There is one simple question that is presented among many people, educators, scholars, teachers, and many others—Is God real? Does God exist? Can the existence of God be proven? The answer to these questions are yes. There is a God who is real and loves each and every human being regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, or language; there is no difference to God. The existence of God can be proven through the Holy Bible, prophecies, and nature.
The Bible has been a massive influence on literature and history. As you may already know, it is arguably the most popular book of all time, with about 5 billion copies sold in total. It is considered to be the most influential and best-selling book of all time by many people, scholars, educators, etc. Even today, the Bible is still selling 100 million copies annually. The Bible is composed of 66 books by 40 different writers over millenniums, yet it has one consistent storyline going all the way through, and it has just one ultimate author—God. How could this book be written by so many people, but just have one author? Well, God is very unique, and is unpredictable in many different ways. The Bible was written mostly by regular people of all kinds such as doctors, fishermen, tax collectors, and they were all inspired through God. Each writer of the books within the Bible had their own style and touch. They used their own minds, yet all of them were guided by the Holy Spirit, which also meant that there was no error in their work. By this, the Bible is understood by Christians to be a book without error. Throughout history, God provided a “map” for us through the Bible. Many signs were shown through His prophets. With all things considered, the Bible is one of the most reliable pieces of writing to this day, and it is a piece that proves God’s existence.
Every prophecy has come true exactly the way it was presented in the Bible. One major feature that separates the Bible from any other book is its ability to correctly predict upcoming events in the future. For example, the Old Testament is the part of the Bible written hundreds of years before Jesus’ birth, but still contains over 300 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled throughout His life including His death and resurrection. An example of a prophecy that was fulfilled was when Jesus predicted His own death. “He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.” (Mark 8:31 NIV) Jesus simply predicted that he would be rejected and killed, then come back to life after three days. This actually occurred in the Bible, when Jesus was crucified by the Romans. The prophecies show the reliability of the Bible, which are not sent by men but by God.
When it comes to the possibility of God's existence, the Bible says that there are people who have seen enough evidence to believe in Him. For example, in 1947, Bedouin shepherds discovered some scrolls carefully placed in ten tall jars. Many of the documents contained biblical texts. Either fragments or complete copies were found of every book in the Old Testament. They had been placed in these caves around the middle of the first century AD, and the amazing fact is that they had lain there undisturbed for 1900 years! But why are these Dead Sea Scrolls so important for us? The reason is that before this discovery the earliest manuscripts of biblical texts dated from the ninth century after Christ. On the other hand, for those who want to know if God is real, he says, 'You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you.' (Matthew 7:7-8) Before the facts surrounding God's existence, ask yourself, If God does exist, would I want to know Him? If so, here are some reasons to consider His existence. The complexity of Earth leads towards a divine, intelligent, and deliberate Designer who not only created the universe, but sustains it today.
Many examples in nature today lean towards a God/Creator. For example, the Earth; its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, extending about fifty miles above the Earth's surface. If it were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible and nonexistent. Earth is the only known planet with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life. If it were any further away from the sun, we would all freeze, and if we were any closer we would burn up. Even a fractional difference in the Earth's position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible. The Earth remains this perfect distance from the sun while it rotates around the sun allowing it to rotate on its axis, making the entire surface of the Earth properly warmed and cooled every day. All this evidence has to point to singular God. Everything was created with such precision and accuracy that could not have occurred on its own. It was designed by God in such a specific manner that the creation of all this was definitely not just a coincidence. Some examples of nature created by God is water, the brain, the eyes, etc. Water is colorless, odorless and without taste, and yet no living thing can survive without it. The human brain processes an amazing amount of information. Your brain takes in all the colors and objects you see, the temperature around you, the sounds around you, the dryness of your mouth, and much more. The eye can distinguish among seven million colors. It has automatic focusing and handles an astounding 1.5 million messages.
Whereas, a belief like evolution focuses on mutations and changes from and within existing organisms, yet alone it does not fully explain how the eye or the brain came about, or what the source of it was. Evolution suggests that the start of living organisms are from nonliving matter, but how could something come from nothing? It is irrational to think that something came into existence from nothing, which completely violates causality. There had to be an intelligent designer to all this. The fact that there is a universe tells us that we need a creator. Creation demands a creator. As stated by astrophysicist Robert Jastrow, 'The seed of everything that has happened in the Universe was planted in that first instant; every star, every planet and every living creature in the Universe came into being as a result of events that were set in motion in the moment of the cosmic explosion...The Universe flashed into being, and we cannot find out what caused that to happen.” Scientists don’t even know how the Big Bang happened, therefore they have little evidence to back that idea up. The Big Bang is just a theory, and nothing more. The universe, energy, and all matter has a beginning, and therefore requires a cause. There is a God who exists and loves each and every human being regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, or language. The existence of God can be proved through the book of the Bible, prophecies, and nature.
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