The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. (Genesis 6:11-12)

Man Without God

The pride of the human heart is a contrast of wisdom where men seek to be their own gods instead of submitting themselves to the will of the one true God. A child left to their own devices with no boundaries begins with an innocent heart but soon learns that they can do anything they want, demanding that others cater to their needs. As the child grows, his hunger for self-indulgence grows, and he has nothing stopping him from whatever his heart desires. What the child does not realize is that he is being deceived into believing his path of self-discovery will bring him happiness.

Over time, the rebellious child grows into adulthood, where he has greater license to pursue a life of self-indulgence, demanding that the world give him what he wants. He realizes there are more like him, and he joins forces with them in raucous fulfillment of the fleshly desires. Because there are no boundaries, there is no morality. Without morality, anything and everything goes. Sexual deviation is accepted as pleasure. Rage and anger are the answers to conflict. The killing of another is an acceptable answer to silence critics. Children become the targets of deviant behavior in their innocence. Political power is corrupted. The world is filled with violence. A corrupt moral standard is how men are judged. Death becomes a release from the misery and horrors of life.

Man without God is a failure. It has always led to destruction, misery, murder, sexual immorality, and ungodliness. The nature of man remains unchanged from the days of Noah. God gave man a standard to live by. Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord because he lived by the moral standard of righteousness in a world completely given over to unrighteousness. Noah’s family protected themselves from the perverted world by clinging to the will of God. The earth had become overwhelmed with the wickedness of ungodliness, so violent that the only answer was the cleansing of life from the planet. God determined that the answer to sin was killing every human being on the face of the earth. He chose water to cleanse the world, and the rain came down, and the floods came up. Everything with the breath of life died on the face of the earth. Only Noah and his family were saved from death as God provided a means of escape. When the flood was finished, eight people were on the earth. Man without God failed.

The world continues to follow the path of corruption. Sexual immorality has become an accepted norm in society. A new agenda of deviation allows for the mutilation of the body for supposed physical gratification. Hatred is the answer to silence those who oppose immorality. Corruption is the business model. The lust for wealth permeates every part of society. Everyone seeks their own gratification without regard for the needs of others. The experiment of man without God fails again and again because man refuses to acknowledge his Creator.

God gave humanity His word to help them find happiness in life and to provide an answer for sin. A man without God is a man trying to deal with sin, ultimately failing. The only answer to Satan is God. When a man thinks he can outsmart and defeat the devil on his own, he becomes the fool of the god he serves. Righteousness exalts a nation because it is accompanied by laws that punish and protect. Only God knows how to deal with Satan. Man with God is a powerful formula that will defeat the wiles of the devil every time. A fool has said in his heart there is no God because that fool accepts the whispers of the one who will lead them to eternal damnation. There is no hope apart from God. You must choose—man without God or man with God. Eternity depends on the answer.