There is a God. Something exists (the universe), therefore something always was, because from nothing comes nothing. If nothing is what always existed, then nothing got to work and created something! But what rational person can believe that? Further, what had always existed was either mind or matter. There are no other possibilities. If it was matter that had always existed, then in time matter either created or evolved into mind (intelligence). Who can believe that?
The reality is that a Supreme Being of intelligence is what (Who) has always existed, and “in the beginning God [the Supreme Being of intelligence] created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork” (Psalms 19:1). “Every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God” (Hebrews 3:4). Only a fool can deny the existence of God (Psalm 14:1). The atheist needs to use the mind given to him by God and overcome his rejection of God.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Christ existed with God from all eternity as the Word. In time, He “became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:1–3, 14). He was miraculously conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the virgin Mary (Matthew 1:18–23; Luke 1:26–35). This means “God sent forth His Son, born of a woman” (Galatians 4:4). Jesus allowed Himself to be acknowledged as God’s Son (Matthew 3:17; 16:16; 17:5), something a good and honest man would never do if it were not true!
The Bible is the Word of God. “For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe” (1 Thessalonians 2:13). “These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual” (1 Corinthians 2:13). Indeed, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Timothy 3:16–17)
