Wednesday, 15 July 2015

On God

On God
Peter John Kreeft states,
“Atheism treats people cheaply. Also, it robs death of meaning, and if death has no meaning, how can life ultimately have meaning? Atheism cheapens everything it touches, look at the results of communism, the most powerful form of atheism on earth.
And in the end, when the atheist dies and encounters God instead of nothingness he had predicted he’ll recognize that atheism was a cheap answer because it refused the only thing that’s not cheap the God of infinite value”
                                          Peter John Kreeft ph.d
Kreeft is right if death has no meaning then life cannot have meaning. If there is no God then what is stopping mankind from doing as they wish.
What’s the point in having moral values. if there is no one to enforce them or to make the individual account for their breaking them.
The Bible does not at any time debate the fact there is a God who created the universe and everything in it. It does not debate the fact that God instilled in the heart of every man a moral code that is the same all over the world.
The Bible simply says.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” 
                                                                                        Genesis 1:1.
Later in the New Testament in the Gospel of John it states,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men....
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” 
                                                                                           John 1:1-4, 12-14.
It makes it clear that God took a small part of himself and entered the world He created as the God the Son.
None of this is up for debate according to the Bible. The Bible simply asks you accept these things by faith. The writer of Hebrews stating,
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
                                                                                                        Hebrews 11:6
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” 
                                                                                                                           Hebrews 11:1.
Simply put the choice to believe in God is up to each and every individual. The consequences of what they believe will determine where they will spend eternity.
Please think about it.

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