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NASB | Psalm 46:10 "Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth." |
Bible Question: I am a single mother. I have been feeling lost. How do you know there is a God? |
Bible Answer: Dear Maryann... Not only is there a God but He loves you and has a wonderful plan for the rest of your life and the life of your child as well. I want to add to the posts of heartfire and Reformer Joe since they went to the heart of the matter when they spoke of science. For someone such as yourself who is not sure if God exists sometimes the best proof can come from a scientific point of view. Most modern scientists begin with the premise that there is no God. If creation is true, they reason, scientific exploration has no further value. And if there really were a God then He may want us to do something that may change our lives, the way we think and act. So it is easier to have no God. But it was not always this way. Nearly every one of the early scientists were Christians or Jews. What they saw was Intelligent Design in nature. Such as the eye. If you have a mouse trap handy (or can imagine it) look how it is put together. There is a platform, a spring of some sort for tension, a u-shaped bar, and a place for bait, a trip mechanism, and some staples to hold it all in place. Now, what is the one thing you can remove from the trap and still have it perform its function (purpose) of catching mice. Maybe some writing which is not important to its function can be removed. Anything else? Well, no. It all must be there, and in its place to perform the function of catching a mouse. Now scientists say that given enough time these parts could all come together on their own and become, or evolve into, a mousetrap. Did you just laugh at that thought? That is because you recognize intelligent design when you see it. You and your child are intelligent designs. Who designed you? Today, some scientist (especially micro-biologists) recognize intelligent design in nature, but they do not know who the Designer was. Some speculate that life from another planet must have visited Earth and began life here. They are now recognizing, and acknowledging that nature is the result of a design. You see, Maryann, our bodies are made up of protein molecules. Each molecule is made up of several different kinds of amino acids that must be in perfect position to perform its function or the molecule will not survive and would fail to perform its function, like the mouse trap but with one big difference. You see it takes about 250 amino acids to make up a single protein molecule, the mousetrap has but a few. A protein molecule is the product of a complex intelligent design. Who do you think designed it? We go through some pretty hard times in our lives because something went wrong with the design. We were not meant to have such problems in our lives but something corrupted the design. We know that as sin. Sin entered the design through one man and none of us have escaped its' effects. Sin hurts and also keeps us from knowing our Maker as He wants to know us. Can you imagine someone designing a machine with no intended purpose, no function, and no way to tell the machine how it should behave? Can you imagine a Creator who has no way to communicate with His creation, no purpose for it, and no function to perform? There is a God Maryann, and He wants you to have a better life, free from tears or at least to have comfort in your times of stress. It is sin, yours and mine and everyone elses, that keeps us from coming closer to our maker. The good news is that He has sent us someone to make right all that went wrong and that will be our comfort. He has paid for our sins so that we are now seen as having no sin. Jesus has paid the price. Our Maker has told us the way to a better life while we are here and, more importantly, an even better life when we die. We are told to accept His free gift of this better life by accepting Jesus as our Lord, and our Savior. Maryann, do you know that if you died today that you would go to heaven? Are you sure or not? Would you like to be sure? God Bless......Jensen |