“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen not made out of things that are visible…
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that He rewards
those who seek him.” Hebrews 11:3,6
Today God is under attack in every possible way. One of the main attacks is that there is no proof of a Creator. In fact “rational” men attribute the concept of God to the mental “weakness” of their
long ago ancestors who had to come up with a way to explain what they could not understand.
Today, however, “enlightened men of science” look at the world and the universe, start with an assumption there is no Creator, decree that all things came from from nothing and all life came from non-life and then jump in glee that their assertions have proven their claim. Besides the arrogance from the created being to say the creator does
not exist, the allegations of the anti-God, pseudo-intellectuals are highly hypocritical.
First is the issue of proof. The attack on God stems from the “scientific” foundation that God cannot be proven. The atheist makes two major mistakes here. First, God never claims there is proof He
exists. Over and over in Scripture we are told by God that the only way we can come to Him is by faith. Hebrews 11 makes it crystal clear – “we must believe He exists”. This does not mean there is no evidence that God exists. The atheist equates proof and evidence yet they are two very different things.Evidence is presented in a courtroom. An advocate (lawyer) presents data that is collected to build a foundation on which a jury can make a judgment. Evidence foes not always quite to proof as the number of innocent people who have been sent to jail (or the guilty who have been let off) proves. Our faith is not blind or uninformed. God provides significant evidence that confirms His existence and His character. We are told the design and beauty of nature points us to God (Psalm 19:1) so that all men are without excuse (Romans 1:20). We have fulfilled prophecies of the Messiah and other verifiable historical events. We have Scripture written by 40 authors over 1500 years without error or contradiction, there are eyewitness documented accounts, there is an empty tomb in Jerusalem, there is the perfect life of Christ, the transformed lives of those who changed the world following His resurrection and finally the completely accurate archaeological and historical accounts.
Why is this important? Because the atheist-evolutionist has no proof of his beliefs. This is such a weak point in their argument they now try to separate their origin of life (abiogenesis) theory from the concept of evolution. The point is they must address how life began and they have zero proof to support their theory. They will argue this is what they were taught in school (hearsay evidence from authors who have a preconceived bias against God), they will argue they have experiments (not proof), they claim they have fossils (imprints of bones from which they speculate assumptions that support their theory). When pinned down and made to support their beliefs the fallacy of the atheist-evolutionist falls apart for they cannot do what they claim – prove by scientific fact that evolution is the way life began and thus there is no God.
What can we learn? Never be ashamed of your faith. We do not have a mindless belief in God but faith based on evidence found in the word of God and supported by true science. At the same time never get into an argument that God can be proved because God is only received by faith. Just remember the atheist has no proof – they must accept their worldview by faith as well because there is no assurance or prove that what they believe is right. Instead they take a few pieces of ”evidence” and a lot of hearsay opinions by biased “experts” and claim it is “proof”. When that happens demand they produce the proof they claim exists. When they can’t, they must be confronted that they believe by faith, exactly what they criticize Christians for. Then
point to the tangible verifiable evidence that God exists. They likely won’t accept the argument but that does not change the truth. He lives!