Simply True, God

 God is Real

We are currently discussing simple truth. The truth is simple. It exists if you like it, or believe it, or not. It just IS. Truth has no agenda. Truth is. Nothing else matters. Truth is. Everything else is perception. Everything else is interpretation. Truth just is. It doesn't have a desire to be justified. It cares not for your opinion or acceptance. It just is, if you believe in it or not.

Last time, we talked about the importance of knowing what the truth is. Why? Truth in all things exists. The importance of knowing the truth is simple. Once you know the truth, you will never fall for a lie. Today, we are going to talk about God Himself.

I want to present you with two possibilities. Two theories. At least the two most popular. I really want you to think about this for yourselves. I want you to apply logic. I want you to truly analyze the evidence and make up your mind, about which of these two actually makes more sense.

First? Look around. There is nothing. Zero. Like a plain canvas, no, wait, there is not even a canvas. No universe. No galaxies. No sun, moon, stars. No earth. Nothing. Then, one day, BANG! Something came from nothing. I know I know, this is not scientifically possible. I understand this is not mathematically possible. But this is what some tell us we need to believe.

Then one day, one single cell organism somehow comes about from again, nothing. It finds its place in a pool of ooze which also must have come from nothing. I know, again scientifically impossible. But let's just keep going. From this one and first something, came all things. Trees, to mosquitoes. birds and fish. Hot-blooded and cold-blooded. cats, dogs, and people.

Yes, I understand that we have learned that this is not possible either. Not scientifically. We now know of DNA and we know none of this is related. Hot-blooded and cold-blooded as totally different and cannot be related. But this is what we are told to believe. Science?

When I debate some of these people, I ask a simple question. What is Science? I usually get an answer like this. "Science is knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws, especially as obtained and tested through the scientific method." Ok. What is the "scientific method?" They answer "the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses." I then ask if they allow for all possibilities when doing this. They usually say "Yes. Of course. If not, it would be junk science. It would be incomplete. It would not be real."

Now after all this I ask them, "Ok, so where did the first something come from? "Well, we just do not know yet. Then, of course, I ask the question that usually ends the conversation. "What about God?" "GOD?!?! I thought we were talking about science. You are one of those. Sorry, you just cannot understand science. There is no God therefore He cannot be the cause of evolution."

Uh? So? You exclude even the possibility of God, yet you cling to a scientifically impossible theory of something coming from nothing? Junk science. Incomplete. Not real. Let me give you the other theory.

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1

God created the universe. He breathed out the stars and galaxies. and our sun, moon, and stars. He made the earth. Then?

"The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters." Genesis 1:2

In John, we read this.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was at the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made." John 1:1-3

I remember hearing this one day. "I see a painting. I know there was an artist. Why? Because there is a painting. We are here. Look around. Look up in the night skies. Which do you truly believe is more possible? Something from nothing? All things happened by accident? Or there is a Creator? An artist if you will that created all things?

Did we evolve from monkeys? Wait. Fish? Wait. No, we just became but still evolved?

"Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them." Genesis 1:26-27

You are not an accident. There is a plan and purpose for you and your life. The Creator created you to love you and for you to love Him. You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Science does not have to be opposed to the Bible. God created science. If science and the Bible appear to disagree? I submit to you that the science in question is wrong. Look at a couple of examples.

"For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life." Leviticus 17:11

Leviticus was written somewhere between 538–332 BC. During that time and many years after, it was thought to heal a sick person would be to bleed them. Actually removing their life force instead of attempting to heal the disease. In bloodletting, doctors use sharpened tools or leeches to drain “excess blood” from a patient in an effort to cure the patient’s illness. Bloodletting was an accepted medical procedure worldwide for 3,000 years until it was discredited as an ineffective medical practice in the late 19th century AD. Interesting side note, George Washington died in 1799, due to bloodletting.

"The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp." Leviticus 13:45-46

What does Science say is the best way to protect the healthy? As we learned through our battle with Covid? Identify the sick person. A 14-day quarantine. Face masks, and social distancing. Separation and the disease can in no way spread.

Here is one of my favorite of all time. For years science said the world was flat. Still, some today believe this. Not kidding. What does the Bible say?

"It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,

and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;

who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;" Isaiah 40:22

There are so many more. The position of the earth in space. Health and wellness. Even Jesus sweating blood has been proven true through science. It is called Hematidrosis or Hemohidrosis. What about all things evolving from a single cell organism?

The Bible claims that God created animals “after their kind.”

"And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third day." Genesis 1:11-13

Nineteenth-century biologists argued that animals evolved from other, very different animals, but today biology and DNA confirm that creatures reproduce within their own kind.

Over and over again, I'm told, that there is no God. I am foolish for believing in God. I love this statement that was just made to me a couple of weeks ago. "What does it matter if a God I do not believe in condemns me or my way of life? It does not matter because I do not believe in your God."

The sad truth is God is real. He exists. He is there. Look how Paul puts it in Romans 1

"For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. His invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse." Romans 1:19-20

There is a painting, therefore there must be an artist. Say that again. There is a painting, therefore there must be an artist. There is a creation, therefore there must be a Creator. It does not matter if you believe in God or not. He is real. You will stand before Him. Or rather?

"Turn to me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth!

For I am God, and there is no other.

By myself I have sworn;

from my mouth has gone out in righteousness

a word that shall not return:

‘To me, every knee shall bow,

every tongue shall swear allegiance." Isaiah 45:22-25

I can hear some of you now. "This is all well and good, but you are using the Bible to attempt to justify your position. What makes you think that the Bible is any more important than any other "holy book" that is out there. What makes the Bible true, and all others false?" This is what we will talk about next time.

Do you know Jesus as your Savior? Have you been adopted into the Family of God? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus's sacrifice for me. I believed He rose from the dead. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"

That's it. It really is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, you shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13

Until next time, be blessed, be a blessing, and Jesus is Lord!!