Romans
1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s
invisible qualities —his eternal power and divine nature— have been clearly
seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without
excuse.
There is no way to “prove” that God exists nor can
we prove that “love” exists. We can define love by watching particular
activities that reveal the nature of love. Love is seen by love in action. The
same is true of God. We can learn much of Him by seeing Him in action as
Creator and Sustainer of the universe. We can hear his voice in the Words of
Scripture. Viewing the world and reading Scripture help us to see the nature of
God and His actions. In this way we can know He exists.
Paul says to his readers in Rome and today that the
entire universe and created world testify to the power and the deity of God.
The creation of the universe and life
forms by random chance is beyond all odds. The spontaneous creation of
intelligent life from nothing is at odds with the testimony of Scripture. It
seems to be a more unbelievable theory than that of a divine being creating all
from nothing.
You probably have heard this story of missionaries
who reached a little known tribe in a remote part of the world. After making friends with the primitive
peoples they began to share the Gospel with them. As they told the story some
of the natives began to weep loudly. They said to the missionaries, “We knew
from the goodness of creation and from the yearnings of our hearts that such a
man had to exist, but we didn’t know his name.” God reveals Himself mightily in
His own handiwork and places a hunger in every human heart to know Him.
