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The apostle Paul speaks of those who try to hide the truth about God. He shows why God is angry with them:

"Since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse" (Romans 1:19-20).
Realities about God can be "clearly seen!" How? "Being understood from what has been made." Looking at creation helps us to know about God!

We know of the wind's presence by its effects as it moves dust and leaves. In a far greater way, we know things about God by the effect of His work around us. God has made it clear. That is why people have "no excuse" when they twist the truth about God.

1.4 CREATION BY ACCIDENT

Some want to live as if there is no God to whom they must answer. To avoid the need for God they teach that all we see came into being by accident. Over the ages, small bits of matter gradually changed by accident and formed humans who have no spirit and no real purpose. From a long line of accidents, we are an accident on its way to its final accident!

Does such a picture make sense? How could so many accidents result in such order? What would happen if you caused a great explosion to scatter a pile of rocks and wood? Even if you repeated this many times over, would the millions of pieces ever have the chance of coming together in such a way as to form a normal house? Would the heavier rocks happen to come down first to make a perfect foundation? Would smaller pieces fall in by chance to make straight walls on all sides, with doors and windows all in place? Would other pieces finally fall in such order as to make a roof that keeps rain out?

1.5 EVERY HOUSE HAS A BUILDER

No one would dare say that a house came about by accident. Its order and design show beyond a doubt that it had a builder. Notice the simple force of Hebrews 3:4,
"For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything."
1.6 CREATION TELLS THE GLORY OF GOD


What about the order of the stars and planets? Israel's great king, David, sang this song:
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands" (Psalm 19:1).
King David was right. If our sun (just one of billions of stars) is so powerful, how much more powerful is the One who made all suns! He is called "the Father of lights" (James 1:17)!


Yet the sun's strength is strictly controlled. If the sun changed its course even a little, all life on our planet would soon end. Everything is in perfect place for life to exist on this earth. Such careful design in every detail must have a Builder! But we have not yet mentioned the man and woman, with their children, who live in this amazing home.

The brain of even the smallest child has many more active parts than all the stars the eye sees at night! Our minds work with great thoughts. Our eyes see beauty in living colors. The human spirit has power to choose and to love. Our hearts reach high in worship. King David, when he thought of his own body and soul, was moved to sing to God,
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well" (Psalm 139:14).
The person who pretends there is no God and no soul is like a mouse eating bread in the dark. With its mouth full, the mouse announces, "I do not believe there is a baker. I do not believe there is such a thing as grain for making bread, for I have never seen these things." We stand on the evidence! The proof is all around us and within us! The Bible describes those who refuse to see it:
"For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools" (Romans 1:21-22).
1.7 GIVE GLORY AND THANKS TO GOD


Notice that Paul, in Romans 1:21, shows that it is only right that we should give to our Maker glory and thanks. The air we breathe is GOD'S air - its gases mixed in just the right parts to give life and not death. When you eat, remember that the food and drink you enjoy are God's good provisions for you.
"God has not left himself without testimony; He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; He provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy" (Acts 14:17).
That we exist and live at all is itself a wonderful gift. The truth is that we owe all that we are and have to our Maker! When we truly understand that, it is not hard to give to God the praise due to His name. It is not hard to give back in service to Him the life that He first gave to us. It is the right thing to do. And our lives are far better in every way when we respect, worship and serve our Creator.

Such service takes time and effort. Yet isn't that time actually the time HE is giving to us? "Our" time on earth can and will end someday. Since it is really HIS gift of time, we can afford to take time for Him. Believing in God goes beyond simply knowing facts about God. It leads us to praise God and to seek Him.

Even those who do not yet know how to come to God can begin to seek Him. A Roman soldier named Cornelius was one such person (Acts 10). Because he was truly seeking God, his prayers were heard.

Brilliant write up, the evidence is all around us. Only a complete fool would say there is no God.

This is My Father's World


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-aBA3F6lDw






He Reigns


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p1pM1UBFZA

True talk.

Good topic poster.

God is a God of order, and everywhere shows it. Indeed only fools who don't know God will argue otherwise. Their doom is certain and imminent.

Same old crap.
Yahweh, Allah, Zeus, Satan, Ifa, Sango, Amadioha e.t.c all claim to have created the world and present nature as evidence. . . . .which of you confused lot are we supposed to believe?

excellent.

the bible definitely counts as an independent source.

hello Tudor, there are thousands of religions on earth which people counted to be the way but are not the true way.Let me define Religion to u:
WHAT IS RELIGION: It is the ultimate response of man to perceived realities around them, Our old father seems to have perceived some realities which seem to be true, they then modify the realities and then give it an agreed name. realities like the sky, the seas, trees, fishes, powers in the air in the water and on the soil. they even came to conclude that all these results as a result of the operation of the principles of nature. In the course of reaching for a god they forgot HE who is the CAUSE OF ALL EFFECTS. Also Religion can be defined as man reaching for a god.
Because of these many ways which is misleading men that is why God decided to send JESUS to the earth to save people from their ignorance, comfort them with the word of God and then lead them in to His Kingdom.
Now to ur understanding JESUS is the only righteous way and the centre of life for all men. This is God's reaching for Man. my name is Mary.

One question!  Do you believe that God speaks through Nature because you have looked around and you have seen the evidence of God in the Natural world?  Or do you believe in this because you read it in the Bible so it must be true whether or not you've actually seen the evidence of God in the Natural world yourself.

 

opeoluwama:

hello Tudor, there are thousands of religions on earth which people counted to be the way but are not the true way.Let me define Religion to u:
WHAT IS RELIGION: It is the ultimate response of man to perceived realities around them, Our old father seems to have perceived some realities which seem to be true, they then modify the realities and then give it an agreed name. realities like the sky, the seas, trees, fishes, powers in the air in the water and on the soil. they even came to conclude that all these results as a result of the operation of the principles of nature. In the course of reaching for a god they forgot  HE who is the CAUSE OF ALL EFFECTS. Also Religion can be defined as man reaching for a god.
Because of these many ways which is misleading men that is why God decided to send JESUS to the earth to save people from their ignorance, comfort them with the word of God and then lead them in to His Kingdom.
Now to ur understanding JESUS is the only righteous way and the centre of life for all men. This is God's reaching for Man. my name is Mary.

When we hear that what may be known of God is shown clearly in nature then what more are we going to learn elsewhere?  What more about God has Jesus revealed that is not already evident in Nature. 

Where did the other religions go wrong that Christianity has avoided going wrong?  Has God not always reached for man?  Has God not always responded to Man's earnest attempts to find him?

Bobbyaf:

Good topic poster.

God is a God of order, and everywhere shows it. Indeed only fools who don't know God will argue otherwise. Their doom is certain and imminent.

Delusion at its finest . . . . .What order does every where show? .

Tudór:

Same old crap.
Yahweh, Allah, Zeus, Satan, Ifa, Sango, Amadioha e.t.c all claim to have created the world and present nature as evidence. . . . .which of you confused lot are we supposed to believe?

Scientist have provided their own explanations for the existence of the universe and the earth and non of it requires any god at all. . . . by the way scientist have searched all over the planet but have not seen the name of any god written any where. . . . . .