The question “Where did God come from?” assumes that God had a cause. However, by definition, an eternal spirit (“the everlasting God”) cannot logically have a cause. Asking “Where did God come from?” is like asking, “When did eternity start?” By definition, eternity never began. Eternity is without beginning and end. By definition, so is God.
From what we observe in nature, matter and energy are neither created nor destroyed. Scientists refer to this observed fact as the First Law of Thermodynamics. Evolutionists allege that the Universe began with the explosion of a tiny ball of matter 13 to 14 billion years ago, yet they have never provided a reasonable explanation for the cause of this supposed original ball of matter. The fact is, a logical, naturalistic explanation for the origin of the “original” ball of matter that supposedly led to the Universe does not exist. It cannot exist so long as the First Law of Thermodynamics is true.
Since the physical Universe exists, and yet it could not have created itself, then the Universe is either eternal, or something or someone outside of the Universe must have created it. Relatively few scientists propose that the Universe is eternal. In fact, there would be no point in attempting to explain the “beginning” of the Universe (with a Big Bang, for example) if scientists believed it has always existed. What’s more, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which states that matter and energy become less usable over time, has led most scientists to conclude that the Universe has not always existed; that is, it is not eternal.
The laws of thermodynamics and the law of causality do not apply to God because these scientific laws, like all scientific laws, apply only to what we find and study in nature. By definition, God is not natural; thus, God is not subject to the laws of nature.
If matter is not eternal, and it cannot create itself, then the only logical conclusion is that something or someone outside of nature (who is supernatural) caused the material Universe and everything in it. Christians call this someone “the eternal God” because He is “from everlasting to everlasting” (Psalm 90:2).
—Eric Lyons
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