Believing God by MRS. MARY WILLIAMS

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 19, 1912

Believing God

By MRS. MARY WILLIAMS

MRS. MARY WILLIAMS

“WITHOUT faith it is impossible to please him [God].” Faith is the “evidence of things not seen.” The inherent tendency to accept the evidence of the senses before the word of God is a striking proof that we belong to Adam’s race. To every age the test of faith is applied, though in different forms.

Our first parents showed their unbelief by accepting the testimony of Satan and partaking of the forbidden fruit. To the natural senses it was “pleasant to the eye,” “good for food,” and “to be desired to make one wise.” Ah, the cunning of the serpent! The destiny of the human race hung in the balance, and they believed not God.

But let us thank God for the record of Abraham. He believed God in the promised seed, in spite of the fact that there was nothing in natural laws on which to found his belief; and his faith was “counted unto him for righteousness.”

In Christ’s day there were learned men of all nations to discredit the virgin birth and the resurrection. It was contrary to any natural law with which they were familiar. They pointed the finger of scorn at the few disciples who, for the most part, were unlearned men. But those disciples believed God, and sealed their faith with martyrdom.

Are we not called upon to pass a similar test of faith in our day? Shall we believe that God spoke the world into existence, and the Saviour’s testimony, “From the beginning of the creation God made them male and female”? The theories of the nebular hypothesis and evolution present many plausible arguments, are taught in schools and colleges, therefore, “desired to make one wise.” Satan has had six thousand years’ experience in inventing “cunningly devised fables.” To refuse to listen is to bear the stigma of ignorance or bigotry. Some attempt to compromise by hewing down the noble pillars of our faith, founded on God’s word, to fit the little gimlet holes science bores in the earth. We may not be able to explain the mysteries of nature, but the simplest mind can comprehend the plain statements of the Word. The psalmist declares, “Thy word is true from the beginning.” Let us believe it unquestioningly, wholly.