Consequences of God
September 30, 2010 · 0 Comments
Few thoughts have more profound moral, spiritual and ethical consequences than God and creation. Chicago philosopher and director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, Mortimer Adler agrees, “More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.” (Mortimer Adler Great Books of the Western World, ed. Robert M. Hutchins; Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1955), 2.561.
Secular culture has at the very least dismissed God as irrelevant to our existence or at its most extreme extrapolation, killed Him. In fact, a 
prominent evolutionist named William Provine of Cornell University, was very clear in pointing out the implications of Darwinism. If Darwinism is true, he said, then there are five inescapable conclusions:
1. There’s no evidence for God.
2. There’s no life after death.
3. There’s no absolute foundation for right and wrong.
4. There’s no ultimate meaning for life.
5. People don’t really have free will.
As Time magazine put it: “Charles Darwin didn’t want to murder God, as he once put it. But he did.”
Although the subject of God may appear to be simple on the surface, it is an extremely profound matter. God is a primary factor, rather than a secondary one. If God is the cause of the universe, he must be beyond and greater than the physical dimension, just as a car-maker is greater than the car. It is obvious we cannot examine God in a test tube, but that does not mean that there is no evidence of God. We can say with equal emphasis that we cannot prove Napoleon or Lincoln by the scientific method. In order for something to be proved by the scientific method it must be repeatable. History, by its very nature is non-repeatable. Nevertheless, because historical event cannot be proved by repetition does not disprove their reality as events.
The scientific method is useful in measuring material things. No one has ever seen three feet of love or six pounds of justice, but we would be foolish to deny their reality. Someone has said, “to insist that God be proved by the scientific method is like insisting that a telephone be used to measure radioactivity.”
There is a clear fact: Scripture declares throughout its pages that God created the universe…
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth… God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” (Genesis 1:1, 31)
“You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.” (Nehemiah 9:6)
“How many are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number-living things both large and small.” (Psalm 104:24-25)
“Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” (John 1:3)
[Christ] “is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.” (Colossians 1:15-16)
“In these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.” (Hebrews 1:2)
Is it reasonable to believe in God, or must I commit intellectual suicide? Is the only evidence for God religious experience or psychological projection or are there profound logical arguments that need to be carefully considered? Over the next few weeks we will consider a few… perhaps you may conclude with Albert Einstein “The mathematical precision of the universe reveals the mathematical mind of God.”
Pastor Sandy Huntsman
Administrative/Worship Pastor
Boca Glades Baptist Church
10101 Judge Winikoff Rd.
Boca Raton, FL. 33428
