None of them ever claimed to be equal to God. Surprisingly, Jesus did. That is what sets Jesus apart from all the others.
He said God exists and you're looking at him. Though he talked about his Father in heaven, it was not from the position of separation, but of very close union, unique to all humankind. Jesus said that anyone who had seen Him had seen the Father, anyone who believed in him, believed in the Father. He said, "I am the light of the world, he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
Unlike other teachers who focused people on their words, Jesus pointed people to himself. He did not say, "follow my words and you will find truth. What proof did Jesus give for claiming to be divine? He did what people can't do. Jesus performed miracles. He healed people He had power over objects He performed miracles over nature People everywhere followed Jesus, because he constantly met their needs, doing the miraculous.
He said if you do not want to believe what I'm telling you, you should at least believe in me based on the miracles you're seeing. Jesus Christ showed God to be gentle, loving, aware of our self-centeredness and shortcomings, yet deeply wanting a relationship with us. Jesus revealed that although he views us as sinners, worthy of his punishment, his love for us ruled and he came up with a different plan.
God himself took on the form of man and accepted the punishment for our sin on our behalf. Sounds ludicrous? Perhaps, but many loving fathers would gladly trade places with their child in a cancer ward if they could. The Bible says that the reason we would love God is because he first loved us. Jesus died in our place so we could be forgiven. Of all the religions known to humanity, only through Jesus will you see God reaching toward humanity, providing a way for us to have a relationship with him.
Jesus proves a divine heart of love, meeting our needs, drawing us to himself. Because of Jesus' death and resurrection, he offers us a new life today. We can be forgiven, fully accepted by God and genuinely loved by God. He says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Does God exist? If you want to know, investigate Jesus Christ. We're told that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
God does not force us to believe in him, though he could. Instead, he has provided sufficient proof of his existence for us to willingly respond to him. The earth's perfect distance from the sun, the unique properties of water, the human brain, DNA, the number of people who attest to knowing God, the gnawing in our hearts and minds to determine if God is there, the willingness for God to be known through Jesus Christ. If you need to know more about Jesus and reasons to believe in him, please see: Why Jesus is God.
This is your decision, no coercion here. But if you want to be forgiven by God and come into a relationship with him, you can do so right now by asking him to forgive you and come into your life. Jesus said, "Behold, I stand at the door [of your heart] and knock. He who hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him [or her].
If you want to do this, but aren't sure how to put it into words, this may help: "Jesus, thank you for dying for my sins. You know my life and that I need to be forgiven. I ask you to forgive me right now and come into my life. I want to know you in a real way. Come into my life now. Thank you that you wanted a relationship with me.
God views your relationship with him as permanent. Referring to all those who believe in him, Jesus Christ said of us, "I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. Looking at all these facts, one can conclude that a loving God does exist and can be known in an intimate, personal way.
Footnotes: 1 Romans 2 Jeremiah 3 R. Clark, Creation London: Tyndale Press, , p. Davies, physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, at Arizona State University; quoted in edge. Spiritual Adventure Pack. Get our free Every Student app. Nature consists of millions of complex functioning systems that not only can look, hear, communicate, run, fly or swim — they can also heal when damaged, they can grow, they can multiply themselves, and so on.
Again: these functions require much more intelligence than the human mind possesses. These two realities are profound and undeniable scientific proof of God. I know that many who hate the idea of a God, will do all they can to escape this reality. The only question is: are we willing to use science honestly? Are we willing to truly look at the outcome of scientific reasoning? Or do we use science in a dishonest way?
In my observation mankind is guilty of abuse of science. Can the scientific method be used to prove evolution? Evolution is the heartbeat of atheism. In order to find out, it is crucial to understand the following:. Simple organisms with very little genetic information supposedly evolved into a multitude of complex organisms with extremely high amounts of genetic information.
This gigantic transformation happened, according to the theory of evolution, through a very specific type of mutations: mutations that add brand new and functional information to the genetic code of the organisms.
That is evolution. The addition of dazzling amounts of completely new and useful genetic information. Thanks to these types of mutations, all living organisms have originated from one original living cell. Now hold on, take a deep breath and read this:.
