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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
1. CREATION: That the material worlds had a beginning is not only declared by Scripture, but is confirmed by geology, astronomy, and other sciences. Everything begun owes its existence to some producing cause greater than its production. Since creations are great, the cause of them must be infinitely greater. The cause must be intelligent and personal, for force is not personal. It must be aside and apart from the things caused. This cause must be God who is the cause of all causes; and these facts must be concluded because of the nature of the various creations. To think of the vast creations of suns, solar systems, worlds, their inhabitants of intelligent beings, and of varied life without concluding that some intelligent being planned, designed, and brought them into existence is blind and willful unbelief. It is like thinking there is no intelligent person back of every watch, car, radio, television, or anything else made among men. If someone made all these things, certainly someone made the vast creations in space. The Heavens do declare the Glory of God. The firmament does show His handiwork [Ps. 19:1-6 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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; 8:3-4, note]. We can understand God by His creation [Rom. 1:19-20 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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; Job 12:7-25 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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2. DESIGN: The design and purpose of all creation prove an intelligent Designer to order and direct all things to useful ends. Nature without God in it is like man’s body without life in it, like a watch, radio, television, or any complicated machine without a designer, maker, and maintenance man. Who but God orders, arranges, and maintains the vast solar systems and all life on the planets to the minutest detail? Who caused the systems to run eternally in their own orbits and spheres without the slightest deviation from fixed law? Just as the Bible is not written and produced by the laws of spelling and grammar, but by intelligent minds according to those laws, so the book of the universe is not written by the laws of nature, but by an intelligent Being who made all things and upholds them by His own power [Heb. 1:13 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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]. Out of 5,300 pictures of snow-crystals catalogued no two are exactly alike. Each has 6 points crossing at a 60 degree angel. If one is like a fern it has 6 out-pointing leaves; if like a windmill, it has 6 sails; if like a starfish, 6 ribs; or if like a fir tree, 6 stems with plumes set in perfect symmetry. This makes 3 distinct angles to each flake. The Hebrew word for ‘snow’ equals 333 [Hebrew letters stand for numbers]. Could it not be that God has set His symbol of the Triune God in each flake? The average snow storm produces about 10000 billion crystals. Only an intelligent Being could design so many forms. This same infinite design is carried out with every detail of creation, proving an infinite mind. If design is seen in such details as snow how much more are they seen in larger and more visible creations in the earth and heavens?
3. INTUITION: This means direct, inborn, self-conscious, sense-perception knowledge; comprehension without effort or reasoning; instinctive knowledge. All men have an intuitive belief in God. Some have so ignored and killed out such natural faith by unnatural and destructive efforts that it is not recognized by them; but in times of sudden danger and in face of realities they automatically call out upon God for help. This proves the intuition is still there but suppressed. Such faith is as much a part of man’s faculties as breathing, eating, drinking, etc. It is as natural as the instinct of a chicken out of the shell who starts to pick in the sand around it for something to eat, or a calf who knows where to get its first dinner. The calf does not pick in the sand and a chicken would never think of going to a cow for its food. Nothing in nature has to be school-trained to learn how to act according to its own peculiar nature. So man does not have to learn that there is a God. He knows intuitively that there is one and that in Him he lives, moves, and has his own being [Acts 17:22-28 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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4. NATURE: Man’s moral and spiritual natures know there is a God who approves or condemns all acts of right or wrong. Conscience is the voice of God in man. Moral law makes him a responsible creature and requires him to consecrate himself to the highest good of being and of the universe. It must be that there is a God or moral nature is a lie. It lives in constant respect and fear of the pleasure or displeasure of Him. Man’s native moral obligation to moral law implies a moral Lawgiver and Moral Governor of the Universe. Willing or unwilling man lives in the sense of such Presence in his life and conduct. Conscience does not lay down the law but it recognizes it. Thus man’s moral and intellectual being proves the existence of God to whom he is responsible.
5. UNIVERSAL BELIEF: The vast majority of men in all ages and places have acknowledged the existence of God. The lowest tribes and the most destitute of religion as well as the highest civilized and religious have equally believed in a supreme being. Such is manifest in the manners, customs, literature, religion, and conduct of all men [Rom. 1:21-32 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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6. UNIVERSAL HUNGER: When a person is physically hungry we know that the hunger argues and demands something to satisfy it. When a man hungers for God that hunger argues and demands Someone or Something to satisfy it. All men hunger for soul satisfaction and long for a Saviour and a Deliverer from all the ills and curses of life. There must be supreme Being capable of meeting this universal craving when men turn to Him and meet His terms of reconciliation and fellowship [Jn. 3:16-20 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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7. DEPENDENCE AND NECESSITY: All men of all ages and places not only recognize the existence of a supreme Being, but they, at times, recognize their dependence upon Him and an absolute necessity for His blessings to sustain life. They realize their own helplessness and long for and call upon God for help in times of need [Ps. 107:1-43 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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8. HARMONY: To believe in the existence of God is the only natural, normal, practical, beneficial, satisfying, factual, necessary, and Scriptural way to believe. When one has the key that will unlock a door he knows he has the right key. Even so, when one has the answer to every question, the explanation of every mystery, the satisfaction to every hunger and desire, the answer to the perplexing problems of the past, present, and future, he knows that he is right in believing there is a God. Atheism is not the answer to one problem. It makes lies of nature, creation, the Bible, and God and leaves helpless and floundering man a victim of misery and despair.
9. HISTORY: The record of events in all history gives overwhelming evidence of the existence and providence of God – in the rise and fall of nations, the preservation of races; the government of peoples; and innumerable events which had no natural or possible explanation other than the acts of a supernatural Being called GOD. Multitudes of men have been blessed by Him and redeemed from lives of sin and shame. Some have seen God with the natural eyes; others have had visions and revelations from Him; and still others have known God in an intimate and personal way. These millions of actual contacts and experiences cannot be denied. Healings, miracles, deliverances, and real contacts with God have revolutionized individual lives and whole nations times without number. To deny the existence of God is as foolish as to deny the creation, electricity, heat, light, cold and innumerable other things, seen and unseen. Multitudes today can testify of changed lives by faith in God, answers to prayer, and personal experiences of many kinds. While this is true among Christians, not one infidel, agnostic, or atheist can boast of any benefit whatsoever from his unbelief. The acid test of Christianity and atheism is the actual benefits of their converts!
10. SCRIPTURES: The Bible begins by assuming the existence of God and His creation of all things [Gen: 1:1; Job 38-40 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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]. In over 20,000 statements about God in Scripture we get to know all that we need to know about the subject [further notes: r, Jn. 4:24 [show/hide]ERROR: You have exceeded your quota of 5000 requests per day.
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Dake A.R.B.]
- Dake Annotated Reference Bible: page 623.