Musick-al note # 140
When we speak of the “evidence” of God, we mean that there are things which prove that He is. Things exist that cannot be explained in any other way gives evidence that God exists and has created those things. Look around you and you see a multitude of things which cannot have happened without a cause or maker. Some things were made by man. Some may have been caused by animals and others by birds or other creatures, but one must come to the conclusion that there must have been a being of higher intelligence than man to make the universe, the stars, planets, moon, atmosphere, earth, air, sky, animals, birds, fish, creatures and man. Look at your own body and you will be amazed at one’s ability to function, think, respond and act. Consider your ability to see, touch, taste and communicate as well as your need to be fed, to love and be loved, socialize, idolize and worship. All these things show that a higher being created man. One amazing thing is that man has always desired to live eternally as the earliest writings reveal and man continues to do so. This is only pointing out things which show that God is the creator of the world and man. Because of this and the revelation which has been given to us (the Bible), we believe that God created everything and He has ultimate control of it (Hebrews 11:1-3).
According to His revealed will, God will bring us into accounting for our lives (Romans 14:10-12). Since all men have succumbed to the temptations to sin and therefore face eternal death. He sent His only Son into the world to save us from our sins. God had decreed that the souls belong to Him and has said that those who sin would die (Ezekiel 18:4). Jesus death on the cross was the payment for the debt of sin that every man has incurred (Hebrews 2:9). Having died on the Cross of Calvary for the sins of every one of us, Jesus was raised from the dead to go to the throne of God and now offers eternal salvation to all who obey Him (Hebrews 5:7-9). To obtain the blessings of His sacrifice, one must believe that Jesus is the Christ, repent of all sin, confess His name before men, and be buried with Him in baptism and live in faithful obedience to His will until they die. This is not earning salvation, but responding to Him in faith as we live in this world that we may live with Him in the next world.
Gordon Musick
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