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"Does God Exist?" - part 1 in the series "Finding God in the Questions"
Dr. Scott Koenigsaecker
Acts 17:24-26 & Colossians 1:15-17 ~ November 7, 2010
INTRODUCTION:
A. "Through Him all things were made, without Him nothing was made that had been made." John 1:3
B. The Cosmological Argument (there is a cause for every effect). God is the First Cause.
C. The Teleological Argument points to the order and beauty of Creation.
D. The Moral Argument which notes that humanity has a conscience and has identified moral codes.
I. IS THE UNIVERSE AN ACCIDENT?
A. Why is there something and not nothing?
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge." Psalm 19:1-2
B. The vastness and complexity of the "external" universe
· The astonishing origin of the universe
· The incredible scope of outer space
C. The vastness and complexity of the "internal" universe
· The amazing complexity of "inner" space.
D. Did this happen by chance or design?
II. HOW DID WE GET HERE?
A. Are we the result of cosmic coincidences?
"From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live." Acts 17:26
· Stable orbit of planets
· The fragility of the four fundamental forces of nature.
B. Can you make a human by accident?
· Our delicate environment
· DNA and proteins perfectly suited
· Anthropic Principle
III. WHO ARE WE?
A. Why do we know right from wrong?
"So God created man in His own image..." Genesis 1:27
"Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made covering for themselves." Genesis 3:7
”So I strive to keep my conscience clear before God and man."
Acts 24:16
"For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." Romans 7:15
B. Why are we so relationally driven?
· We were designed for intimate connection