what stops people accepting there is a God

What is it that prevents a person accepting that there is a God?

We can see that there has been a decline in the amount of people that go to church over the last 100 years. We can suggest that scientific advances, modern life, access to other cultures and religions has had something to do with this.

Do we really need God now that we can split the atom?
Do we really need God now we can send people into space?
Do we really need God with all our medical advances?

Has mankind replaced God with scientific and technological advances? In part I would suggest that this is true but that cant be the whole truth.

Christians are to blame for the lack of interest in God
Christians are to blame for half full churches
Christians are to blame for churches closing (and there are more churches closing than opening)

So what is the answer?

I believe the answer lies in living out our christian life as Christ lived out His life.

There can be no compromise to the truth of Scripture.
We must preach the authority of the Gospel without compromise.
We must live our lives in the spotlight of non-Christian's and allow them to see the work that God has done and still does in our lives.

I am the first to admit that I am not living the life that Christ died on the cross for.

There comes a time when we must look at ourselves in light of the cross and I have looked and don't like what I see. Yes I have looked in that mirror many times and walked away without cleaning myself, only to come back looking worse. In fact I admit I did not even recognise the person Christ died for.

So I say the answer is within each Christian to get their act together. Pick up your cross and follow Jesus. Walk the path of righteousness, in light of the cross, in light of Scripture and be an advert for God's amazing work in your life so that others can be encouraged.