For Those Who Do Not Beleve In ... God

River Church of the Mall of America Podcast
These are my notes from the Podcast. All scriptures are King James Version.

For Those Who Do Not Believe in... God (1st of 5 part series)
Chris Reinertson
March 12, 2006

God cannot be proved. He can not be put in a test tube and given a litmus test. There are evidences beyond a shadow of a doubt that He does exist. We will be like a jury and decide the evidence.

1. Who created the big bang? This is called the cosmological argument. What is the reason for the world? Any thing that has a beginning has to be caused by something. Something caused the world to be made, what was it? Many scientist believed that the universe was eternal. That is not the theory now. They believe now that there was a shower of photons causing and explosion. Photons are light.
   Gen 1:3
   (3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
   
2. BF engine evidence. BF = bacterial flagella. Bacteria have a motor, flagella, that can produce huge speeds at such an incredibly small size. Look at that, it seems that something intelligent created. This is tealogical evidence. If there is a design, there is something that created that design. Another example is the DNA that creates us. Such complicated design had to be created by an intelligent designer. This is not the way that nature produces things. Statistically this is a near impossibility.
   Psa 19:1-4
   (1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.
   (2) Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.
   (3) There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
   (4) Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
   
3. That is not fair argument. We all have a moral compass in us that tells us right from wrong. If God does not exist we have social Darwinism. The rules get thrown out and anyone does what he or she wants. Survival of the ones that have the greater power. Why do we have that moral compass in us? This goes back through many civilizations.
   Gen 1:27 (27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
   
4. Humaness of Humans. Where does your personality come from? What makes us unique?
   Psa 139:13-14 (13) For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. (14) I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
   We human beings have a deep down need to know there is a spiritual being out there. We seek God like hunger drives us to seek food. Who put that there?
   Ecc 3:11 (11) He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
5. True human forgiveness. Have you ever watched a person be hurt and be angry and then lovingly forgive them. This is the testimonial argument. When they seek God, they find Him in the person of Jesus Christ. There is a loving God who exist that forgives us. He changes peoples lives in a real way.

Your destiny depends on how you decide as a juror.
Psa 34:8 (8) O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.