God Is real

The Universal Belief In a Supreme Being Declares That God Is Real.

Anthropological (study of man) research has indicated there is a universal belief in God among the most remote peoples today. In the earliest histories and legends of peoples all around the world the original concept was of one God, who is the Creator. An original high God appears to have been in their consciousness even in those societies that are today polytheistic. Regardless of other accretions added to this unknown god, the idea of one God has persisted. How is God making His presence known?:

1. Through natural revelation: Romans 1:18-23 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.” God has not left the world to wonder whether or not He exists. Even without the Bible people know that a god is out there somewhere. They don't know His name or much about Him, but they know He is real.

2. Through conscience: A universal understanding of right and wrong exists. In less developed cultures people believe that a god or gods will judge according to what people do in this life. God places this in the hearts of people because they are made in His image. Natives sacrifice a virgin to a volcano or give their children to the gods of the mountains in hopes of appeasing them. Even in more advanced cultures we see Moral Law that is intrinsically a part of our makeup. Fair play, unselfishness, courage, good faith, honesty, truthfulness and the such cannot be adequately explained by evolutionary forces. Made in the image of God, we come into the world with these categories of thought front loaded.

Let me give an example. A baby takes another baby's toy in preschool and you see that the Moral Law is already in place. The offended baby cries for justice and the offender baby denies any wrong doing (she tries to justify her wrong actions!). Another example might be that I take your chair or cut in front of you in traffic and you know that you have been wronged. Why? You have a sense of right and wrong and of fair play. Where did this come from -- the answer is our Creator. God wants to be known. He is saying, “Here I am”.

The writer of Ecclesiastes referred to God as having “set eternity in the hearts of men” (Ecc. 3:11). Blaise Pascal, the great seventeenth-century mathematician, wrote of “the God-shaped vacuum” in every person. Augustine concluded, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in thee.” Our loving and patient Creator-God continues to reveal Himself even when His creation rejects Him. Wow!

God is indeed real. He is a God who wants to be known. He wants us to know Him so much that He sent His Only Begotten Son, Jesus, into the world to suffer, bleed, and die in our place on the cross. He raise Him up again. Why? So that we could know Him and enjoy Him forever. The Bible says, "This is eternal life that they may know thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent" (John 17:3). One of the best and clearest answers to how we know there is a God is that he has visited us in the person of His Son. Trust Him now and rejoice!