06 Sep Following The Evidence #26
Most important evidence for the existence of God is that He can be personally known and experienced. Knowing Him changed my life. For those who listen God becomes a personal reality in their lives. Down through history Christians have found through Jesus a personal acquaintance with God that has transformed their lives. The good thing is that atheists tend to be very passionate people and want to believe in something. If they would only put aside the slogans for a moment and re-examine their worldview in light of the best philosophical, scientific, and historical evidence we have today, then they, too, would find that Jesus was who he claimed to be!
I would like to suggest that you do what I did – At the age of 18, over 50 years ago, I earnestly prayed that if God was “out there” that He would reveal himself to me. Over the next two years as I continued my search, He did! We have Much more evidence to follow, but for now I would like to suggest you get hold of a copy of the Bible and read the Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus. Or you can read my favourite book in the Old Testament, Ecclesiastes. When I first read it, I said to myself, “Hey, this is saying the same things I was asking in my pre-Christian days.” Jesus said, “This is life eternal, that they may know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” John 17:3. Moses, speaking for God said,” I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So, choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,” Deuteronomy 30:19 NASB. In His Sermon on the Mount Jesus said, “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” Matt 6:33 NLT. Seeking God should be our priority in life because life is very short, and eternity is very long! Stay on the evidence trail with me!
The great American philosopher William James once made a very profound statement that I like. He said, “We may be in the universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries. Seeing the books and hearing the conversation but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.” I think that the sceptic needs to ask himself: how do I know that I am not wrong? That I am like this dog or cat in a library filled with knowledge and with meaning and I simply don’t apprehend it. There are those who claim to have found this meaning and this source of existence. And they can offer intelligent, defensible arguments in support of this view. Therefore, I think you owe it to yourself to begin to investigate it. If this message is the truth, if it is really the truth, then it is the greatest news ever announced. That the infinite God of the universe should love you and want you to be his friend. There can be no higher status that a human being can enjoy than that. So, you owe it to yourself to look into it.
Patricia Falanga
Posted at 13:09h, 27 OctoberIf only we all lived our lives according to the Sermon on the Mount.