You see, we are not just alive. We are aware that we
are alive. Science has a huge problem with conscious self-awareness. Step three
to proving that God exists. I am.
It has been said repeatedly that consciousness is the
window through which we understand. Science has failed to pinpoint the actual
brain processes that are behind our awareness. Some neuroscientists and
philosophers of science express a deep pessimism that we will ever find an
explanation for consciousness. But we know. Every car mechanic or customer
service rep, a farmer or bank teller can know what a neuroscientist does not
know. We know where consciousness comes from, that function of our spirit.
Zechariah 12:1 ¶ The burden
of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the
heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Scientists say that a good theory, a
theory that must supplant other theories, doesn’t have to answer every
question. But it must answer more questions than its competitors. The belief in
God answers far more questions than theoretical science can even come up with.
God is the greatest of all self-aware
beings.
Exodus 3:14 And God said
unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
He made us. He formed our bodies, our souls, and our
spirits. In these verses are all three; body, spirit, and soul.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD
God formed man of the dust of
the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living soul.
1Thessalonians 5:23 And the
very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body
be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He uses our spirit to see us from the inside.
Proverbs 20:27 The spirit
of man is the candle
of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
We are made self-aware and our soul is the seat of our
self-identity and will and our spirit makes us aware of it, of God, and of all
things. It is our understanding, our skills, our drives, our emotions, our
yearnings.
It is sad that the atheist or doubter will question
your testimony as to whether or not you are a credible witness for God’s
existence. That was how I came to Christ, the mechanism He used, the testimony
of others. I vacillated between atheism, happy to believe in any religion at
all, and really, God just being irrelevant to my life or thinking. But, over
time I saw the truth of Christianity in the lives of people around me.
No, it wasn’t because of someone screaming Bible
verses at me on a street corner. It wasn’t from someone handing me a gospel
tract. It was the testimony of Christians, filled with faith and goodness,
relying completely on God for their very survival, trusting in Christ’s
righteousness and not their own for eternal life. Their faith was real, and it
took time but God impressed on me that reality until I accepted it myself and
received Christ on March 19, 1986. It was a Wednesday evening I believe.
The question of whether or not God exists has been a
subject of deep philosophical debate for thousands of years. But, even outside
of our experience we know.
Psalm 19:1 The heavens
declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
The proof of God’s existence is all around us. Without
God’s existence no reality makes sense for very long.
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