Psalm 14:1       
"Nabal"
         This Psalm begins with a rather iconic statement that has been shouted from pulpits down the ages and levelled at all who deny the existence of God. “The fool says in his heart, there is no God.” Well such a pronouncement is foolish, certainly, but the Hebrew text doesn’t literally translate, “Anybody who doesn’t believe in God is an idiot!” The word fool here is “nabal”, the name given to a wicked, surly, mean man whose story is found in 1 Samuel 25. His wife Abigail told David, “His name means Fool, and folly goes with him.” Nabal means a morally deficient person, one who justifies his actions by saying there is no God. A wicked man or woman is “nabal” because they think they can do as they like, they think there is no one to account to, they do not believe that they will be judged for their behaviour. Thus David, the author of the Psalm, goes on to say, “They are corrupt, their deeds are vile.” Such is “nabal”; the NIV footnotes call this a “practical atheism!” Not one of this kind does good, in other words, once you have convinced yourself that God does not exist there is no good in you, even apparent goodness is probably driven by self-interest. The foolishness of those who do not believe there is a God is evident in every area of our culture / world:-
·      Realignment of sexes from feminism to transgender
·      Destruction of unborn children
·      Climate change (who controls the planet’s weather?)
·      Pursuit of financial gain and material prosperity above all else
·      Stockpiling of weapons of mass destruction

I could go on for a long while, it is a long list and it is driven by the spirit of “nabal”. 

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