Worst. Debate. Ever. Fools!! @_@

 Did you tune in to watch President Trump debate Joe Biden? 

It's grabbed worldwide attention, and is a target for memes. Two old guys quarreling about who has the better idea and who is better fit to be the next President. 

How did you feel about it? Embarrassed? Ashamed? Hopeless? That seems to be the internet's opinion on this. 

Still... that wasn't the most foolish debate our country has seen. There's a more foolish one (the one that the title of this devotion is referring to)-- one that you might have even been a part of. 

Today's devotion comes from Psalm 14 (read the whole chapter). 

[no. seriously. scroll up. go read it before proceeding.]

Here's the debate of the fools: They say in their heart, "There is no God." In fact, this is so mind-blowing to King David that he writes about it again in Psalm 53:1. The two passages are almost verbatim of each other, which means that this is something that David often thinks about. 

Jump over to the New Testament and we see Paul echoing King David: 

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. (Romans 1:21)

Paul takes it one step further: these fools know of God, but don't give Him credit. That's right. The ones who say, "There is no God" actually know there is a God but won't acknowledge Him as such. Why? Their foolish hearts were darkened. Because the Gospel message says that their sinful life is unacceptable. The fool takes great offense and hopes that there is no God so that he may continue dying in his sin. 

Looking at the three passages, what can we learn about fools?

• They debate in saying that "There is no God."
• They are corrupt
• They do abominable things
• They do not do good
• They do not act wisely
• They do not seek after God
• They might know of God but won't acknowledge Him
• They do not honor God
• The do not thank God
• Their thinking/ideas/philosophies are futile
• Their hearts are darkened

We get wrapped up in these political dramas and get sucked into it while neglecting the lost in our lives. The person in your life (family/friend/co-worker) who doesn't know God is of greater concern. Yes, engage in politics. Yes, change the direction if it is in your power. However, don't neglect the ones who are directly in your life that do not know Christ. 

Engage them in the debate when they say "There is no God." Debate them-- not to win the argument-- but to win their souls. Win it with intellectual answers, win it with love, win it with much, much prayer. 

And pray earnestly "for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way" (1 Timothy 2:2)