Atheists: why are we here? What is the purpose of life? Why are you on this earth? Are you a waste of space? Let’s say you live a normal life expectancy, or even beyond, say to 80, 85 years. What good does that do you? Will your life make a difference? Are you just here to eat, drink and be merry?
I actually feel sorry for people who don’t believe in God. Life is hard. If this painful life was all there was, it would be really sad. If there was no hope of anything else, why wouldn’t you just do what you wanted? Drink yourself into a stupor all the time. See something you want, just take it. Rape, pillage and murder at will? If there is no God, why don’t you live your life like there’s no tomorrow?
Most people don’t live that way. Why is that? It’s not society. It’s not because you are basically a good person. No, it’s because God has given you a conscience and He’s written His Law, the 10 Commandments upon your heart. You know right from wrong because of this. You know that you are a liar, most of us have stolen something in our lives, we have all lusted in our hearts, thereby committing adultery, we have all coveted something at one time or another and none of us have put God first in our lives at all times, throughout our whole lives. We are all guilty of breaking the 10 Commandments.
We will all die some day. 10 out of 10 people die. This is the ultimate statistic. You can’t cheat death. Hebrews 9:27 says “It is appointed men once to die, but after this the judgment.” There will be a Judgment Day and you will stand before God and give an account of your life. All the immoral things you’ve done in your life, even your impure thoughts will be judged. Actually, I don’t think you will stand before God. If you die in your sins, you will be judged by God while the wrath of God abides on you (John 3:36). Because God is righteous, Holy and just, I think you will be on the ground, possibly in the fetal position and maybe even urinating on yourself.
On that day, you will not be proud of your mockery of God, of all the years you thought you were more intelligent than everyone else, of your smugness. No, on Judgment Day, while you are cowering under the wrath of God, you will realize that you made a humongous mistake. The Bible says that even the demons believe and tremble. On Judgment Day you will believe and you will tremble! But it will be too late. When you die in your sins, you are on your own. And like Job (when God merely answered him out a whirlwind – not face to face), you will have no excuse when you are before God. Job thinks of all the questions he wants to ask God if only God would speak to him face to face. Then in the presence of our Holy God, Job says, “therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.” (Job 42:3). “Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” (Job 42:6).
Oh, you will abhor yourself too. You will be sorry on that great and terrible day. You will bow the knee and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord. But it will be too late to save you. Your rebellious soul will do you no good on Judgment Day. And because God is Holy, righteous and just, He must punish guilty sinners. Because of His perfect nature, He can do nothing less. You will be judged, you will be found guilty and the punishment for that guilt will be eternal punishment. Some people are traveling on the highway to Hell described in the old AC/DC song. Right now you may be traveling there at a very fast speed, with no stop signs and no speed limits.
But once you get there, it won’t be all booze and carousing around like so many people mistakenly think it will be. No, the real Hell, the Hell of the Bible is described by Jesus Himself as a place where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. It is a place where the worm dies not and the fire is never quenched. It is the place where the lake of fire burns forever. Folks, this is serious. If Christ is not your Lord and Savior, then you are headed there right now. You don’t know when your last breath will be. Stop traveling on the broad road to destruction.
Get on the narrow road that leads to life, where few there be that find it. Jesus Christ is the only Savior. Jesus walked this earth over 2,000 years ago. He lived a perfect, sinless life. He didn’t sin in thought, word or deed. He suffered horribly at the hands of the Romans, He was beat beyond recognition. Then Jesus hung on the cross for six torturous hours. He died, was buried and on the third day rose again; defeating death and sin.
It isn’t enough to just intellectually know this. Salvation is a free gift from God. You accept this gift by turning away from your sins and putting your trust in Jesus. Atheists, stop mocking God! Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father, but by Him (John 14:6). For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23). Repent and believe the Gospel. Turn from your dead works and put your faith in Jesus today.
Atheists, your non-god won’t save you on Judgment Day. Agnostics, your maybe-god won’t save you on Judgment Day. The Bible says, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Repent and put your faith in Jesus Christ our Lord. Do this today. Then your life will not have been wasted. When God gives you a new heart, your life will have meaning. Then you will want to Thank God, Praise Jesus and tell everyone you can about our Lord Jesus Christ.