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Appreciation See Thankfulness
Arguments See Conflict
Arrogance See Pride
Assumptions See Judging Others
Atheism See also Faith; Salvation
Atheism is the belief system that says there is no God. Atheists spend much time and
energy trying to prove God doesn’t exist. What we decide about the existence of God
is literally a choice between life and death. And it is not enough to decide that he exists;
we must then decide how we will respond to his clear message in the Bible.
• PSA L M 1 4 :1 | Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
• R O MA NS 1 :2 0 | Ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky.
Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal
power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
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What is atheism?
Atheism says “There is no God.” But all of creation speaks against that.
What are the characteristics of atheism?
• J E R E MI A H 5 :4 | “They don’t know the ways of the Lord. They don’t understand
God’s laws.”
Living in ignorance of God. Intellectual atheism is a mind without the knowledge of God.
Practicing atheism is a life without a relationship with God.
• J U DE 1 :4 | I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your
churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The
condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only
Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
• 1 J O H N 4 :3 | But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth
about Jesus, that person is not from God.
Denying Jesus Christ. Those who deny Jesus now will be denied access to heaven by
Jesus at the time of judgment.
• J O H N 1 8 :3 7 | Jesus responded, “. . . I was born and came into the world to testify to the
truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”
• R O MA NS 1 :1 8 | But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people
who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
• J E R E MI A H 1 4 :1 4 | Then the Lord said, “These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did
not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. . . . They speak
foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.”
Denying God’s truth. There is a sharp line between what is true and what is not. To deny
truth is, by default, to be living a lie, to be living by principles that have no purpose, no
clear direction, no foundation that lasts, and no future.
• E X O DU S 5 :2 | “Is that so?” retorted Pharaoh. “And who is the Lord? Why should I listen
to him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord.”
• 2 K I NG S 1 8 :3 2 -3 5 | “Don’t listen to Hezekiah when he tries to mislead you by saying,
‘The Lord will rescue us!’ Have the gods of any other nations ever saved their people
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• E PH E SI A NS 2 :1 2 | In those days you were living apart from Christ. . . . You lived in this
world without God and without hope.