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There is a God

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In my earlier days in the church there was an old hymn, number 728b in most of the older song books, that is still one of my favorite hymns.  The chorus states that there is a God and that He is alive!  Indeed, the existence of God is one of the central tenants of any religion.  As more and more people in our world and in our nation have questioned the existence of an all-knowing, all-powerful being, just what are we to think?  Is there really a God?

The short answer is yes, there is a God.  He is the God we read about in the Bible.  However, since many skeptics that we are likely to encounter do not believe the Bible, let us rather look to science and logic in this moment for our proof.

Science has shown two major issues with regards to what we can see.  The first is that matter, stuff, is not eternal.  Matter has not always been here.  Matter has a born-on date.  If that is the case, then where did matter (all that we can see, touch, taste, and smell) come from?  This is one thing that science cannot explain.  Secondly, if there was once nothing (no matter), how is it that there now is something (the world that we live in)?  Matter does not just spontaneously appear.  Cars and houses do not magically appear out of nowhere.  They must be designed and built by someone.  Scripture has an answer for this.  The Bible states, “For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God” (Hebrews 3:4, NKJV).

In looking at these two scientific facts, let us reason logically about what this means.  If there once was nothing, why isn’t there nothing now?  Since there is something now (the universe), just how did that come into being?  There had to have been a cause.  Since matter is not eternal, there had to be a beginning of its existence.  Everything that begins to exist must have a cause.  The universe began to exist at some point in the past.  Therefore, the universe must have had a cause.  That cause has to be a superior being who has always existed.  Matter is not eternal, but the mind of God is.

Science and logic tell us that there must be a God.  Therefore, it is incumbent upon us that we seek Him out and learn about Him.  We cannot find God through our feelings or by a blind leap in the dark.  That would not be logical nor scientific.  We must follow the evidence and go where it leads.  Surely, a God who created us and all things would want to communicate with us.  He has.  “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds” (Hebrews 1:1-2).  Let us not refuse Him who has spoken to us from heaven (Hebrews 12:25).

Much Ado About (Next to) Nothing

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1410083904547_wps_9_Television_Programme_Step     In the news this week is a story about the “God particle” that scientists and evolutionists are eagerly anticipating will help them to understand the origin of the universe.  This surfaced in the news this week, because of the preface to a new book by famed physicist Stephen Hawking.  He warns that the experiments in particle collision to try to ‘recreate’ the God particle could lead to a cataclysmic catastrophe that we would never see coming.  Hawking warns that a vacuum caused by the particle could lead to a sudden collapse of time and space.

     Not to worry, though, as additional scientists point out that the collider to cause this catastrophe would have to be larger than the earth.  In the “current economic climate” this is seen as something that would be impossible to construct.  Really?!  One wonders where they would build this experiment that would have to be larger than the earth (anyone have a few acres they could contribute?).

     The idea of the “God particle” was first conceived by British scientist Peter Higgs in the 1960’s, and was ‘discovered’ in 2012.  Scientists believe that this particle creates an invisible energy field that causes small particles to gain mass and shape as they pass through the field.  Let’s break that down.  What they are looking for is a force that would cause small particles from the Big Bang to grow in mass (size) and that would shape them into planets, stars, comets, asteroids, etc.  Um, have you heard of God?

     What most people will fail to realize is that this does not explain the origin of the universe.  Where did the small particles come from?  Where did the initial energy and material come from to create the supposed Big Bang?  Evolutionary ‘scientists’ can kick the can down the road as far as they like, but they still cannot answer these fundamental questions about the origin of the universe and all that is in it.  True scientific laws of nature show that matter could not have been created out of nothing, without some sort of supernatural direction.  Therefore, they are arguing against science.

     In the news article the statement is made that this “God particle” has been confirmed by recent scientific discovery, but then there is a statement that scientists do not fully understand it all yet.  So which is it?  Have they really discovered something?  How can they claim to have discovered something that gives them understanding, and then turn around and say that they still don’t understand it?  Their argument would seem to beg the question.

     As for the potential destruction of the planet by the “God particle,” the question would be who is it that holds the future of the universe in their hands?  Is it the population of a small, seemingly insignificant planet when compared to the vastness of the universe, or an all knowing, all powerful God, who created it all (Gen. 1:1; Psalm 19:1; Heb. 1:3)?  God has said, “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease” (Gen. 8:22 NKJV).  It is God who is in control.  It is God who has made all that is seen and unseen.  It is God who will decide when the end will come (Mat. 24:36).

Did We Get Something From Nothing?

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Evolutionary scientists have struggled to adequately explain the origin of the universe since, without an outside force (God), the beginnings of all things cannot be scientifically proven. Indeed, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, scientific laws of matter and energy, prove just the opposite conclusion that evolutionists would have us believe. In the end we see that it takes a greater amount of blind faith in the so called ‘scientific experts’ in order to believe in a God-less evolution, than the faith based on tangible evidence in God’s creation of the universe and all that is in it.

The first law of thermodynamics clearly states that matter/energy cannot be created or destroyed within the confines of nature. In accordance with this law, matter could not have created itself, or just suddenly appeared from nothing. What this means to us is that the matter in the universe could not have spontaneously appeared. The material that makes up our planet, our solar system, and the universe therefore had to come from somewhere. To suggest that matter suddenly came into being from nothing, as some evolutionists maintain, is to argue against unchangeable, natural laws.

The second law of thermodynamics states that as systems age they fall victim to entropy. This means that things tend to decline, or wear out, over time. We can certainly look around us and see that this is the case. If we do not maintain a car’s engine, for instance, how long will it be before the motor seizes up and fails to function as designed? We only need to look at our own bodies to see that over time we wear out and break down. When we compare this scientific law to the idea that life progressed and became more sophisticated over the course of time, we can see that the idea that we all evolved from a single celled organism is not in tune with the unchangeable laws of science.

Now imagine, if you will, that you drive to the shores of Lake Erie in northern Ohio. Once you arrive at the lake, you completely disassemble your vehicle and put all of the parts, the oil, the gasoline, the antifreeze, etc. into the lake. This becomes our ‘primordial soup’ if you will. Then you get a ride (since you disassembled your car) to the bottom of Niagara Falls (outside energy force/”big bang” event). Standing at the bottom of the falls, you find your car after it had come over the massive waterfall. What’s more, your car is completely assembled and the engine is running. This is the blind faith, in events that cannot be proven, that it takes to believe in the macro-evolution process that so many people have the audacity to call “science.”

In contrast, consider the only other option, which is mandated by the obvious design that we see in the universe. That other option is that the universe and all that is in it was created by God as stated in Genesis 1:1. The evidence is all around us. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork” (Psalm 19:1, NKJV). When we take the time to fully consider the issue, we see that evolutionary theory cannot answer the question of the origin of the universe in the light of the scientific laws of nature designed by God.