Thursday, July 18, 2019

Is There a God? – Part 2


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Michael continues that the teleological argument says that the evidence of a design points to the existence of a designer. Kepler built a complex working model of the universe.  When an unbeliever saw the model, he said, "Who made this?" Kepler said, "No one.  It just came into existence” His atheist friend said "you don't expect me to believe that, do you?"  Kepler said, "You believe that the Creator didn't create the Solar System, and it's even more complex than this miniature model." A simple living cell is vastly more complex than the greatest machine ever created or devised by man.  Darwin marveled at the incredible complexity of the eye.  He said that to believe that the eye came about by natural selection was absurd to the highest degree.

Pastor Kennedy points out that the fine tuning of the earth to support life is another evidence of the existence of God.  If it were 10% closer to the Earth it would burn up. The thin film of life on the earth is like the skin of an apple.  Water unlike most liquids expands when it freezes allowing lakes to support life and not freeze over and kill marine life. Presumptuous mortals cannot put one star in motion or trace the infinite patterns of snowflakes or understand the miracle of birth or toss one cloud into a sunny day. Puny man who cannot create one miracle, how dare you doubt the God who can.

Atheists say "Theism" (the belief in an Almighty Creator God) is a result of ignorance. However, the first one hundred universities in this nation were founded by believers in God.  Aristotle said that the beauty, order, and harmony of the universe are a result of the will of God. Even Einstein said, "I pity the man who says there isn't a supreme being.  A vastly superior spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe in which we must in our modest powers feel humble."  George Washington said, "It is impossible to govern without God and the bible."  Franklin said, "The older I get, the more convincing proof I see that God governs in the affairs of men."  Pascal said, "The evidence of God and his gifts is even more compelling."  Eisenhower said, "It takes no brain to be an atheist.  Any stupid person can deny the existence of God." The greatest and wisest of men have come to the conclusion that there is a God.

Another proof of the existence of God is the conversion of a sinner into a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. Testimonies of believers' conversions point to the existence of a living God who changes human souls and convinces them of a living God.

1 John 5:11-14 “And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.”

Your brother in Christ, Michael

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