Man has no say about the time or the place of his birth; God determines that without consulting the man himself. One day the little man finds himself in consciousness and accepts the fact that he is. There his volitional life begins. Before<\/i> that he had nothing to say about anything. After<\/i> that he struts and boasts and utters his defiant proclamations of individual freedom, and encouraged by the sound of his own voice he may declare his independence of God and call himself an \u201catheist\u201d or an \u201cagnostic.\u201d Have your fun, little man; you are only chattering in the interim between first<\/i> and last;<\/i> you had no voice at the first and you will have none at the last. God reserves the right to take up at the last where He began at the first, and you are in the hands of God whether you will or not.<\/p>\n
Psalm 2; Isaiah 64:8; Romans 9:19\u201321<\/p>\n
The Root of the Righteous,<\/i> 183, 184.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Man has no say about the time or the place of his birth; God determines that without consulting the man himself. One day the little man finds himself in consciousness and accepts the fact that he is. There his volitional life begins. Before that he had nothing to say about anything. After that he struts … Continue reading “ATHEISM;
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