Sinclair B. Ferguson

But you see what it means.

But you see what it means.

It means that we can never escape the revelation of God, not only because we are surrounded by it, but because in a sense we carry it around with us, even although we have defaced and deformed it.

It means that we can never escape the revelation of God, not only because we are surrounded by it, but because in a sense we carry it around with us, even although we have defaced and deformed it.

which is exactly the point that Paul makes in his sermon to the Athenians when he quotes a couple of pagan writers as saying, in God we live and move and have our being, and we are indeed his offspring.

which is exactly the point that Paul makes in his sermon to the Athenians when he quotes a couple of pagan writers as saying, in God we live and move and have our being, and we are indeed his offspring.

So that it's not only that there is no last exit from divine revelation that surrounds us,

So that it's not only that there is no last exit from divine revelation that surrounds us,

it actually invades us.

it actually invades us.

Remember how Ecclesiastes puts it, God has set this burden upon us.

Remember how Ecclesiastes puts it, God has set this burden upon us.

He has set eternity in our hearts.

He has set eternity in our hearts.

Our hearts, as the great theologian Augustine said, are restless until they find their rest in God.

Our hearts, as the great theologian Augustine said, are restless until they find their rest in God.

I'm sure you've noticed from the opinion polls that it's really become cool and modern to say that you don't believe in God.

I'm sure you've noticed from the opinion polls that it's really become cool and modern to say that you don't believe in God.

Actually, I think it's rather like what smoking cigarettes used to be to teenagers.

Actually, I think it's rather like what smoking cigarettes used to be to teenagers.