There are many types of mutations, but all of them either change the existing genetic information or delete information. Mutations that add brand new useful genetic information, causing one organism to eventually transform into a completely different organism, have never been observed in our world. Have you got any idea what this means?
This means that, according to the scientific method, the theory of evolution is completely unscientific. It has no foundation in observations, measurements or experiments. The most important element of the theory does not exist. No observation, no measurement, no experiment, no test has ever revealed the existence of mutations that add brand new useful information. According to the theory of evolution, these mutations should however be the most prominent phenomena on the planet!
Because the hundreds of millions of different kinds of plants, animals, insects etc. Although many scientists declare that science has proven evolution, the truth is the opposite. True science proves that evolution is an illusion. Evolutionary scientists can come up with so called evidence for evolution, but all they have is material they have interpreted according to an unproven theory, that is in radical contrast with reality. If the foundation is wrong, everything else built upon it, is wrong.
This will be quite a shock for many who read this, but it is the reality all of us should be willing to acknowledge:. Yet most people believe faith in God is unscientific and faith in evolution is scientific. How is this possible? Through mass manipulation and indoctrination. Not all we learn at school and in the media is truth… A lot of what is pumped in the brains of the masses is controlled behind the scenes, driven by the agenda of secularizing the world.
Many atheists claim they are advocates of free thinking, but in reality they close the minds of people for free thinking. They create the illusion that science makes God redundant, while the opposite us true: science makes God inevitable.
The world and the universe are absolutely filled with realities that are observable and which lead scientists to the conclusion their origin is beyond the natural world. When we apply this scientific method to for example the phenomenon of healing miracles , that occur worldwide, and we investigate them, we eventually acquire new knowledge, namely that a supernatural force exists which possesses more healing capabilities than medical doctors have.
It is therefor no surprise that many medical doctors firmly believe in a God who heals the sick. Healing miracles are a real phenomenon, all over the world.
That is what this network of christian medical doctors do. The outcome of their scientific investigation is that there is indeed a supernatural force who acts when christians pray for the sick, with complete healing of the physical condition as a result. Science is after all not closing your eyes to phenomena, but investigating them, in order to acquire new knowledge, which you can then integrate into your current knowledge.
So when a scientist is willing to look at several healing miracles, and observes that these healings are the result of a supernatural force, this is also a scientific proof of God. Healing miracles can be observed all over the world. They can be measured, to see if indeed a healing has taken place, without natural means. And this can be repeated over and over again. The outcome of this scientific research is that healing miracles are real, which proves that when christians pray to God for a healing and it happens, we can conclude that science proves the existence of God.
That is honest application of science. Because then they do the opposite of science: instead of being willing to investigate phenomena and acquire knowledge, they deny them and refuse to learn something new. Many of the most brilliant pioneers of modern science believed in God.
Here you find a small selection of the thousands of scientists throughout history, who were convinced there is more evidence pointing toward the existence of God, than there is to support atheism. The cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of God that says that God is the First Cause that created the universe source: Wikipedia.
The argument below is a variant of the cosmological argument, and it states:. Something Exists The is a very basic premise that almost everyone agrees on. In our case, that something is the universe. Supporters of this argument will put forth other explanations for the possibility of life not being real, and for living in a dream-state. The definition of nothing is no-thing. We know that there must have been something that has always existed in order to bring the thing that now exists the universe , into existence.
Here are some of the evidences that support that the universe did begin at a certain point of time:. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the amount of usable energy in a closed system, like in the case of the universe, is decreasing. In other words, the amount of usable energy is dying out just like the batteries die in your flashlight.
Once scientists understood that the universe was expanding, they realized that it would have been smaller in the past. At some point historically, the entire universe would have been a single point. This point is what many people refer to as the Big Bang, which is the point when our universe began to exist. While the age of the earth is speculation by scientists , most do agree that the Cosmic Background Radiation does point to a finite universe that has a specific age.
