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We cannot study anything about God and the Bible if the very question whether God exist will be

settled. That is why our very first lesson for this year is

Does God Exist? The revelation of God


ACTIVITY:
LETTERS FROM A TO Z
Ask volunteers. Patungtunga sa banko then ihatag nila ang letters then ipa-iksa. Nya tan-awa
if inig ka tagak sa letters ma arrange ba siya from A to Z..
Atheism: a belief that there is no God
No evidence that a god exist
There is no solid or tangible evidence for God nor a logical argument for God. The existence of
God is taken on faith and not by evidence.
The problem of pain & evil
Christianity is just emotional thing. Unable to deal with the reality of life without God
Divine Hiddenness
Who created God
Science explains everything
So many myth gods
Many believe in existence of GOD because
Merely assumed the existence of God.

Simply because they were taught it from childhood.

It has been believed in the circles in which they have lived or associated.
But only few can prove or state the reason for their faith.. Blind faith (Kung unsay nataw-an maoy
pakamatyan)
Why are we talking about this
1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks
you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
Acts 14:17
Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and
crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.

So God didnt left himself without fingerprints or testimony. So lets consider the following arguments.
Arguments:

Does God exist? The universe had a start - what caused it?
(Ang Universe naay sinugdanan)

Cosmological argument
Every effect must have a cause. This universe and everything in it is an effect. There must be
something that caused everything to come into existence
BIG BANG THEORY
Big bang proponents suggest that some 10 billion to 20 billion years ago, a massive blast allowed all
the universe's known matter and energyeven space and time themselvesto spring from some
ancient and unknown type of energy.
the universe originated by expanding into space from an extremely dense and hot state called
the original singularity.
Explosion of energy and light,
Where did it come from? We don't know. Why did it appear? We don't know.
(http://www.big-bang-theory.com/)\
Nakakita naman tayo ng mga pag-sabog diba? Ngunit may nakita ba kayong pagsabog na may idinulot na maganda at organisado? Diba itoy
magulo at nagdudulot ng distraksyon, tulad ng pagsabog ng isang bomba?

If all the pieces of a watch were placed in a can and the can shaken gently for a million years the watch would not be
"accidentally" put together and running.
Genesis 1:1
In the BEGINNING, GOD created the HEAVENS & the EARTH.

Does God exist? The complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer.
(Ang KaKOMPLIKADO sa atong kalibutan nagpakita lang nga naay nagDesinyo jud
ani)

teleological argument.
Since the universe displays such an amazing design, there must have been a divine Designer
Mt. Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota
On Mt. Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota, we see the complex and specific design of the faces of four American presidents carved
into the rock. Wind and erosion can produce predictable designs on some mountains, but not obvious, well-known human faces.
a building is designed by an architect. No amount of time, chance and unthinking natural processes can produce a building.
THE EARTH
(SIZE)

For the earth to have life, it had to be just the right size8,000 miles in diameter. If it were 9,500 miles in diameter, scientists have
concluded it would double the weight of the air.

If smaller- atmosphere will be impossible (MERCURY)

If larger- too much hydrogen (JUPITER)

PERFECT distance from the Sun

The Earth is located the right distance from the sun; 93 million miles.

If farther- we would all freeze. Covered with ice

If closer- unbearably hot. Burn up

Then there would be so much oxygen turning into water that it would cover the entire earth. None of the continents would have appeared, so
there would be no land-based lifeincluding us.
(rotation and etc)
The earth also needs the right rotational speed. If it were just a little faster, the earth would not be warmed enough, freezing much of the
surface. But if it were slower, the heat would be oppressive.
It also needs just the right atmosphere78 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen, the precise amounts to sustain complex life. The earth
also has the correct tilt23.5 degreesallowing us to have the four seasons and twice as much arable soil as a different tilt angle
would provide.
MOON
Even the moon is precisely the right size and distance from the earth for the tides to move the oceans around, keeping them clean and
aerated..
FOOTPRINTS illustration
When a man walking through the woods finds the tracks of a deer that has passed there only hours before, he knows that a
deer was there because of the evidence of the tracks even though he does not see the deer. So (as with the tracks of the
deer) we may know that God exists by the tracks He has left everywhere in the world.
Some men are so blind that they may deny the existence of the sun in the sky but that does not alter the fact that the sun
exists, rises and sets each day.
To look up and see a plane and not see the pilot and say that the plane is pilotless is as ridiculous as looking into the heavens
and saying that there is no God simply because we cannot see Him.
Psalms 19:1-4
Romans 1:20
HUMAN DNA
DNA
Complex information program DNA instructs the cell.
The human body is composed of trillions of cells So there is no logical explanation as to how this incredibly extensive, exquisite code inside
the cell could exist without a supremely intelligent Being having designed it. It is absurd to think that nobody designed such a complex code
that it is simply a result of time, chance and mutation
DNA. Containing the 3-billion-letter code inside our cells. it's a virtual library of instruction manuals for assembling and operating all the
cells of the body
Bill Gates said :DNA is like a software program, only much more complex than anything we've ever devised far far more advance than any
software ever created
Hindi lamang ito isang simpleng kemikal. Itoy mga kemikal na nagtuturo kung paano lalaki at magdedebelop ang ating katawan. Natural at
biological na rason ay kulang lamang para maging paliwanag para sa bagay na ito. May isang Nilalang talaga na sinadyang ginawa ang lahat
ng mga ito.

