This is really a suprising question from my vantage point as somone who has studied the Bible for 34 years. The evidence is really quite stunning and overwhelming. So much so, that this particular question will probrably have the longest and most detailed answer.
The evidence is so extensive that I will include a Sub Menu with the various topics for “Evidence that God exists”
In Creation, In Science, In Mathematics, In Your Body, In the Universe, In The Bible
In Creation
The Sun has not been in our solar system forever, the Universe has not been here forever. If the Universe had been here forever, Then the Sun in our solar system would have burned out already, in fact all of the stars in the Universe would have already burned out.
The second law of thermodynamics, the law of Entropy states that everything in the Universe is wearing out, winding down, running out of energy. Over time, energy becomes less and less usable.
This means that the Universe had to have a Beginning. It took the scientist quite a long time to admit this, but most credible scientists today admit that the Universe must have had a beginning.
How does the Bible start?
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning…
How did the Bible know there was a beginning? Perhaps we should pay some attention to this book! How did the Beginning, Begin? With a “Big Bang?” Where did the energy for the “Big Bang” come from? Why did it Bang just then? How did you get the human brain out of a “Big Bang?’
It is not possible that energy was just hanging out somewhere in the vastness of Space waiting to make a Big Bang because the energy would have entropied.
We are then driven by logic that there was a time when Nothing existed, because “Things” wear out.
The next step then is that you cannot get “Everything” out of “Nothing”. There had to be “Someone”.Someone who has no beginning and no end. How does God introduce Himself to Moses in the Bible?
Exodus 3:14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”
“I am the self existent One, without beginning, without end…”
As human beings, we cannot comprehend this kind of being, with no beginning and no end. Someone who has the power, knowledge and technology to create “Everything” out of “Nothing”.
It is interesting that in the first line of the first book in the Bible, it says this:
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
In the original language that this verse was written in, Hebrew, the word “Created” is “Bara”, which means to “Create from Nothing”.
How did the Bible know that the Universe was created from nothing, since energy could not have existed before, just waiting for a Big Bang, since all energy runs down over time?
Psalms 19:1-6 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. 2 Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
6 Its rising is from one end of heaven, And its circuit to the other end; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
2 Corinthians 4:18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
The Power, Wisdom, Glory, and Intelligence of God, His capacity to create is evident by the intricate, balanced, well ordered and detailed creation that we see all around us. And this all happened by accident? Illogical!
We can see more than enough evidence in Creation that an intelligence made everything, but these things do not tell us about Him as a person. His Love, His Passion, His Patience, His Purpose, for mankind and what has gone wrong between us and Him and more importantly, how that relationship can be restored. These things we can only know by His Word.
Jesus said this:
John 4:24 God is Spirit…
Interesting because a “Spirit” cannot entropy. The Bible says that we are Spirit beings living inside a physical body. It takes an intelligent revelation to know God. He must reveal Himself to us. Man by wisdom cannot find God, He must chose to reveal Himself to us. So that we can understand Him, His Love and His purpose, and He will have to do it with “Words“.
Why Words? We will answer this question and many more as we come back to this subject later…
