“Every word of God is pure; He is a
shield to those who put their trust in
Him. Do not add to His words, lest
He rebuke you, and you found a
liar.”
Proverbs 30:5-6
Truth is the essential key…
Truth: “actual, genuine, real; conforming exactly
to a standard, rule or pattern”
1
Peter
3:15
“But sanctify the Lord
God in your hearts, and
always be ready to give
a defense to everyone
who asks you a reason
for the hope that is in
you, with meekness and
fear.”
Defense (Apologia):
systematic argumentative discourse in defense; vindication
Jude 3; Philippians 1:7, 16
PAUL SEARCHED FOR ANYTHING UPON WHICH TO SHOW
THE ATHENIANS A LOGICAL CASE FOR CHRISTIANTY
(Acts 17:22-34)
“Men of Athens I perceive that in all things you are
very religious; for as I was passing through and
considering the objects of your worship, I even
found an altar with this inscription: TO THE
UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you
worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you.”
GOD IS: As Evidenced By The Universe
Psalms 14:1-2
Psalms 19:1
Romans 1:20
It is possible for God to exist without the
universe, but not the universe without God
Application of Logic…
Athenians/Greeks were known in ancient
world for application of pure logic…
Logic: proper or reasonable way of
thinking or understanding; science that
studies formal process used in thinking and
reasoning
EFFICIENT CAUSE:
Everything that comes into being
owes it existence. HOWEVER,
there must be a first cause to
bring this about; A Self Existent
Being: Deity/God
G.W.F. Leibniz quote
MOTION:
What Part Of An Airplane Flies?
Fuselage? Cockpit? Wings? Engine?
Logically one knows NO single
part can fly. In reality an airplane
is a collection of non-flying parts.
The only thing that flies is the total,
organized airplane
IN SHORT: SOMEBODY HAD TO DO IT
Cause of BIG BANG cannot
be found anywhere in
universe. Alleged matter that
exploded did not nor could
not create itself
Matter is not eternal. Has to
have a beginning/created;
hence a Creator
So IF Everything Came About As A
Result Of The BIG BANG; WHY
Did It Explode? Explosions Are
Effects & Effects Need Causes;
They Do Not Cause Themselves
Genesis 1:1
“In the beginning God created”
Various Theories of Creation
Nebular Hypothesis
Planetissimal Hypothesis
Quasi Statal Hypothesis
Spontaneous Generation Hypothesis
Big Bang Hypothesis
Continuous Generation Hypothesis
"I have concluded that we are in a
world made by rules created by an
intelligence," the scientist said.
"Believe me, everything that we
call chance today won't make
sense anymore. To me it is clear
that we exist in a plan which is
governed by rules that were
created, shaped by a universal
intelligence and not by chance.“
Michio Kaku
Science World Report,
June 13, 2016
“The world is too complicated in all its parts and
interconnections to be due to chance alone. I am
convinced that the existence of life with all its order
in each of its organisms is simply too well put
together. Each part of a living thing depends on all
it’s other parts to function. How does each part
know? How is each part specified at conception? The
more one learns biochemistry the more unbelievable
it becomes unless there is some type of organizing
principle-an architect for believers.”
Allan Sandage
A Scientist Reflects on Religious Beliefs
Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows
His handiwork.” (Psalms 19:1)
“By faith we understand the worlds
were framed by the word of God, so
that the things which are seen were
not made of things which are
visible.” (Hebrews 11:3)
It Is By Faith; But It Is Not A
Blind Faith
Evidence of Science…
Precision in Design &
Creation
What “IF” (as suggested by
Hugh Ross author of The
Creator & Cosmos)
DNA
GOD IS: Revealed By Time
& Space
Psalms 33:6-9
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Genesis 1:1
Five Facts Of Science As Seen In
Genesis 1:1-2
• Time: “In the beginning”
• Space: “God created the
heavens”
• Matter: “and the earth”
• Force: “and the Spirit”
• Motion: “moved over the
surface of the waters”
• Deism: Holds to the teaching that
God is not known through religion
but nature and reason
• Monotheism: Views God as the
Being who created all things and
sustains all things.
VARIOUS “ISMS”
• Atheism: God does not exist
• Agnosticism: Agnostic means to
have no knowledge; neither for
or against existence of God
• Pantheism: A view that God is a
force that is in all things. All is
one and one is all
• Finite Godism: God exists, but
is not Omni. Imperfect.
• Polytheism: There are many
“gods”; some from nature and
others those who were once
humans
GOD IS…
As Revealed Through Morality
“Therefore, to him who knows to do good and
does not do it, to him it is a sin.” (James 4:17)
“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to
you, do also to them, for this is the Law and
the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12)
This is a fairly universal rule, and is practiced to
one degree or another in every culture
VARIOUS MORAL PERSPECTIVES…
Relativism
Cultural Relativism
Jeremiah 10:23
Conventionalism
Psalms 19:7-11
Ethical Subjectivism
Objective Morality
GOD IS REVEALED THROUGH HIS WORD
Jeremiah 8:9
1Corinthians 1:21, 3:19
God Has Chosen To Reveal
Himself Through His Word
1Corinthians 2:10-16
Put The Word Of God To The Test…
Examine The Evidence
1John 4:1
Colossians 4:16
One letter spawned
multiple copies…
Can we be certain they are
correct?
5,300 manuscripts of New Testament
including fragments. Shown to be
99.5% in agreement between one
another: in short totally accurate
• Limited number of Homer-Aristotle
& Plato manuscripts, as well as other
works of antiquity
Evidence of 1st
Century Secular
Historians:
Josephus
Tacitus
Pliny the Younger
Lucian
Jewish Talmud
What Can Be Deduced From The Evidence Seen
From The Voices Of Antiquity?
• Jesus was a real person, who lived
in Palestine during
the time of
Tiberius and Pilate
• Jesus was known to perform wonderful works &
taught a
new doctrine/religion
• Jesus was worshipped and
accepted such as
God
• Jesus’ followers met on a
specific day each week;
exhibited extreme devotion
• Jesus’ disciples held to high
moral and ethical
standards
• Jews acknowledge they killed
Jesus
“…How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does
not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has
not spoken…” (Deuteronomy 18:21-22)
Isaiah 41:21-23
Ample evidence in fulfilled
prophecy
Ezekiel 26:7-12
Daniel 8:20-22
Daniel 11:1ff
Daniel 9:27
Over 300 Prophecies Spoken
With Respect To Jesus
“One real case of fulfilled
prophecy would establish a
supernatural
act…Therefore radical
doubt must be certain it has
silenced the testimony of all
prophecies, whereas the
christian asserts that rather
than resting on one
prophecy, there are dozens
at the beck and call”
(Bernard Ramm)
Put ALL The Pieces Together…
The Evidence Is Overwhelming
Psalms 19:1ff
Psalms 139:1ff
Psalms 119:1-24
2Peter 1:12-21
“and so we have the prophetic word
confirmed, to which you would do well
to heed…” (2Peter 1:19)