Answering The Skeptics About God’s Existence
By Angie Lewis
As
a believer have you ever been confronted with someone who is
skeptical that Jesus Christ exists or that He is the Savior of
the world? How about those logical, intellectual folks that like
to downplay creation for evolution? Have you ever heard the one
about how people evolved from oysters?
I don’t know about you, but I have a bit more faith than that.
Do you realize how long it would take for a human to evolve from
an oyster? More than the billions of years that they like to say
the earth is old. Scientific evidence has yet to prove God does
NOT exist. So the evolutionists and the creationists are in the
same boat – still waiting for proof to disbelieve the other.
God knew there would be skeptics, therefore, He purposely
planned it that there never be found such factual proof that He
exists and created the world, He wants people to believe in Him
with faith, not scientific evidence. I think the skeptics will
be waiting a long time. In the mean time, I believe it is the
Christians responsibility to defend the gospel when confronted
by those who oppose it, because frankly, if God’s people don’t
become God’s mouthpiece than who will?
Of course, it is not our job to actually “save” people or make
them believe in God but we can show them the path (the way) that
leads to God and if they want to tread on it, that’s up to them.
But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts,
always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to
give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness
and reverence.
1 Pet. 3:15, NASB
The skeptic’s like to say that Jesus is not God. Jesus is with
all believers today through the Holy Spirit. We can talk to Him
and we can find His words in the pages of the most popular book
known to us today, the bible. The birth of Jesus Christ was
fulfilled as prophesied by Isaiah. Atheists and doubters alike
should study biblical history and research the many fulfilled
prophecies that have become a reality in the hearts and minds of
believers today.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a
virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel. (Emmanuel, interpreted means “God with us”)
Isaiah
7:14
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the
government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be
called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6
What an awesome testimony - evidence that Jesus is God!
Wonderful Creator and Counselor. The truth that Jesus is God’s
divine Son is the foundation for all we read about in the
gospels. God is the father – God is the Son – God is the Holy
Spirit.
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:18,19
Physical and material proof that God exists and that Christ
Jesus is God is in cause and effect. God caused Himself to be
transformed into the Man Jesus, believers applied Christ’s
principles and teachings in their daily life and the result or
the effect it produced is the proof! Christ’s Principles really
work! What better proof is there than that?
Some people need to doubt before they can believe. That is why
some people doubt because deep down they want to believe, for if
they didn’t doubt, they wouldn’t refute the gospel. Most
doubters of biblical truths say they would believe if they
witnessed a miracle happen before their very eyes. But Jesus
tells us we are blessed if we can believe in Him through faith
without actually seeing Him.
Then Jesus told them, “Because you have seen me, you have
believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have
believed”. John 20:29
There will always be those who are skeptical about the Bible
being the Word of God.
But the disciples were eyewitnesses of Jesus’ life and
teachings, and the Holy Spirit helped them remember those
teachings so they could write down their accounts in what is
known as the bible today. We’re fortunate to have the written
accounts of Jesus’ ministry, so we too may plant the truth in
our mind, be convinced of God’s will for our lives, and to
remind us when we stray from that truth.
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.
John 14:6
