{"id":8003,"date":"2024-02-28T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=8003"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:11:54","slug":"psalm-531-the-fool-has-said-in-his-heart-there-is-no-god-they-are-corrupt-and-have-done-abominable-iniquity-there-is-none-who-does-good-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=8003","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 53:1: “The fool has said in his heart, \/ ‘There is no God.’ \/ They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; \/ There is none who does good.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Webster\u2019s dictionary defines a fool as \u201ca person who lacks good judgment.\u201d Many atheists down through history have predicted that as man becomes more sophisticated, religion and God will be discarded. But history has proven that this prediction of the death of Christianity has been wildly inaccurate. On November 9, 1967, the nation of Albania claimed in Nendori<\/em>, its literary monthly newspaper, that it was the “first atheist state in the world.” However, just forty-three years later, in Albania’s capital city of Tirana alone, more than 40 churches meet every Sunday morning. And new fellowships are being planted throughout the country each year. In Russia, a church now meets on Sunday mornings in Moscow’s Museum of Religion and Atheism, the former center of communist atheism.<\/p>\n

Albert Einstein once had a conversation about faith with a pastor. He said, “I respect religion, but I believe in mathematics. Probably it is the other way around with you.” “You are mistaken,” the pastor replied. “To me, both are merely different expressions of the same exactness.” “But what would you say if mathematical science should some day come to conclusions directly contrary to your religious faith?” Einstein asked. “Oh,” said the pastor, “I have the highest regard for the competency of mathematicians. I am sure they would never rest until they discovered their mistake.”<\/p>\n

“Thank you, LORD, that You still reveal Yourself to any person who honestly seeks for You. We seek to serve You today.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Psalms 53 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup> The fool hath said in his heart, There is <\/em>no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is <\/em>none that doeth good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2<\/sup> God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any <\/em>that did understand, that did seek God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3<\/sup> Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is <\/em>none that doeth good, no, not one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4<\/sup> Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as <\/em>they eat bread: they have not called upon God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5<\/sup> There were they in great fear, where <\/em>no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against <\/em>thee: thou hast put them <\/em>to shame, because God hath despised them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6<\/sup> Oh that the salvation of Israel were come <\/em>out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and <\/em>Israel shall be glad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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