THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

The Bible teaches that we can know that there is a God by examining the physical evidence in the world around us. One of many such verses is Romans 1:20: “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made.” This means, although we cannot observe God by our physical senses, we can come to the knowledge of His existence by our reasoning ability.
Being able to know about something which we do not see, by observing things that we do see, is nothing new to us. We do it all the time. In our judicial courts, juries of people reason from the evidence (which they see) toward a conclusion as to whether or not the one on trial is guilty of a crime (which they did not see). Likewise, we are able to reason from the world which we can see, to God whom we cannot see.
There are truly a multiplicity of evidences which conclusively reasons toward and proves the existence of God. Consider one:
The universe exists. The question is: How did it get here? There are only three possible answers. Either: (1) it has always been here; or (2) at one time, there was absolutely nothing, then all of a sudden, matter began popping into existence; or (3) it was created by God. One and only one of these three possibilities must be the answer. So which is it?
Question: Will a candle, once it is lit, burn forever? No. Why? Fires consume fuel. Once the wax and the wick are consumed, the fire goes out. Likewise, our sun is a fire. It consumes fuel. Thus, once its fuel is consumed, it too will go out. But, if the sun has been here since eternity, it would have burned out long ago! Thus, the first option–the universe has always been here–is ruled out.
Another question: If a sealed glass jar had been totally emptied and vacuumed of all its contents to where there was not even one single atom remaining, would, all of a sudden, inside the jar, a rock pop into existence? Of course not. Why? From nothing, nothing comes! And it doesn’t matter if it is a jar or the universe–when absolutely nothing exists, absolutely nothing will come forth. Thus, the second option–the universe created itself–is impossible.
Now, since there are only three possible explanations to the existence of the universe, and since two of them are ruled out, then, it’s obvious, it is here due to the sole remaining explanation–it was created by God.
Yes. God does exist. We can “see” Him through the world around us. It’s just as the Bible has been telling us all along: “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made” (Romans 1:20).
Gary Henson