Is anyone there?

This is the fundamental question. If God does not exist, searching for him is pointless: for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists.¹  While it is impossible to ‘prove’ God in a mathematical sense, the evidence is very convincing.

Take the existence of the universe. To call it the result of an ‘accident’ raises many questions — and answers none. The same is true of the ‘Big Bang’ theory. Where, for instance, did the raw materials come from? Not even a ‘big bang’ can make something out of nothing! The evolutionary idea is widespread, but just as weak; how can ‘nothing’ evolve into ‘something’, let alone earth’s amazingly complex life forms?²

All other theories are equally fragile. The only satisfactory explanation is this: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Our world is not the random result of a gigantic fluke involving ingredients that were ‘always there’. Instead, the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. Creation had a beginning, and it was God who brought it into being.  For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

This is reinforced by the amazing order and design seen everywhere and by the universal laws which hold everything together, from the vastness of outer space to microscopic organisms. But design demands a designer and laws a law-giver — and God is both! God … made the world and and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth.

But the strongest ‘creation evidence’ is man himself. Unlike other living creatures, man has something we call ‘personality’; he makes intelligent choices, has a conscience and can distinguish between right and wrong. He is capable of love and compassion. Above all, he has an instinct to worship. Where did he get these qualities? Neither evolution nor an avalanche of accidents could have produced them. The clearest answer is this: then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. Man is not an accident; he is fearfully and wonderfully made by the Creator of the  universe.

1. All words in italic type (other than book titles) are quotations from the Bible as indicated at the end of each question.

Hebrews 11:6, Genesis 1:1, Hebrews 11:3, Psalm 33:9, Acts 17:24, Genesis 2:7, Psalm 139:14

2. This is a major and complex issue, impossible to discuss here. If evolution is a genuine problem to you, read Evolution, Fact or Fiction? by John Blanchard (Evangelical Press).