Psalm 14, verse 1, the fool has said in his heart, what?

There is no God.

Now, listen, that is not a philosophical statement.

That is saying this, I'm going to do what I'm going to do.

God could care less.

That is not a logical conclusion of study.

That is a way to justify evil.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. When your nation seems to be

experiencing great prosperity and blessing blessing and at the same time

it accepts and even promotes all sorts of sin, you would be right to wonder what God thinks of that

situation and what's more how he might respond to such national wickedness. John MacArthur

helps you consider those issues. In the study

he's about to launch, it's based on the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah, and it's called God's

Word to an ungodly society. And John, when it comes to tackling modern day problems, I know

there can be a temptation to think that the Bible probably doesn't

relate to every modern issue. I mean, how reasonable is it to expect men like Isaiah and Jeremiah

who lived thousands of years ago to speak effectively to the troubles of today?

Well, the fact of the matter is that whether you lived in the time of Isaiah and

Jeremiah or living now, the same issues existed. There are only so many issues that can exist in

the created fallen world, and obviously they cycle. I mean, I think it's in Acts 14 where Paul

says he got allowed all the nations

to go their own way. There's a repetition of the patterns of sin. There's a repetition of the

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