Their primary motive for living is based on pride, self, accumulation, experience, and popularity. Little do they realize that these things will ultimately be their undoing, because they have forgotten God. Oh, they may believe in God, but they’ve forgotten to inquire of Him how to live their lives. Actually, they’ve willfully shunned God, the real Living God, out of their lives. It’s a decision they’ve made.
Psalm 14:1 says: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God..” It immediately follows by saying: “They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”
They have their own pursuits, their own ambitions, and they do not want God (or anyone else) to interfere with those plans. They seek treasures for themselves on earth, and life lived “their way.”
The Lord Jesus Christ warned such persons (mea ...
