Without Excuse (Romans 1:18-25)

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen.

A quick read on my LIFE page will quickly make it evident that no created things come about by chance. The above passage in Romans is not describing evolutionists (though it certainly addresses many of their characteristics). Rather it is about idol worshipers. An idol could be anything that isn't the true God. Naturalistic thinkers are often nature-worshipers in action (I'm thinking of extreme environmentalists). While, today, people aren't making idols of various creatures, they still worship the creation. As the passage above describes, the results of such thinking are evident throughout society as immoral living. And yet, a quick look at any creation reveals the Creator's hand. It needs a designer. As a Christian enthusiast of nature, I too must be careful that my enthusiasm doesn't lapse into idol worship.

I guess it isn't too surprising that people worship the creation. If only they new the Creator. This photo was taken in Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, BC.

This being the first post on my WORD page of RAINWOOD WILDLIFE I would like to pause to include a couple notes. The Bible speaks for itself better than I can. It wouldn't be right if I had more of my own words here than God's. It serves as a reminder to other nature enthusiasts that of all the things we read, the Bible is top priority.