants, databases, or their business practices, but they'll run smoothly atheos/without God. Beware that you don't end up the same way, running activities in your life quite smoothly without God. Get back on your knees, because atheist really means without God, and without God nothing else matters.

From Message #295 - Strangers to The Commonwealth