"By faith Enoch was taken up so that
he should not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he
obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God
must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek
Him." (Hebrews 11:5-6)
"The Bible nowhere attempts to prove or argue the existence of God. "For he who comes to God must believe that He is." The existence of God is a fact taken for granted by the writers of both the Old and New Testaments. "In the beginning God" (Genesis 1:1). The Bible opens by announcing the sublime fact of God and His existence. There are arguments for the existence of God; they are not conclusive, but are food for thought:
1) Universal belief in God comes from within man. It is innate in man, and comes from rational intuition.
2) The argument from "cause and effect." Everything that began owes its existence to a cause. We have a watch; we must have a watchmaker. We have a building; we must have a builder. We have a creation; then we must have a creator. This creation could not have come into existence without an intelligent, personal creator, anymore than the alphabet could produce a book itself without an author.
3) The argument from anthropology. Man's moral and intellectual nature argues for a moral and intellectual creator.
4) The Bible and the Christ that it reveals, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His vicarious death, and His bodily resurrection - all of this and much, much more - argue for the existence of God."
"The Bible nowhere attempts to prove or argue the existence of God. "For he who comes to God must believe that He is." The existence of God is a fact taken for granted by the writers of both the Old and New Testaments. "In the beginning God" (Genesis 1:1). The Bible opens by announcing the sublime fact of God and His existence. There are arguments for the existence of God; they are not conclusive, but are food for thought:
1) Universal belief in God comes from within man. It is innate in man, and comes from rational intuition.
2) The argument from "cause and effect." Everything that began owes its existence to a cause. We have a watch; we must have a watchmaker. We have a building; we must have a builder. We have a creation; then we must have a creator. This creation could not have come into existence without an intelligent, personal creator, anymore than the alphabet could produce a book itself without an author.
3) The argument from anthropology. Man's moral and intellectual nature argues for a moral and intellectual creator.
4) The Bible and the Christ that it reveals, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His vicarious death, and His bodily resurrection - all of this and much, much more - argue for the existence of God."
(This is From : Bible Foundation Course Lesson 02- 02)
