Does God Really Exist?
Introduction:
The answer to the question:
does God exist? Affects all other questions. If there is a
supreme being then life has inherent purpose and some form of
meaning. Doctor Brad Harrub, PH. D. In anatomy and neurobiology
from the University of Tennessee.
Why should every right
thinking, rational human being believe in the existence of a
supreme being?
1.
Every creation must have a creator
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It's obvious the
universe exists. Where did it come from? It's not eternal.
Scientific evidence says it had a beginning. It didn't
create itself from nothing. Ludicrous! Something cannot come
from nothing. [1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics]
The
only possibility then is that it was created.
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Since it was created, it
had to have a creator.
Romans
1: 20 states for since the creation of the world his
invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by
the things that are made, even his eternal power and
godhead, so that they are without excuse.
Also,
this creator had to have existed forever, or you would have
to explain where the creator came from!
Psalm
102: 25-27 Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will
perish, but you will endure; Yes, they will all grow old
like a garment; Like a cloak you will change them, and they
will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will
have no end.
If ever
at any time in the past, nothing existed, nothing would now
exist.
Something therefore has to have existed forever.
2.
Every design must have a designer
·
paintings demand
painters. Poems demand poets. Architecture demands
architects. But what about the universe? Can it be
accurately described as designed?
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Consider the design of
the earth? How could chance explain the earth being in just
the right type of Galaxy, the right location in that Galaxy,
the odds of being near the right kind of star, the right
distance of that star, having the right rotation rate and
proper tilt, possessing enough water, and having the right
atmospheric conditions to sustain life? And that is just for
starters!
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Hebrews 3: 4 for
every house is built by someone, but he who builds all
things is God.
Colossians 1: 16 for by him all things were created that
are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible,
where they're thrones or dominions or principalities or
powers. All things were created through him and for him.
The
only honest conclusion is this:
Psalm
19: 1 the heavens declare the glory of God; And the
firmament shows his handiwork.
Isaiah
40: 26 lift up your eyes on high, and see who has
created these things, who brings out their host by number;
he calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might and
the strength of his power; Not one is missing.
3.
Life must have a life giver
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Every scientist knows
that life does not just pop into existence from nothing. One
of the most basic laws of science is the law of Biogenesis.
This law states that life comes only from previous life and
that of its kind. Note the words of evolutionist Neil Shubin:
I can share with you one true law that all of us can agree
upon. This law is so profound that most of it take it
completely for granted. Yet it is the starting point for
almost everything we do in paleontology, developmental
biology, and genetics. This biological law of everything is
that every living thing on the planet had parents. Every
person you've ever known has a biological parent, as does
every bird, salamander, or shark you have ever seen. To put
it in a more precise form: every living thing sprang from
some parental genetic information.
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So then how did the
first living thing come into existence? The only possible
answer is that it came from a supernatural creative act.
Note
Acts 17: 24-25 God who made the world and everything in
it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in
temples made with hands. Nor is he worshipped with man's
hands as though he needed anything, since he gives in all
life, breath and all things.
1
Timothy 6: 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives
life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed
the good confession before Pontius Pilot,
4.
Morality demands a moral law giver
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Why do people think that
certain actions are right and other actions are wrong? Why
do most people believe it is evil to torture a child just
for the fun of it? Almost all people including atheists, you
made that evil and good exist. Ask any non believer the
following: would you have a problem if I came to your house
and murdered your entire family? They would all say it was
wrong.
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But why is it wrong?
Some people would reply because it was illegal. But the
murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis in World War 2 was
legal in Germany. So was that OK? For something to be right
or wrong demands an absolute standard of right and wrong.
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So what is the standard
and where did it come from? Did it come from rocks and slime
or maybe bacteria? Has anyone ever heard of an evil elephant
or an immoral pig? This standard of right and wrong, this
moral code, this higher law could only have a regenerated
from a moral lawgiver, god himself.
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The Bible declares that
God is holy.
Isaiah
6: 3 and one cried to another and said: holy holy holy
is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of his glory!
God is
just and righteous
Psalm
89: 14 righteousness and justice
are the foundation of your throne; Mercy and truth go before
your face.
The
existence of these values is further evidence that God
exists.
Conclusion:
the fool has said in his heart, there is no
God. Psalm 14:1
There is an abundance of evidence available to
any rational human being that God exists.
This same God has appointed a day in which he
will judge the world. It's my prayer you will be ready for that
great day.
Bobby Stafford
January 19th, 2020
