If There Were No God

There are many people in our world today who truly and sincerely believe that there is no sovereign God that governs our world and universe. For a few moments, let’s explore that possibility, and see what would happen if there were indeed no God.

1) If there were no God, there would be no final accounting for all that exists — Mankind has always sought to understand the ultimate origin of the universe. How did the world and all its inhabitants come to be? How do we account for the vast heavenly expanse of stars and planets? Where did man himself originate?

The answers to the above questions would never be known if the idea of a creator God is rejected. There will always be many new ingenious “theories” to explain origins, as there have always been in the past. But, like their predecessors, these “theories” will eventually be rejected as irrational, because true laws of science and rational thought will disprove them as being false. Without God and His word, man would be forever doomed to uncertainty, left to wonder in ignorance about the beginning and end of all created things, including himself.

2) If there were no God, there would be no moral standards to live by — We often speak of what is right and what is wrong — what is good and evil. But if God did not exist, these concepts would just be creations of each man’s mind (cf. Judges 17:6; Judges 21:25). If all morality were of a subjective nature, any kind of behavior would be justifiable.

The effects of this belief would be devastating on not only our society, but all societies. Fortunately, there is a standard of morality and moral behavior, of right and wrong, and that standard is found within the pages of Holy Writ — the Bible (Matthew 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:1-3; Psalm 119:11; Isaiah 45:18-19).

3) If there were no God, there would be no life beyond the grave — We would be just like Rover — dead all over! Our life would then be without purpose or meaning. All happiness would be a fruitless quality. Hopeless despair would be our only reward (1 Corinthians 15:19; Ephesians 2:11-12; 1 Thessalonians 4:13).

Thankfully, God is and has always existed (cf. Exodus 3:14; Isaiah 43:13; John 8:58; John 17:5,24; Colossians 1:17; Revelation 1:8), and no declaration from the mind of any mortal man can change that immutable fact (Psalm 119:89). Let’s give praise, glory and honor to the only true and living God! (Revelation 5:11-14; Revelation 14:1-7).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets