Scripture informs us that we are guilty of rejecting God,
even if we have never heard the Gospel:
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“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their
unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to
them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely,
his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since
the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are
without excuse.” (Romans 1:18-20)
Even if you are convinced that evolution is a fact, it is
still true that we are "without excuse." Why? There are still too
many other things that cry out, "God!" There are the elegant and
immutable laws of science, the fine tuning of the universe, DNA, life,
consciousness, and many other things.
Watching the latest Rocky
movie, Creed, reminded me that God
has even wired us up so that we will resonate to the themes of Gospel - the
rejected hero and the "resurrection" underdog who seemed that he'd
never be able to return.
Rocky remains such
a hero in Philly that a statue has been erected of him outside of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art. In fact, it is the leading attraction. Visitors
wait in lines to be photographed in front of Rocky. Forget Rembrandt and Van Gogh!
Why do we resonate so with Rocky? He triggers something very deep within us - something that
God planted there.
Jesus was the ultimate underdog, born in a stable and
rejected, even by His own people. Nevertheless, He has become our ultimate
hero, and, on some level, we all know it!
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