The Case for God’s Existence
Psalm 19:1-6; Acts 17:22-29; Hebrews 1:1-2
The little girl was furiously drawing on her paper when the teacher asked, “What are you drawing?” The little girl promptly replied, “I’m drawing a picture of God.”
The teacher said gently, “But dear, no one knows what God looks like.” To which the girl answered, “They will when I’m done!”
You can’t pull up a picture of God and point to that as proof of his existence. So how do we know that God exists? Many philosophical arguments have been made through the years arguing for the existence of God, but there are other confirmations of God’s existence, including some we find in Scripture.
In Psalm 19, we read that the natural world itself points to the reality of a creator. “The heavens declare the glory of God,” the psalmist proclaims. From the majesty of the heavens to the intricate beauty of the molecule, nature itself makes the case for a designer.
Not only do we have the evidence of nature, the author of Hebrews tells us that we have the evidence of God’s Word given to us in two ways. First, we have the revelation of God through his prophets; that is given to us through his revealed truth in Scripture. Second, we have the supreme evidence of God in the form of his living Word, Jesus Christ. Jesus is God incarnate, the Word made flesh, and in him we have a portrait of the eternal God. A third argument for God’s existence is the internal evidence of our hearts and minds. There is something within us that recognizes there is more than what we can see with our eyes and touch with our hands on this earth.
In Acts 17, Paul is seeking to introduce Christ to the Athenians, and he starts by citing their own innate religious tendencies. In their folly, they have projected a pantheon of different gods, and even had an altar dedicated to “the unknown god,” just in case they missed one! Their hearts recognized the existence of God, and Paul came to introduce them to the one, true God. That is our privilege as well – to share the truth of God with a lost world!
Michael Duduit– Lessons by Michael Duduit, Dean of the College of Christian Studies and Professor of Christian Ministry at Anderson University in Anderson (www.auministry.com). He also serves as executive editor of Preaching magazine.