As believers, we have come to know and accept God. We believe He exists and has existed for eternity, past and future.
Yet, so many people struggle with where God truly exists. Whether God exists has been a philosophical, theological, and scientific debate for centuries. Believers affirm the existence of a divine being, while skeptics argue that there is insufficient evidence to support such a claim.
Humanity will always long to search for significance and purpose in this life. God can provide that significance and purpose in our lives.
God does not place flashing lights in the sky to say, “This is God; I am here,” This can be frustrating at times because we like things plain and straightforward. We want answers to our questions and the why behind them.
God has not chosen to reveal Himself in the ways we think He should. He has His ways.
While we can’t see God, He has allowed us to find and know Him.
Deuteronomy 4:29 NLT tells us, “But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.”
God can be found, but how do we know to seek Him? What about that remote island that never has heard of God or the gospel, for that matter?
Romans 1:18-20 NLT gives us an answer, “But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”
God has given everyone human the “knowing” that there is a God. Whether they pursue that truth or suppress it, it is their free will to do so.
From a philosophical, theological, and scientific standpoint, many arguments are used to prove God’s existence. I will touch on a few of them briefly.
First, there is the cosmological argument, one of the oldest and most widely discussed arguments for the existence of God. The idea is that the universe had a beginning. It had a cause or explanation beyond itself. A transcendent, uncaused, and necessary being—often referred to as God—is the best explanation.
Second is the teleological argument, which is an argument from design. This argument puts forth the complexity, order, and fine-tuning of the physical constants, and the beauty found in nature cannot be the result of mere chance. It points as evidence for God’s existence.
The last argument is the moral argument. This argument asserts that the existence of objective moral values (an objective moral law) implies the existence of a moral lawgiver. Therefore, there is an objective moral lawgiver, which is often equated with God. The idea here is that our innate sense of right and wrong and the universality of moral principles suggest a transcendent source for these values.
The question of God’s existence is profoundly complex and multifaceted, with arguments and evidence on both sides of the debate. No matter what, God has given us sufficient evidence to know and seek after Him.
As believers, this should humble us and invoke a heart of gratitude. God loves us and wants us to know Him. He sacrificed His Son to save us from a debt that we could not repay on our own.
I leave you with this quote from R. C. Sproul,
“The main problem with those who deny the existence of God is not intellectual. It is not because of insufficient information, or that God’s manifestation of himself in nature has been obscured. The atheists’ problem is not that they cannot know God, rather it is they do not want to know him. Man’s problem with the existence of God is not an intellectual problem; it is a moral problem.” For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men – Rom. 1:18.”
References
The Harvest Handbook of Apologetics What Is Truth? By Richard G. Howe (2018)
The Bible’s answers To 100 of Life’s biggest Questions By Norman L. Geisler and Jason Jimenez (2011)
