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TechnoratiIt’s always interesting to me when I hear people share what they believe about the existence of God and which God they believe in. Some people believe in Allah, others in nothingness (ala “The Buddha”), some in an accommodating God who accepts everyone and others in no God at all. Hindus believe there are something like three hundred million gods!
It’s even more interesting to me when I hear why people believe what they believe about God. Ask most people from most religions why they believe what they believe and they’ll give an answer that swirls around their holy book. But which holy book is right? Is it the Bible? The Koran? The Book of Mormon? Tom Cruise’s handy guide to all things Scientology?
Some say they believe what they believe about God because of the difference he, she or it has made in their lives. But just because something has made a difference doesn’t make that something God. And if a Muslim, Christian, Mormon and Jew all claim that their God has made a difference in their lives then which god is the real God?
There’s a hymn (a old timey church worship song) that makes reference to Christ’s resurrection. It goes, “you ask me how I know he lives, he lives within my heart.” But if you ask a Mormon why they believe the Book of Mormon is true and they’ll respond that they get a burning in their bosom when they read it. And you ask a Muslim and they’ll tell you the difference Allah has made in their lives.
So how do you know? How can you know?
Let me tell you how I know. Le me take you on my personal journey of embracing Jesus as the only way of salvation and the God of the Bible being the true and only God.
As a young child I always found myself staring up into the sky looking at the stars, especially when we went camping in the mountains. I remember thinking that al this stuff had to come from Someone way bigger than me. That Someone had to be big, strong, smart and totally in control. That Someone had to be God. Little did I know that I was engaging in what some call The Teleological Argument. It simply goes like this: design requires a designer.
You don’t look at a beautiful painting and think “Wow, what an accident!” You think, “Wow, what an artist!” The same is true of the ultimate masterpiece, the universe itself. There had to be a big brain behind the intricate design of it all. There had to be a big power behind it all to make the concept a reality. From the amazing human body to the vastness of the universe to the surprisingly complex world of the micro universe (protons, neutrons, quarks, etc) there has to be a God.
I knew it as a child and so did you. Romans 1:19-20 reminds us that we all knew it, “since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.”
Down deep inside we all know there is a God. The universe makes that clear. Atheistic evolution is just a smokescreen to keep us from seeing His Presence. But, inevitably, the fog lifts for all of us and in our heart of hearts we know He is there.
On June 23rd, 1974 I trusted in Jesus as my Savior. Through His Spirit He came to live inside my soul. It may not prove Christianity to anyone else but the changes I saw Him make in my life proved it to me. He gave me hope, purpose and forgiveness. My story was not enough to prove his existence to anyone else but it was more than enough for me. Continue »
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