"Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them." Romans 1:19
There is no person in whom God has not revealed Himself to; this is why there will be no one that can ever say that he's ignorant of God, even though some may silence the witness of their conscience that tells them that there is God. When, for example, the atheist stands before God on the judgment day, God will not have to do anything to prove to him that He is God; it will be self-evident to him that God is. In Genesis 1:1 no attempt is made to explain God, it simply says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This is because what is needed to be known of God, He has made known in everyone.
In the conscience of everyone, God is known, and this is by an act of God, but, as we noted earlier, there are some who, in spite of the witness of their conscience to the truth of God, deny that God is. Of such it is written in Romans 1:18, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness." In the next verse, the apostle Paul went on to say, "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them." This is the reason why the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. So you see, no one is ignorant, nor can anyone plead ignorance of the truth that God is because God is known to all.
Toni
There is no person in whom God has not revealed Himself to; this is why there will be no one that can ever say that he's ignorant of God, even though some may silence the witness of their conscience that tells them that there is God. When, for example, the atheist stands before God on the judgment day, God will not have to do anything to prove to him that He is God; it will be self-evident to him that God is. In Genesis 1:1 no attempt is made to explain God, it simply says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This is because what is needed to be known of God, He has made known in everyone.
In the conscience of everyone, God is known, and this is by an act of God, but, as we noted earlier, there are some who, in spite of the witness of their conscience to the truth of God, deny that God is. Of such it is written in Romans 1:18, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness." In the next verse, the apostle Paul went on to say, "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them." This is the reason why the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. So you see, no one is ignorant, nor can anyone plead ignorance of the truth that God is because God is known to all.
Toni
