Why People Don't Trust God
"No one has ever seen God...God is Spirit" (John 1:18; 4:24) I like the following common sense statement by Arthur P. Adams (1847-1925)… “Why do people not trust God? For the very same reason, I answer, that we do not trust strangers, because we are not acquainted with Him.” So how do we, or will we, or can we become acquainted with Him who is an unseen Spirit? Good question and I find little if no help from Theologians. Not that there are not countless commentaries written by them on how to “walk in the Spirit” or be “Spiritual” or produce the “fruit of the Spirit”. There is so much written on the subject that it has become mind numbing to me…and useless mumbo jumbo for the most part. After thousands of pages of writ, their conclusions are essentially the same - If we trust God and get saved, we will change into a “Spiritual person” who is like God, with the fruit of the Spirit flowing out of us. Which of course is not true and simply brings us full circle to Arthur P. A...