I Don't Believe God Exists. How Can Anyone Be Sure?
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· 75 viewsAnthony Padgett demonstatrates the existence of God.
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1. The Uncaused Cause (Cosmological) Argument
1. The Uncaused Cause (Cosmological) Argument
Everything has a cause
Everything has a cause
That cause must be caused by something else
That cause must be caused by something else
BUT – you cannot have an infinite chain of causes, it must all begin somewhere
BUT – you cannot have an infinite chain of causes, it must all begin somewhere
Therefore, there must be something or someone that does not need to be caused by something else
Therefore, there must be something or someone that does not need to be caused by something else
The only thing powerful enough to not need a cause would be God
The only thing powerful enough to not need a cause would be God
Therefore, God must exist
Therefore, God must exist
Gen 1:1 In the beginning (Time), God created the Heavens (Space) and the earth (Matter)
Gen 1:1 In the beginning (Time), God created the Heavens (Space) and the earth (Matter)
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,
2. The Complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer.
2. The Complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer.
The Earth is Perfect in Size.
The Earth is Perfect in Size.
If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury.
If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury.
If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter.
If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter.
Earth is the only known planet located at a perfect distance from the sun equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life.
Earth is the only known planet located at a perfect distance from the sun equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life.
3. The Complexity of the Human Body
3. The Complexity of the Human Body
Homeostatic mechanisms allow the temperature to remain constant, and the acid-base levels to remain within very tight limits
Homeostatic mechanisms allow the temperature to remain constant, and the acid-base levels to remain within very tight limits
The kidney helps regulate the blood pressure and the fluid balance
The kidney helps regulate the blood pressure and the fluid balance
Blood-clotting proteins all have to be in exactly the same place at exactly the right concentrate or a small cut on your finger will cause you to bleed to death
Blood-clotting proteins all have to be in exactly the same place at exactly the right concentrate or a small cut on your finger will cause you to bleed to death
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
4. Fine-Tuned Argument
4. Fine-Tuned Argument
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
5. Moral Argument
5. Moral Argument
All people recognize some moral code (that some things are right, and some things are wrong).
All people recognize some moral code (that some things are right, and some things are wrong).
Arguments over right and wrong appeal to a higher law
Arguments over right and wrong appeal to a higher law
Because the Moral Law transcends humanity, this universal law requires a universal lawgiver. The Lawgiver is God.
Because the Moral Law transcends humanity, this universal law requires a universal lawgiver. The Lawgiver is God.
For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
Why Won’t People Believe and Come to Christ?
Why Won’t People Believe and Come to Christ?
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.