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By Ron Halbrook adapted from Evidences for God and His Creation Psalm 191 Introduction 1 Ps 191 The universe God exists 3 EVIDENCE GOD EXISTS 1 The heavens declare the glory of God ID: 277844

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EVIDENCE GOD EXISTS

[By Ron Halbrook, adapted from Evidences for God and His Creation]

Psalm 19:1Slide3

Introduction1. Ps. 19:1 The universe: God exists!3

EVIDENCE GOD EXISTS

1 The heavens declare the glory of God;

and the firmament

sheweth

his handywork.Slide4

Introduction2. 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!

4

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Introduction4. Ps. 19 Undeniable evidence for God Vv. 1-6 God’s glory in His creation Vv. 1-4 (a)

Message to all men 5

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Vv. 1-4 (a) Message to all men 6 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. Slide7

Introduction4. Ps. 19 Undeniable evidence for God Vv. 1-6 God’s glory in His creation Vv. 4 (b)

-6 Majestic sun: evidence for God 7

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Vv. 4 (b) -6 Majestic sun: evidence for God 8 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.Slide9

Introduction4. Ps. 19 Undeniable evidence for God Vv. 7-11 God’s glory in His Word9

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Vv. 7-11 God’s glory in His Word10 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.Slide11

Introduction4. Ps. 19 Undeniable evidence for God Vv. 12-14 Prayer for right relaltionship with God11

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Vv. 12-14 Prayer for right relaltionship with God12 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.Slide13

Introduction5. Summary of evidence for God Cause & effect: Creator & creation Intelligent design: Intelligent Designer Man’s capacity to worship God: God exists Why men deny God13

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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? 14

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I. Cause & Effect: Creator & Creation A. Cosmological Argument: The Universe Must Have an Adequate Cause Heb. 3:3-4 The architect or builder of a house, family, or nation is greater than itself15

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Heb. 3:3-4 The architect or builder of a house, family, or nation is greater than itself16 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.Slide17

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!17

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I. Cause & Effect: Creator & Creation B. God: First Cause, Uncaused Cause Gen. 1:1 God, uncreated Creator18

EVIDENCE GOD EXISTS

1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth

.Slide19

I. Cause & Effect: Creator & Creation B. God: First Cause, Uncaused Cause Which is the more reasonable First Cause: Eternal God OR eternal matter?19

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Which is the more reasonable First Cause: Eternal God OR Eternal Matter?20ETERNAL GOD

ETERNAL MATTERIntelligentNon-intelligent

Power to will, plan

No power

to will, plan

All-wise

No wisdom

Infinite power

to fulfill His plan

No power

to fulfill its no-plan

Infinite

love,

good will

No love,

no good willSlide21

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….” 2 Pet. 3:10 God will destroy the universe when its purpose is finished— it cannot perpetuate itself

21

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2 Pet. 3:10 God will destroy the universe when its purpose is finished— it cannot perpetuate itself22 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.Slide23

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

23

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II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly, Systematic, & Productive Way Gen. 1:11, 21, 24, 27-28 Plant, animal, & human life reproduce after their kind: why?24

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Gen. 1:11, 21, 24, 27-28 Plant, animal, & human life reproduce after their kind: why?25 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.---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- --------- ----------

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.---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- --------- ----------

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth

the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.Slide26

Gen. 1:11, 21, 24, 27-28 Plant, animal, & human life reproduce after their kind: why?26 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.Slide27

II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly, Systematic, & Productive Way Gen. 8:22 Cycles & seasons of nature sustain life: why? 27

EVIDENCE GOD EXISTS

22

While the earth

remaineth

, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter,

and

day and night shall not cease

.Slide28

II. Intelligent Design: Intelligent Designer B. The Universe Functions in an Orderly, Systematic, & Productive Way Ps. 147:7-9 Nature functions in a sequence to sustain life: why? 28

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Ps. 147:7-9 Nature functions in a sequence to sustain life: why? 29 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.Slide30

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?30

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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?31

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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?32Slide33

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?33

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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? 34

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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?35

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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? 36

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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?37

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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? 38

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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 God39

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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) Gen. 1:27-28 The existence of males implies females

40

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Gen. 1:27-28 The existence of males implies females41 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.Slide42

III. Man’s Capacity to Worship God: God Exists B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence of Corresponding Things (Counterparts) 1 Cor. 6:13 The existence of the belly implies food42

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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; and the Lord for the body

.Slide43

III. Man’s Capacity to Worship God: God Exists B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence of Corresponding Things (Counterparts) 1 Cor. 6:13 The existence of the body implies God has a purpose for it43

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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; and the Lord for the body

.Slide44

III. Man’s Capacity to Worship God: God Exists B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence of Corresponding Things (Counterparts) Eccl. 3:11 God gave man an innate capacity to contemplate & seek eternity: God is there!44

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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

from beginning to

end

.

(NIV)Slide45

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 God45

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B. The Existence of Some Things Is Evidence of Corresponding Things (Counterparts)46THIS

THAT

CORRESPONDS

Male

Female

Our body

God’s purpose

Belly

Food

We seek eternity

God is there

Our capacity for God

God existsSlide47

IV. Why Men Deny God A. Historically Men Knew God But Rejected Him Rom. 1:21 Ingratitude & pride led them astray47

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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

.Slide48

IV. Why Men Deny God A. Historically Men Knew God But Rejected Him Rom. 1:21 Ingratitude & pride led them astray Their descendants are ignorant: we must teach!48

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IV. Why Men Deny God B. Some Men Have Not Considered the Evidence Ps. 19:1 Evidence is always available!49

EVIDENCE GOD EXISTS

1 The heavens declare the glory of God;

and the firmament

sheweth

his

handywork

.Slide50

IV. Why Men Deny God B. Some Men Have Not Considered the Evidence 2 Pet. 3:5 Some close their eyes to evidence50

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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

:Slide51

IV. Why Men Deny God C. Love of Sin Is the Root Cause Ps. 14:1-3 Denying God eases the conscience51

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Ps. 14:1-3 Denying God eases the conscience52 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.Slide53

Conclusion1. Ps. 19:1 The universe: God exists!53

EVIDENCE GOD EXISTS

1 The heavens declare the glory of God;

and the firmament

sheweth

his handywork.Slide54

Conclusion2. Summary of evidence for God Cause & effect: Creator & creation Intelligent design: Intelligent Designer Man’s capacity to worship God: God exists Why men deny God54

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Conclusion3. God patiently awaits sinners to seek Him! Mk. 16:15-16 God sent the Savior!55

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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

.