Does God Exist?
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What evidence do some people use to prove the Bible can't be trusted and there is no God? A claim I often hear is that the miracles in the Bible are obviously impossible, and that means the Bible is a fairy tale. But, in the Bible's case there were eye-witnesses. Thousands of eyewitnesses who were still living when the Bible was written. Fairy tales don't have eyewitnesses to the events they describe... the Bible does.
These are some of Jesus' miracles recorded in scripture. Although many are described in more than one location, only one scripture reference is provided for each. Jesus did not do His miracles in private. They were public and people saw them close up, and "live and in person."
Jesus Turns Water into Wine - witnesses - John 2:1-11
Jesus Heals an Official’s Son - witnesses - John 4:43-54
Jesus Heals Peter’s Mother-in-Law - witnesses - Mark 1:29-31
Jesus Heals Many Sick - many witnesses - Mark 1:32-34
Jesus Cleanses a Man With Leprosy - many witnesses - Matthew 8:1-4
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant - witnesses - Luke 7:1-10
Jesus Heals a Paralytic - witnesses - Matthew 9:1-8
Jesus Heals a Man’s Withered Hand - witnesses - Matthew 12:9-14
Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son from the dead - witnesses - Luke 7:11-17
Jesus Calms a Storm - disciples only - Mark 4:35-41
Jesus Heals a Woman in the Crowd - many witnesses - Matthew 9:20-22
Jesus Feeds 5,000 - many witnesses - John 6:1-15
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind - witnesses - John 9:1-12
Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman - witnesses - John 13:10-17
Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead - many witnesses - John 11:1-45
The Jewish leadership wanted Christianity stomped out -- literally. Anyone who could show Jesus had not done any of these miracles, and thus show that the writers of scripture lied, would have been handsomely rewarded. But even the Jewish leaders could not deny that Jesus' miracles were real. They, themselves were eyewitnesses. There are no witnesses to what a fairy tale describes. There were thousands of witnesses to the miracles Jesus (God) did as well as to the miracles of the apostles. The Bible is an authentic and true historical record.
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What you believe does not determine reality nor truth. That would make you god. But you ARE NOT god. You don't control the universe. You cannot change reality. Let's try an experiment. At about midnight stand in the middle of the road just around a corner where it is hard to be seen... at night, wearing all black. When headlights start lighting up the curve, just believe that whatever is coming does not exist. Stand firm, if you don't believe a vehicle is coming, then nothing is coming. You are perfectly safe... until reality hits.
You are now standing before Jesus. You are dead. It's judgment day. You don't want to believe it's Jesus and you will be judged. But it is. That's reality.
Judgment only takes a moment, the verdict is obvious, and you know it is correct. You are guilty. You've lied, stolen and sexually lusted after others (Matthew 5:28)... you have disobeyed God. Trusting Jesus is the only answer, but it's too late. You had your last chance just before you died.
You know it's no use to protest, but still you scream out, 'I didn't know!'
But you did know. All of creation declared God's glory, His invisible attributes, and His power. You have no excuse. You willingly rejected Jesus Christ (God).
Is this you? Are you saying, 'Hell isn't so bad, I'll be with my friends.' You know that's not true. There are no friends in hell. No beer... not even water to cool your lips. There is NOTHING good in hell.
So I beg you, consider these words. Trust Jesus as having paid your penalty for every way you've have rejected God. Trust Jeus to save you from hell and bring you into the presense of God.
Trust Jesus. Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved. - Acts 16:31