We can conclude some things about the Creator of this universe by looking at the world around us. When we examine the universe, we can conclude that the Creator must be:.
When we take a look at all of these characteristics, we see that they are the characteristics that are attributed to God. Atheists usually say that if we follow the logic in the argument, then God must have had a creator too. I used to bring up this objection to those who believed in God when I was an atheist.
However, the cosmological argument only states that everything that came into existence must have a cause. The cosmological argument points to the first cause of the universe as Someone that has always existed. This is documented in historical books that are written by authors outside of the Bible, authors such as Josephus and Tertullian.
The reason that the torture and death of the first followers of Jesus is so significant, is because they were tortured for saying that they had witnessed the risen Christ.
The first followers of Jesus were tortured and martyred for saying that they saw Jesus resurrected. Please stop torturing us and let us go. But none of them withdrew their testimonies, they were tortured until death, and they maintained that they had seen the resurrected Jesus. Since there are so many universes, then one of them must be fine-tuned to sustain life.
However, there are major flaws to M-theory, and there are a number of respected physicists who point out these flaws. Scientific laws describe what happens under certain conditions and they need something to work on. Alexander Vilenkin points out in this video.
I used to think otherwise when I was an atheist , but now, I have peace knowing that I have a relationship with God, the creator of heaven and earth. So were you the one that had to ask the tough question to your professor? How did the other students react, if I may ask? I was viewed as a trouble maker by some. Some in the class were humorously entertained. One girl, a good friend, was a Biblical Christian and was on my side.
I was in my element. KnowItAll, there are over theories of evolution. What about the Archer fish? Where is it appropriated by nature in any of those theories? I also enjoyed vexing my professor by asking about the Archer fish on one occasion. That little guy can dislodge a bug from a leaf by calculating a hit with a precise shot of water The water is delivered under the bug making it fall into the water so it could have a fine meal.
This posed an interesting problem for the prof since the fish has to calculate where the bug is based upon the requirements of refraction and parallax. In other words, what it does is not needed for survival.
It has many choices already in the water from which to have a variety of breakfasts, lunch, and dinners and even snacks. Usually, just the mention of any one of them destroys any notion that there is no God that created or that is no God at all. Did the professor grade your exams and papers harshly because you disagreed with him? No…actually he was very nice. He never displayed any kind of anger, resentment, or anything that would indicate intolerance to any extent. But I really have to ask why the example animals you chose stump people?
Are you saying the there is proof of a supreme being based on the fact that humans will gladly be falsely accused and tortured on behalf of their belief and not any other reason? Jules, as you see in my article, I give numerous reasons for why I believe that there is proof that God exists.
The part that you bring up about the apostles who were tortured is a bit misunderstood. They were tortured because they said that Jesus Christ had risen from the grave after dying and being in the tomb for 3 days. They said that they had actually seen Jesus body and had conversations with Him after. So my point is that no one would die for a false testimony.
For example, Bob imaginary guy that I just made up can say that he saw Michael Jackson and hung out him today. Because Bob is giving a false testimony i. But the apostles said that they saw Jesus and when they were asked to retract their testimony, they did no such thing even to the point of torture and death.
Great question, Sarah! I struggle with the same thing myself. Still lots to do and people to help through grief. Give your wife and baby a hug from my wife and I. May I ask you about why you prefer that term? Thank you for sharing your insight with us Robert. Thank you for sharing. The universe created itself…really? Lets think about that a moment. With all that man has made, has man truly created anything? Everything ever made by man has come from something.
In other words, we are to believe that the universe was and is a sentient being of some sort able to create itself at some point? I think not. Nothing can be made without thought involved, therefore it stands to reason that the universe did not create itself…someone created it…God.
The universe is so complex science does not even begin to understand it all, no chance it happened randomly or by itself. You mentioned conscience…how in the world can anyone believe that most all people have the same basic morals by chance?
An entire species believes in the same basic values by chance? Not hardly. Billions of people, many, many different cultures, many different beliefs, different religions, a whole host of different locales…all believe in some basic morals and this just happened? How about birds? Some fly thousands of miles when they migrate…how do they know where to go? How did that knowledge get there? Geckos can walk on any surface even glass…upside down. The human DNA…extremely complex, even science now admits intelligent design.
