The Existence of God

It is not unusual in our day to hear someone say, “We cannot know that God exists. There is no way to prove that God exists. We are compelled to accept the idea of the existence of God by faith.”

It should be pointed out that the person who makes this statement is misusing the word faith. That is, they are not using the word faith in harmony with the way the Bible uses the word in the New Testament. Essentially they are saying that evidence takes you to a certain point then the rest must rely on faith…a leap of faith. Others insist that we cannot know God exists, but there is a strong probability that He exists. We would be inclined to ask the question, if the man of faith acts as if he knows; when in reality he knows that he does not know, why is he not a hypocrite? This statement would make this person an agnostic.

Come and See!

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also in the prophets, wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said to him, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip said to him, Come and see” (John 1:45, 46).

Verse for the week

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Romans 11:33

The “Lost” Parables

Luke 15 contains the record of three parables Jesus told, the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son. The sinners and tax collectors were drawn to Jesus. Upon seeing this, the Pharisee’s said accused Jesus of receiving sinners and eating with them. They looked at this as reprehensible. No self-respecting Jewish leader would associate with such vile people. Jesus takes the opportunity to teach about His mission, to seek and save the lost.