[By Ron Halbrook, adapted from Evidences for God and His Creation]
• Introduction
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The universe: God exists!
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
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• Introduction
2. Many ask, “How may I know God exists?”
3. Some things known by evidence
without sight & touch
Not by telescope or microscope
The atom, intelligence, love
Ancient people left evidence
Overwhelming evidence God exists!
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• Introduction
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Undeniable evidence for God
God’s glory in His creation
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Message to all men
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Message to all men
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night sheweth 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.
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4.
Undeniable evidence for God
God’s glory in His creation
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Majestic sun: evidence for God
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Majestic sun: evidence for God
4 …In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven,
and his circuit unto the ends of it:
and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
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• Introduction
4.
Undeniable evidence for God
God’s glory in His Word
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God’s glory in His Word
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:
the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart:
the commandment of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever:
the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous
altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned:
and in keeping of them there is great reward.
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4.
Undeniable evidence for God
Prayer for right relaltionship with God
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Prayer for right relaltionship with God
12 Who can understand his errors?
cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me:
then shall I be upright,
and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth,
and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in thy sight,
O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
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5. Summary of evidence for God
Cause & effect: Creator & creation
Intelligent design: Intelligent Designer
Man’s capacity to worship God: God exists
Why men deny God
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I. Cause & Effect: Creator & Creation
A. Cosmological Argument: The Universe
Must Have an Adequate Cause
Cosmology: Greek kosmos (order, form,
the world as an ordered whole) + logia (study)
Every effect has an adequate cause:
something comes from something,
nothing comes from nothing
The cosmos exists: what is the adequate cause?
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I. Cause & Effect: Creator & Creation
A. Cosmological Argument: The Universe
Must Have an Adequate Cause
The architect or builder of a house,
family, or nation is greater than itself
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The architect or builder of a house,
family, or nation is greater than itself
3 For this man [Christ] was counted worthy
of more glory than Moses,
inasmuch as he who hath builded the house
hath more honour than the house.
4 For every house is builded by some man;
but he that built all things is God.
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I. Cause & Effect: Creator & Creation
A. Cosmological Argument: The Universe
Must Have an Adequate Cause
If a watch is evidence of a maker,
how much more is the cosmos evidence of God!
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I. Cause & Effect: Creator & Creation
B. God: First Cause, Uncaused Cause
God, uncreated Creator
1 In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.
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I. Cause & Effect: Creator & Creation
B. God: First Cause, Uncaused Cause
Which is the more reasonable First Cause:
Eternal God OR eternal matter?
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Which is the more reasonable First Cause:
Eternal God OR Eternal Matter?
Intelligent
Power to will, plan
All-wise
Infinite power
to fulfill His plan
Infinite love,
good will
Non-intelligent
No power to will, plan
No wisdom
No power
to fulfill its no-plan
No love,
no good will
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I. Cause & Effect: Creator & Creation
B. God: First Cause, Uncaused Cause
Matter & energy are finite
 2nd law of thermodynamics: “The universe is…
growing old, wearing down, running down,
due ultimately to burn itself out….”
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God will destroy the universe
when its purpose is finished—
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it cannot perpetuate itself
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God will destroy the universe
when its purpose is finished—
it cannot perpetuate itself
10 But the day of the Lord will come
as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away
with a great noise,
and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat,
the earth also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up.
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
A. Teleological Argument: The Design & Order
of the Universe Require an Intelligent Designer
Teleology: Greek telos (end, purpose, design)
+ logia (study)
The universe reflects order & design,
not random chance—it is cosmos, not chaos
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
Plant, animal,
& human life reproduce after their kind: why?
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Plant, animal,
& human life reproduce after their kind: why?
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,
the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit
after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth:
and it was so.
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21 And God created great whales,
and every living creature that moveth,
which the waters brought forth abundantly,
after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
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24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth
the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing,
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and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Plant, animal,
& human life reproduce after their kind: why?
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth,
and subdue it:
and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air,
and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
Cycles & seasons of nature
sustain life: why?
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat, and summer and winter,
and day and night shall not cease.
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
Nature functions in a sequence
to sustain life: why?
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Nature functions in a sequence
to sustain life: why?
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving;
sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds,
who prepareth rain for the earth,
who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast his food,
and to the young ravens which cry.
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
The earth is tilted at the right angle (23 degrees)
to sustain life: why?