Many will not publically admit it or they are fired. DNA happened by chance? That is about as likely as a computer forming itself out of parts laying around on a table. How about this? They worship trees, the sun, the moon, the stars, nature, the divine mother, guiding spirits demons , animals, the list goes on.
How is it that this need got there in almost all people? It is simply preposterous to think it happened by itself. Ask many people if they feel those who do not believe in God if there is something missing in their lives…and if they are honest they will often answer yes…that something is God. Thank you so much Greg for your kind words! It really blessed me to read your comment. You are so knowledgeable in the area of apologetics. There are many people that are coming from the search engines and that are finding this article.
They are reading this article as well as my testimony. So now when atheists read the comments section and they come across your comment, God is going to use it to further do a work in their hearts. Greg I want to ask you a question: are you going to take up blogging again? Maybe try starting a new blog or something? I had a link to your blog to Believing God Today but I had to remove it since that site is removed. I see that God has given you so many talents, and it blessed me as well as my followers whenever I would share your articles on Twitter.
Please please please Greg, will you consider taking up blogging again? Firstly let me point out that you made some interesting points that are worth discussing. In addition, some of your examples are easily explainable by current day science and understanding.
Especially considering the vast majority of species on this planet are very well understood when taking into account natural selection. Can you reason that there is literally no other explanation besides god? How do you know? How do you know that nothing can or can not create something? How do we know that there was nothing? Because it might not make sense to you? The laws of physics as we know them completely break down prior to the start of our universe prior to the big bang.
There very well could of been. There also very well could of been an unintelligent creator. Then why should the theory of evolution be true, which is nothing more than a theory based on theories, the basis of which is to annihilate the Creator.
A theory that cannot be proven should not be taught as a fact. Doing this is religious. Bless you for doing so…I have an author on my site who does the same. Everything that was brought into existence was caused to exist. Can you have an infinite regression of causes? But, it is impossible to cross an infinite. Furthermore, without a first cause, there cannot be a second or a third, etc. So, it seems that there must be a single uncaused cause.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the proof that He is God, and to this historical fact everyone can agree God does exist. But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead. Pingback: Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God.
Pingback: Most Popular Blog Posts of Thank you for your efforts and for the inspiration! Fantastic article and comments. But none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah was 3days and 3 nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of Man will be 3days and 3 nights in the heart of the earth. Basically Jesus is warning us, this is your last sign! So His greatest sign is also the last until he comes again, lest anyone believe in a sign instead of the messiah himself.
You hit the nail on the head Trevor. I think the last sign that Jesus gave the world is the resurrection. Put those together and you have undeniable evidence.
Nonetheless, I agree with all. God bless and thanks. Thank you very much Hello World for your kind words. Add up the digits you get Add up the digits in each of the following 42 factors of the first hundred factors of The Speed of Light You Get Add The digits for those factors of the Speed of Light you get 27 yet again. And yes when you add the digits of 27 Cubed You Get The Diameter of the Observable Universe is 93 billion light years.
Accounting for leap years and measuring a year as Thank you Paul for sharing this information. Would you happen to recommend any further reading about it? And if you measure the speed of light in km per second, the value is approximately , Praise the lord.
I have never been a non believer of God or any greater being, but often find my self questioning his existence and my own. I appreciate you taking time to put this down for future Christians like me who just need that little bit of knowledge to push their faith to the limit.
I have to give credit where credit is due. It all belongs to God and none to me. If you ever need someone to talk to, just hit me up and I will give you my personal email address. I believe in my heart we will all make it too heaven. The Universal Matrix proves that God exists in the Trinity. When God comes back and choose the chosen. The bible says he will burn everything on earth and purify it. Thank you very much HoussamFor your very kind words and your nice comment. It is okay for someone to believe in a god.
The comfort it brings concerning the issue of death is powerful. Plus, the social network of your church members sharing life issues such as newborns, weddings, and even the passing away of loved ones…. Remember, people of other religions feel just as strongly for their beliefs as you do yours.
