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I am a born-again Christian, who is Reformed, but also charismatic, spiritually speaking. (I do not speak in tongues, but I believe glossalalia is a bona fide gift not given to all, and not as great as prophecy, for example.) I have several years of college education but only completed a two-year degree. I was raised Lutheran and confirmed, but I didn't "find Christ" until I was in the Army and responded to a Billy Graham crusade in 1973. I was mentored or discipled by the Navigators in the army and upon discharge joined several evangelical, Bible-teaching churches. I was baptized as an infant, but believe in believer baptism, of which I was a partaker after my conversion experience. I believe in the "5 Onlys" of the reformation: sola fide (faith alone); sola Scriptura (Scripture alone); soli Christo (Christ alone), sola gratia (grace alone), and soli Deo gloria (to God alone be the glory). I affirm TULIP as defended in the Reformation.. I affirm most of The Westminster Confession of Faith, especially pertaining to Providence.

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Some Orthodox Proofs Of God...

 

  1. Just like you understand the wind by seeing it in action—you see God in action; that is to say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating!
  2. You can tell what God is up to after the fact that He knows best.
  3. By being in awe of His creation and recognizing the need for a Creator.
  4. We know the sun is up there because we see everything else; likewise, we see because God is light!
  5. Why do you think we are God-conscious, unlike the animals who never build chapels or pray?
  6. We have a built-in sense of right and wrong proving a God who must care about justice like we do.
  7. There are countless ways we are different from animals that we must realize we are not one.
  8. Who made us smarter than beasts?
  9. Who can answer the ultimate questions of life’s purpose, meaning, fulfillment, dignity?’
  10. Why do we need an Answerer? God seems to have them!
  11. Wouldn’t a God be a higher being than us? The miracle of changed lives is irrefutable.
  12. If God were a force or influence, not a Person, how could He love us? We love Him because He first loved us! God is love!

The old argument from design (teleological) argument is still valid and should be looked at from a logical and commonsensical view: where did the design come from (a Designer?); plans (a Planner?); order (an Orderer?); laws (a Lawgiver?); purpose (a Purposer?; or a beginning (implying a Beginner). Teleology is another word for purpose. In other words, the presence of God is in everything and to think without purpose is unscientific at that.  Soli Deo Gloria!

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