Why Do We Believe In God?

There is no scientific proof for the existence of God.  No one has ever seen God.  No one has photographed God.  No one has ever observed God, measured God, or recorded God.  Now, you also can't see the wind, it's invisible.  But we know there is wind because we have evidence of it.  We see it swaying the trees, swirling the leaves, making waves in the water, and feel it blowing our hair.  In like manner, we have evidences that God exists, and it is upon these evidences that our belief in Him is based.  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."  (Hebrews 11:1)  Let's look at some of these evidences.

The Universe

• Look up at the sky at night.

 

 

Psalm 8:3,4 -"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?"

Psalm 19:1 - "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."

• The Universe is so vast that it might as well be infinite because we cannot measure its boundaries. The stars are so many that they are innumerable.

All agree that the universe had a beginning. The Second Law of Thermodynamics makes it impossible for the universe to be infinitely old. So, what was its beginning?

Some believe that the universe was formed when a large amount matter and energy became compressed in a very small space. The result was a huge explosion, a "big bang". The explosion sent super hot dust and gases off in all directions, the beginnings of galaxies, suns, planets, and moons. They also believe that the universe is still expanding with the different galaxies moving away from each other. Even if this theory were true, considering the First Law of Thermodynamics we are still left with a BIG question. The question would be, of course, about the origin of the matter and energy that fueled this "big bang".

• Those who believe in God know the origin of the universe and everything in it.

 

 

Hebrews 1:10 - "And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:"

Genesis 1:1 - "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
Genesis 1:14-18 - "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good."
 

The power of creation was not in a "big bang", but in the Word of God.

 

 

Psalm 33:6: "By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth"

John 1:1-3 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."

• There are physical laws that are constant throughout the universe, like the law of gravity, and the speed of light constant.  How can there be laws without a lawgiver?

 
• Our world is kept in such a delicate balance. The distance to the sun, the axis angle, rate of rotation, magnetic flux, and the make up of our atmosphere are important for life to exist on our planet.  How can a world that is supposed by many to be formed, by chance, out of chaos remain in such balance and order?

Life

• Think of the most complex machine that you can think of. Let's say, a jet airliner. It is huge complex machine built with millions of parts. There are thousands of mechanical parts, electrical wiring, fuel systems, hydraulic systems, computer systems, telemetry systems, heating and cooling systems, and etc. It takes years to design one, and months to build it. Did you know that a single cell creature is even more complex. That is not to mention a higher forms of animals like mammals, or even human beings who are endowed with intelligence. How can anyone believe that there was not a designer for all living creatures, especially mankind.

 

 

Psalm 139:14 - "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."

• Where did life come from? Darwinism teaches that life developed because certain chemical compositions came together under the certain conditions and single cell life began. This single cell animal developed through a succession of evolutions into higher forms of animals of which they include man. From a scientific point of view, Darwin's Theory of Evolution is severely flawed. The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics makes his theory nonsensical. There are no scientific observations or any fossil evidence to back up his theory either.  Regardless, this theory does not answer the BIG question about the origin of life.

• Those that believe in God know where life came from.

 

 

Plant Life:
Genesis 1:11, 12 - "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good."

Aquatic and Feathered Life:
Genesis 1:20-22 - "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."

All Other Animal Life:
Genesis 1:24, 25 - "And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And Finally, Man:
Genesis 1:27- "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

Ephesians 2:10 - "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."

And God differentiated man from animals by making him a spiritual as well as a physical being:
Genesis 2:7 - And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And He Gave Man Dominion Over All the Earth:
Genesis 1:28-30 - "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so."

• All life, other than mankind anyway, is governed by what is commonly called "The Law of Nature". How can there be a law without a lawgiver?

Notes:
The First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy is constant in the universe. It cannot be increased or decreased. Energy cannot be generated spontaneously or be destroyed. It can only change form.
 
 
 

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that, in a closed system where matter and energy is not added form outside, when an event occur in which energy does change form, the energy is converted is into a degraded or less organized form. In other words, a fire goes out unless you keep putting fuel on it.

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