The issue about proving the existence of your personal god is useless. Christian apologist Dr. What you are doing is starting at the position that there is a god and then trying with all your might to come up with something that will justify your belief in a god. Why try and fail? Just admit that you believe on faith and leave it at that. Unless, this trying to prove the existence of god is really for you and the doubts you have, but embarrassed to share with other Christians. Start with Bart Ehrman books.
He is a New Testament scholar who changed from Christian to agnostic. Find out why. Think for yourself. Find out why they come to this conclusion. And whatever you decide on, accept and leave the debating for people who feel threatened by their beliefs. As a former atheist, I had exactly the same views as you when it came to Christianity as well as other religions.
I can understand why that makes sense to you. What I do believe is that one can bring forth evidence. You know the kind that someone sitting on a jury would get when sitting in a trial?
So here I am giving evidence as to why I believe Stephen Hawking is dead wrong about there not being a God. Yet, his statement about there being no God is an absolute statement There is no God when he really should have made it a belief statement I believe that there is no God.
What about dinosaurs where do they come into play? If Adam and Eve were the first creations surely they would have known about dinosaurs and you think you would have read about it in the Bible with there destructive powers killing and eating people you think you would have read about the giant beasts and how God saved everybody from them or somthig to that nature.
If they did live in biblical times Noah would of had them on the Ark and they should be alive still today. If they were on the ark there are some dinosaurs that are so big the ark would have never floated. I know some other skeptics who have had similar questions as well as doubts about the Bible. Some of these skeptics have overcome the dinosaur question by looking at some alternative explanations that they had never read about before. Here you go David, check out these articles.
They offer interesting explanations and interpretations:. I am actually writing a book on the subject. And just like you have rightly said in this article, I questioned Stephen Hawkins declaration that the universe can create itself spontaneously out of nothing because of the existence of the force of gravity. How did the force of gravity came into existence and what was the force behind it?
It is important to know that what people called science is simply God himself. The force behind Universe is God. Why has science failed to proof many things is because God is unsearchable, his words says that the secret things belongs to God, and that it is the one he revealed that we can know. It is a mistake for people to try separate God and science.
They are one. Although, I find the fact that insisting that the existing God the Christian God is both contradictory to the post, and controversial to other religions. I will explain each:. Because it would lead us to dogma and traditions that may be the main reasons behind atheism. To me, the arguments seem to favor the existence of the God of the Jews and Muslims i. One question: why did you say that this was a logical? It is not the part of uncreated creator, it is the insertion that it is Jesus Christ.
Which is why I would conclude from thos post, the existance of a Supreme of all God… Unchanging, unmatched, non-spatial, like the God of the Jews and Muslims. Steve, my fiend. I believe he is the same entity in both stories of the Jews and the Muslims, despite the difference in the names they call him, and they ways they worship him.
The traditional Jewish view God does not differ from the Muslim view. The three religions supposedly came from Him. Then Some Jewish scholars introduced new views about Him which was debated amongst them, and Christians introduced and adopted the trinity after Nicea. However, many Jews today still hold the traditional view of God, which is exactly the view of Muslims. A reason of all reasons, a first and a last, an all-knowing all-merciful all-powerful entity that we relate to through worship.
Minor variations exist between sects of both religions reagrding whether he is a person or a force or has an image or not — for example, but do not make them different.
This is why I disagree with your claim that they are two different Gods. Both Muslims and Jews believe that He is the one true creator, none existed before Him, and he will exist forever, transcending life and death. And they do not make images of Him, or claim He exists in other persons. The God of Judaism is appeased by the sacrificing of certain animals like sheep, goats, and oxen.
The God of Islam is not appeased by the sacrificing of these animals, but is appeased by good works. These two facts are in contradiction to each other and there is no way to be able to attribute them to the same God. But peter, in judaism, belief in God as the One God and doing good deads is what makes one go to heaven. In Islam, it is the same. Which means sacrifice and good deeds are attributed to the same God.
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