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
The earth rotates once per day on its axis
the right speed (1040 miles/hr; 1670 km/hr )
& orbits the sun once per yr. at the right speed
(18.5 miles/sec; 30 km/sec) to sustain life: why?
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The earth rotates once per day on its axis
the right speed (1040 miles/hr; 1670 km/hr )
& orbits the sun once per yr. at the right speed
(18.5 miles/sec; 30 km/sec) to sustain life: why?
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
The sun is the right temperature
(surface 10,000° F/ 5,600° C;
core 27,000,000° F/ 15,000,000° C)
& distance (93,000,000 miles/ 150,000,000 km)
from earth to sustain life: why?
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
The moon is the right distance from earth
(elliptical, oval orbit: 221,463 miles/ 356,334 km
to 251,968 miles/ 405,503 km)
to sustain life: why?
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
The earth’s atmosphere (bubble of air,
affects temperature & weather)
is the right thickness (248 miles/ 400 km)
to sustain life: why?
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
The earth’s crust is the right thickness
(6 miles/ 9.6 km oceanic;
35 miles/ 56 km continental)
to sustain life: why?
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
The oceans are the right depth
(ave. 2.6 miles/ 4.3 km;
deepest 7 mi/ 11 km)
to sustain life: why?
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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer
B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly,
Systematic, & Productive Way
Animal instincts sustain life:
young herring gulls tap a red spot
on the parent’s beak to be fed:
why?
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III. Man’s Capacity to Worship God: God Exists
A. Ontological Argument: Man’s Capacity
to Worship God Is Evidence for God’s Existence
Ontology: Greek on, ontos (being, existence,
what exists) + logia (study)
Evidence of God’s existence: man’s unique
capacity to seek, love, & worship God
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III. Man’s Capacity to Worship God: God Exists
B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence
of Corresponding Things (Counterparts)
The existence of males
implies females
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The existence of males
implies females
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth,
and subdue it:
and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air,
and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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III. Man’s Capacity to Worship God: God Exists
B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence
of Corresponding Things (Counterparts)
The existence of the belly
implies food
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats:
but God shall destroy both it and them.
Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord;
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and the Lord for the body.
III. Man’s Capacity to Worship God: God Exists
B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence
of Corresponding Things (Counterparts)
The existence of the body
implies God has a purpose for it
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats:
but God shall destroy both it and them.
Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord;
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and the Lord for the body.
III. Man’s Capacity to Worship God: God Exists
B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence
of Corresponding Things (Counterparts)
God gave man an innate capacity
to contemplate & seek eternity: God is there!
11 He has made every thing beautiful in its time.
He has also set eternity in the hearts of men;
yet they cannot fathom what God has done
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from beginning to end. (NIV)
III. Man’s Capacity to Worship God: God Exists
B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence
of Corresponding Things (Counterparts)
Man’s uniquely religious nature (seeking God,
good, & right) correspond to the existence of God
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B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence
of Corresponding Things (Counterparts)
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IV. Why Men Deny God
A. Historically Men Knew God But Rejected Him
Ingratitude & pride led them astray
21 Because that, when they knew God,
they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful;
but became vain in their imaginations,
and their foolish heart was darkened.
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IV. Why Men Deny God
A. Historically Men Knew God But Rejected Him
Ingratitude & pride led them astray
Their descendants are ignorant: we must teach!
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IV. Why Men Deny God
B. Some Men Have Not Considered the Evidence
Evidence is always available!
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
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IV. Why Men Deny God
B. Some Men Have Not Considered the Evidence
Some close their eyes to evidence
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of,
that by the word of God the heavens were of old,
and the earth standing out of the water
and in the water:
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IV. Why Men Deny God
C. Love of Sin Is the Root Cause
Denying God eases the conscience
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Denying God eases the conscience
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works,
there is none that doeth good.
2 The LORD looked down from heaven
upon the children of men,
to see if there were any that did understand,
and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside,
they are all together become filthy:
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
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• Conclusion
1.
The universe: God exists!
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
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• Conclusion
2. Summary of evidence for God
Cause & effect: Creator & creation
Intelligent design: Intelligent Designer
Man’s capacity to worship God: God exists
Why men deny God
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• Conclusion
3. God patiently awaits sinners to seek Him!
God sent the Savior!
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned.
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