God of Testing

I am constantly wondering why people struggle with the reality of God. For me his existence does not come without doubt, but it has never reached the point of blatant disbelief.

I can sympathize with those that can’t comprehend that which they cannot touch. I also can understand those that struggle to believe because they have experienced “God” from people who have alternate, or unholy motives. I however cannot understand/sympathize with those that have replaced God with science and math. To me this seems unfathomable.

It is obvious from science and math courses that much of the universe can be understood through a reverse-engineering process (we try to understand what already exists). However, even to this day there are limitations of this. We may understand how things grow, are molecularly created, and we can even use technology to mimic or ‘improve’ the process. Though we (humans) are not the original creators.

The common thought on the origins of the world is the “big bang” theory. Essentially, “the Big Bang is the cosmological model of the initial conditions and subsequent development of the universe that is supported by the most comprehensive and accurate explanations from current scientific evidence and observation. As used by cosmologists, the term Big Bang generally refers to the idea that the universe has expanded from a primordial hot and dense initial condition at some finite time in the past (currently estimated to have been approximately 13.7 billion years ago), and continues to expand to this day” (Wikipedia). For me this is beyond my ability to understand or believe; so my only question is, where did the “primordial hot and dense initial condition” come from?

Maybe it is my simplistic nature, but the fusing of molecules, perfect temperate conditions, and the fact that atoms are held together by some mysterious force, all lead me to believe in a Creator.

The universe that we live in appears to be created and designed by something greater than ourselves. A higher power that, because we were Created, we have no real concept of. Thus the simplistic explanation provided through Biblical texts.

1 john 4:1-6

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
Undoubtedly, the writer is speaking of those teaching about false religions, but what about the “Spirit of truth” in today’s times? Would that not be a teaching of science and math?

The faith of today is in fact a faith of self-exaltation. We as humans have raised ourselves up to be all-knowing gods. So the command to challenge these teachings are ours. While most of us cannot, nor should we vainly attempt, to disprove the scientist’s beliefs/findings; what we must do is test them for ourselves. Does a chance existence make sense in opposition to a created universe?

To each and everyone, this is the first and most important question before true belief/faith in God can exist.

~ by Brad Raburn on September 14, 2009.