Psalms 139:13-14

Does God exist? The universe operates by uniform laws of nature. Why does it?
(Ang Universe naay gisunod nga balaod)

Natural Laws
IF at one moment they will not follow these rules, universe will explode
END OF THE UNIVERSE
Gravity
Speed of Light

Planets Rotation
Orbit
Karamihan sa ating buhay ay hindi sigurado ngunit ang ating kalawakan ay gumagalaw ayon sa batas ng kalikasan na sigurado. Sabi pa nga
na kapag ang mga itoy magkakamali kahit ka-isa man lang ay sasabog ang buong kalawakan
Where did the laws of the universe come from? They're not matter or energy, but they govern how both operate. There is no intrinsic reason for
the laws of nature to exist. In fact, these laws had to be created and in place when matter and energy appeared, or there would be total chaos.
The laws of the universe require that a lawgiver calibrated them and set them into effect.
If the universe were a mindless accident, why would it display any order at allin particular, why would it obey laws? Laws of nature make
sense in a Christian worldviewthey are descriptions of the consistent, logical way that God upholds the universe. But if there is no God, how
do you account for the existence of laws?

Where did the laws of the universe come from?


It must be an utterly supreme and all-powerful Intelligence.
The famous physicist Stephen Hawking stated: The universe and the laws of physics seem to have been specifically
designed for us.
Colossians 1:16-17

we can trust that the universe will obey the same physics tomorrow as it does today because God is
consistent.

Does God exist? Everyone has a sense of right and wrong.


(Ang mga taw sayud unsay SAKTO og SAYUP)

Moral Argument
Every culture throughout history has had some form of law
Murder, lying, stealing, and immorality are almost universally rejected.
Each of us are born with an innate sense of morality.
(Konsensya)
Where did this sense of right and wrong come from if not from a holy God?
Genesis 1:26
Then God said; Let us make man in our image, in our likeness..
How do we know what "evil" is? How do we know what "good" is? These concepts demand either the existence of a standard to make such
evaluations, or an understanding what these concepts mean. Each of us are born with an innate sense of morality. We each fundamentally
know what is right and wrong. It is incredible to consider that no matter time, culture, geographic location, or people, the Moral Law has been
universally acknowledged.
Rational thinking of a Person
Comes from GOD. Ang mga animals wala nagpangutana nganung nag exist sila. Wala silay reasoning & thinking. Moobey ran a. ang naa ra
nila is the SENSE of survival.
Habakkuk 1:13 Our sense of right and wrong comes from a Holy God who cannot tolerate even a single sin.

Romans 2:14-15

Although Gentiles dont have the written laws of God, they have Gods law written on their hearts - its called the
human conscience.

Does God exist? Jesus Christ can be seen as a reasonable historic fact
(Si Hesus kay tinuod nga naa sa kasaysayan)

Jesus is the ultimate revelation of God (John 1:1, 14, Hebrews 1:1-3)
Historians do agree that Jesus was born between 2 B.C. and 7 B.C. as part of the peasant class in a small village called Nazareth in Galilee

. Non-Christian sources mention Jesus:

Tacitus, one of the more accurate historians of the ancient world(55-120 A.D.): Christus (Christ),... suffered the extreme penalty during the
reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilate. (Annals 15:44)

. Non-Christian sources mention Jesus:

Josephus most famous Jewish historian (38-97 A.D.) wrote, Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die.... His disciples... reported that
he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion, and that he was alive. (James H. Charlesworth, Jesus Within Judaism (Garden City:
Doubleday, 1988), p. 95)
So it was recorded in History that a man named JESUS really existed and as we continue our study about the Bible in the next days to come,
we will learn more about Him.

Does God exist? A million Christians can testify about ANSWERED prayers & His presence
(Mga pag-ampog natubag og Iyang presensya nga atong mabati)

TESTIMONIES
If there were no God, then prayers for supernatural intervention would never be answered. Yet there are so many examples of answered
prayer all around usof miraculous interventions that defy physical explanation
Proving that God exists is not a matter of blind faithbut of well-reasoned faith justified by hard evidence. For the evidence that there is a God
is overwhelming
*Psalms 14:1
Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God."
CONCLUSION:
Men deny the existence of God not because they cannot find Him but because they are afraid to face the responsibility of being accountable to
Him alter death.

Atheism is one of the devil's tools to put men to sleep without accepting salvation.
If there is no God then I am not responsible to anyone and I can live and die as I please. but in the quieter moments
of reflection the conscience of every man whispers, There is a God" and only fools deny it.
To look up and see a plane and not see the pilot and say that the plane is pilotless is as ridiculous as looking into the
heavens and saying that there is no God simply because we cannot see Him.
In short,
TINGIN KA LANG SA PALIGID, AT ISIPIN MO SINONG GUMAWA SA LAHAT NG ITO. Cause if science and chance
created man, and everything then why cant they recreate it now?

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