Consequently, He uses the example of his own Son just to show that, “The wages of sin is death…” (as he took ours upon himself) that depicts a physical foreshadow of an otherwise irreversible and inevitable spiritual death to come (to those who decline the offer following), while yet promising, “but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” This shows the benevolence of the Creator to his creation through his own redemptive measure through personal and painstaking means, that is, buying us back from the unforgiving grip of death and eternal separation from God Himself. (The tangent offered through this paragraph is merely a reflection of the point preceding it to further cement the intention of this philosophical study that will examine the major issue: Why reject the God of the Bible?)
In the most frustrated absorption of thought leading to such a declaration of rejection, only a few true sources have come to surface. It is from these few major sources of blatant refusal that all others attach themselves to, whether knowingly or unknowingly. A few steps further and one will discover that any combination of these factors will produce predictable stereotypes with even more predictable arguments when the question of “rejection” is posed to them. These factors, separately, are at the very root of carnality in mankind. Once more however, when fused together through life practices, will show a person entangled in bitterness, rage, depression, conceitedness and the list goes on endlessly.
These hideously repulsive aspects of rejection are arrogance, apathy, anger and avarice…
copyright 2005. travis marshall iv
