• Since the 1800s, the social gospel has become more prevalent as people stop searching for truth.

  • Darwin started as a theology student but ended up as an atheist.

  • If there is no God, there is no basis for morality. I Corinthians 15:19, 32

  • The consequences of atheism and evolution

    • Jeffrey Dahmer said he committed his crimes because he was an atheist.

  • Hebrews 11:6 – We must have faith!

    • Hebrews 11:1

    • Some do not engage more in personal evangelism because of a lack of faith.

    • Biblical faith: something you know, not because you’ve seen it, but because you’ve examined the evidence.

    • Romans 10:17

    • Faith is the strong conviction that causes you to stop doing what you want to do and start doing what God wants you to do.

      • Examples: Noah and Abraham

    • I Peter 3:15

    • Jude 3

    • Acts 18:28; Philippians 1:16

  • Does God exist?

    • Does something exist?

    • Has something always existed or has something come from nothing?

      • Something cannot come from nothing; therefore, something has always existed.

    • Is this always existent something material (physical) or non-material (spiritual)?

      • The two basic laws of all science:

        • 1st Law of Thermodynamics: Energy can be converted from one form to another but cannot be created or destroyed.

        • 2nd Law of Thermodynamics: The total amount of entropy is always increasing. Isaiah 51:6

      • Material things run down, thus they cannot exist forever. Thus the always existent something is spiritual – God!

    • Yes, God does exist!

  • Atheists do not approve of their concept of God; therefore, they do not think He exists.

    • Atheists say pain proves there is no God.

      • The opposite is true.

      • What kind of world would it be without the protective mechanism of pain receptors?

      • There are additional reasons for pain.

        • Free will allows us to suffer from personal wrong choices.

        • Free will allows us to suffer from the wrong choices of others.

  • There are other ways to prove the existence of God.

    • Law of teleology – where there is design, there is a designer.

    • Psalms 19:1; 139:14

    • The cell membrane shows intelligent design!

    • Romans 1:20