Introduction

  • If you had a stiff-necked child that needed to wake up, what would you say to them? God started with Creation.
  • Genesis 1:1 – This was written by Moes for the Israelites – a stubborn people.
  • Job 38:1-4
  • John 1:1-3
  • I John 1:1

The Law of Causality and the Cosmological Argument

  • Everything that had a beginning had a cause.
  • If something exists, it either always existed, or it had a beginning.
  • The physical world could not always have existed.
  • Therefore, the physical world had a beginning.

Since the physical world is not eternal, its ultimate cause must be eternal.

  • What is the physical world?
    • Matter
    • Energy
    • Time
    • Matter, time, energy E=mc^2
    • Information

Causality, the physical world, and Isaiah 40:28

  • The cause of the physical world must transcend …
    • Time
    • Matter
    • Energy
    • Information
  • Why Creation matters
    • Is it just to know true facts?
    • There is more to this world than matter, energy, time, and information.
    • Therefore, there must be a cause or source of these things as well.
  • What else exists?
    • Beauty
    • Variety
    • Provision
    • Good
    • Love
    • Evil
    • Suffering
  • The Bible’s account is the best explanation for all that we observe.

Why is Creation THE answer?

  • Revelation 22:13, 12
  • Isaiah 40
    • Isaiah 40:5, 3 – The glory of the Lord to be revealed
    • Isaiah 40:6-8 – All flesh is as grass.
    • Isaiah 40:27, 29-31 – Provides from His infinite resources to those who wait for Him.
  • Job
    • God created, God provides, God knows.
  • Genesis 1:1
    • Exodus 3:13-14 – Who sent Moses? I AM.
  • John 1:1
    • The man Jesus is the I AM.
  • I John 1:1
    • Jesus is the source of light and love.
  • Colossians 1:17 – In Him all things hold together.
  • How great do you have to be to transcend the physical world? The cause must be adequate for the effect. So how big is the effect – holding all things together?
  • II Peter 3:10 – One day, all things will dissolve with fervent heat.
    • Dissolve: Break of destroy but also untie or loose, like a sandal, a donkey, Lazarus
      • Acts 2:24
      • I John 3:8
  • II Peter 3:11, 14