The Internal Witness

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.  

Romans 1:18-19

There is an internal witness in us of God’s truth. The key statement relating to this lies in the phrase, ‘what may be known of God is manifest in them.’ The internal witness we have of the truth of God is there by His doing. To deny it and Him we must suppress it. Hence the earlier part of our text speaks of God revealing His wrath against all unrighteousness. Fallen humanity suppresses God’s truth in forcible denial of the witness He has placed within all of us. Therefore we, of necessity, must look to Him if we are being honest with ourselves. There is enough revelation of Him in creation to get us started. The revelation He has given in the Scripture shows us our sin and our need of a Savior. The Old and New Testaments point us to Christ, the only Redeemer. The gospel reveals the righteousness of God and shows us what He has done to rectify our unrighteousness. If we deny the gospel, we must deny all of God’s revealed truth. This eliminates the need for Christ. Thus, we either embrace God’s truth and His Son, Our Savior or we forcibly deny it and Him. There is no other alternative. Christ is the Continental Divide of humanity and of human history. We are either with Him or against Him. By His testimony, He is ‘the Way, the Truth, and the Life.’  

Our Glorious, Living God, 
we rejoice that You have revealed Your truth to us. 
We praise You that as we come to know Christ, 
we understand truth. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning