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Is It Reasonable To Believe In God?

Part 2. Is It Reasonable To Believe In God? . 1 Peter 3:15. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;. Faith. Hebrews 11:1-6

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Is It Reasonable To Believe In God?

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  1. Part 2 Is It Reasonable To Believe In God?

  2. 1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

  3. Faith • Hebrews 11:1-6 • Substance - Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English  < Latin substantia  substance, essence (literally, that which stands under, i.e., underlies), • We walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7), but our faith is not blind. • Romans 10:17 • Romans 1:18-20

  4. Logic Dr. Jason Lisle An atheist might argue that belief in God is logically incoherent or that faith is opposed to logic. Before such challenges can claim any validity, however, one must first ask what the basis of logic is. How does one account for laws of logic in a chance universe with no mind behind it? These laws are immaterial, and they are not empirically verifiable entities. No one can touch the laws of logic or examine them visually. Could they be human conventions? If that is the case, however, then they are based on culture and popular opinion and therefore cannot provide a universal and objective standard. They could vary from culture to culture like driving on the right side of the road. Rational debate would be impossible because each party could have its own standard. One could even argue that meaningful communication of any kind would be impossible under such conditions. http://www.tasc-creationscience.org/content/foundation-logic-nature-god

  5. 5 Arguments for God’s Existence • Cosmological Argument • The Order of the Universe • The Complexity of Life • Morality

  6. Where does morality come from? • Good or evil? • Right or wrong? • Just or unjust? • How do we understand and define these concepts? • C.S. Lewis My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? - Mere Christianity

  7. Where does morality come from? • "Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning." – Mere Christianity • The atheist has no basis for morality. • Why is murder wrong? • To a Darwinist, why should killing a man be any different than killing a bug? • Hitler merely took Darwinism to its logical conclusion. • Romans 1:28-31

  8. 5 Arguments for God’s Existence • Cosmological Argument • The Order of the Universe • The Complexity of Life • Morality • Prophecies concerning Christ

  9. Predictive Prophecy

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  14. What are the odds? The following probabilities are taken from Peter Stoner in Science Speaks (Moody Press, 1963) to show that coincidence is ruled out by the science of probability.  Stoner says that by using the modern science of probability in reference to eight prophecies, "we find that the chance that any man might have lived down to the present time and fulfilled all eight prophecies is 1 in 1017."  That would be 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000.  In order to help us comprehend this staggering probability, Stoner illustrates it by supposing that "we take 1017 silver dollars and lay them on the face of Texas.  They will cover all of the state two feet deep. "Now mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over the state.  Blindfold a man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick up one silver dollar and say that this is the right one.  What chance would he have of getting the right one?  Just the same chance that the prophets would have had of writing these eight prophecies and having them all come true in any one man."

  15. What are the odds? Stoner considers 48 prophecies and says, "we find the chance that any one man fulfilled all 48 prophecies to be 1 in 10157, or 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. The estimated number of electrons in the universe is around 1079.  It should be quite evident that Jesus did not fulfill the prophecies by accident.“ http://carm.org/prophecy-bible-and-jesus

  16. HE IS RISEN! Psalm 16:10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,         Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. John 2:18-22 Mark 16:6-7

  17. 5 Arguments for God’s Existence • Cosmological Argument • The Order of the Universe • The Complexity of Life • Morality • Prophecies concerning Christ

  18. Is it reasonable to believe in God? BELIEVE – Hebrews 11:6, John 8:24 REPENT – Acts 17:30, Luke 13:3 CONFESS – Romans 10:10, Matthew 10:32-33 BE BAPTIZED – Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16 BE FAITHFUL – Hebrews 3:12, Revelation 2:10 YES!

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