Is there really a God?

[Music] is God real it's a fair question God or the concept of a God is talked about a lot but we don't see God and we don't hear him so can we really be sure that there is one and you know sometimes we can get really curious about God's existence especially when it comes to thoughts about death like if there's a God and if there's a heaven and a hell where will we go and can we know that for sure as a former Bible teacher many of my students have asked me how do you know

God is real and I normally respond with three thoughts thought number one you don't need to see in order to believe now suppose we went to an art museum and imagine us seeing a painting of a beautiful landscape and you told me wow that artist is good and I looked to you and say ah well you can't be too sure there's an artist I mean can you see the artist give me direct evidence that there was an artist and as you look to find the artist's name on the painting you find that the artist is

unknown to which I'd say see you can't see the artist there's no proof that they actually existed therefore this painting doesn't have an artist and this obviously is an illustration you see from what I found people always believe in what they don't see yet many people don't like to use that logic when it comes to the subject of God for example if I look at a skyscraper I don't need to see the architect in order to believe that there was one if I look at a painting or a sculpture I don't need to see the

artist and if I see a tray of sushi I don't need to see the chef responsible for making it because sky scrapers art pieces and dishes are all complex and require an intelligent mind in order to bring them to existence and the facts that they are complex is reason enough to believe that someone was responsible for their creation even if we physically cannot see the Creator thought number two life is complex and it needs to come from somewhere now while buildings art and recipes are complex our bodies are immensely more so so I would argue

that if we can assume that skyscrapers and everything that we talked about has a Creator we as people must also have a Creator due to how complicated our bodies are the human body has a total of nine layered systems that all must be working in order for an individual to be healthy the cardiovascular system contains the heart and blood vessels working so it can get your body that oxygen and nutrients it needs the endocrine system produces hormones that contribute to your overall growth the digestive system breaks down the food and liquids that we consume and

turns it into energy the respiratory system helps us to breathe which is a little important the excretory system removes all the waste and other harmful things in our body the lymphatic system is part of your immune system that prevents us from getting sick the nervous system contains the brain and is responsible for anything requiring thought the muscular system contains all the muscles that help us to move and the skeletal system obviously has all the bones that give us something to slap these eight other systems on and to give you an idea of how much information

your body contains pay attention to this quote from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences six that's how many feet long the DNA from one of your cells would be if you uncoiled each Strand and placed them end to end do this for all your DNA and the resulting strand would be 67 billion miles long the same as about 100 150 000 round trips to the Moon you see your DNA is your information it's everything that makes you you and all of it stretched out would be 67 billion miles long so when it comes to

where people came from I believe that people are far too complex and must have had an intelligent mind responsible for creating them to further my point imagine if we were walking in a forest and we see a laptop lying on the ground and I looked to you and say do you know how this laptop got here well this Forest had all the elements needed in order to create a laptop so after billions of years full of lightning storms and the changing environment this laptop came into existence and while this all sounds silly take out the

laptop and insert the evolution of humans in there I mean is it possible that humans with their nine systems and 67 billion miles worth of information somehow could have evolved after billions of years and might I add that if that scenario sounds unlikely with the laptop how can that make sense with people who are significantly more advanced I don't know but I feel like many people make fun of Christians who believe in the possibility that God was responsible for the creation of people when in my opinion I feel like that belief makes more sense given

how complex people are thought number three Jesus Is God and there's plenty of evidence for his existence now for those of you who are thinking why should I trust the Bible or believe in Jesus well one reason why one might trust the Bible is because according to Dr Sean McDowell in 2018 the New Testament of the Bible has 23 986 historical documents supporting it in McDowell's article titled what is the most recent manuscript count for the New Testament he quotes how do the New Testament documents compare with other ancient books a stack of existing manuscripts

from the average classical writer would measure about four feet high yet the New Testament manuscripts would stack to more than one mile high and what does this one mile high stack of information contain details about a man named Jesus his life his death his resurrection his church and his way to get to heaven look I'm not going to cover all the reasons why you should trust the Bible in this video that video is actually being worked on but we will provide the link in the description below once it's uploaded but for those of you who

are genuinely looking for the answer to the question is God real I would consider what the Bible says in John chapter 1 verses 1 to 3 and verse 14. in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God he was in the beginning with God all things were made through him and without him nothing was made that was made and the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth and if

you were to continue reading the book of John you would see that the word who was God that became flesh or in other words a person was Jesus and according to over twenty thousand historical documents that are a mile high Jesus existed and he lived so you can hear this message you are not here on accident you were more than the nine systems that allow your body to function because you Soul a soul that God created and gave you so how did you get here on Earth according to the Bible there is only one God

and this one God who is in the form of three persons which we call the Trinity God the Father God the son and God the holy spirit this God created everything the universe with its stars and planets the Earth with its lands and seas and in it he made the animals and the first man and woman and when he made them he gave them the ability to choose why because God wanted to have a sincere and genuine relationship with people and in order for love to be real love must not be forced but have a

choice so God gave the first man Adam and the first woman Eve a choice to either obey him or disobey him and they chose to disobey and according to the Bible actions that violate God's righteous commands are called sin in Romans 3 25 3 it says for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and Romans 6 23 says for the penalty of sin is death to put things simply these passages tell us that everyone here on Earth is an imperfect sinner that has violated God's commands to be good and holy and

the punishment for such actions is death so here's the problem the god of the Bible is the God of Justice and he is so holy pure and perfect that he must not allow any wrong act to go unpunished to let any sin be ignored what compromise is justice so he must give Liars the sexually immoral the murderers and the selfish what they deserve and that's death and death in the Bible is more than just the physical stopping of the heart there's two parts to death Revelation chapter 21 verse 8 but cowardly unbelieving abominable murderers sexually

immoral Sorcerers idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone which is the second death this second death is eternal separation from God in a place of Eternal Flames called the Lake of Fire also known as hell and this is what I deserve and what people everywhere deserve because of their sin but the idea of people being sent to hell didn't sit well with God so he made a way for people to be saved from the punishment of their sins God the Father sent his son Jesus to

pay the price for people's sins Jesus being God the son came in the form of a man as read in the Book of John and he was the only person to have ever lived a life without any sin he was completely perfect and the day he died he was beaten without Mercy whipped and mutilated spat upon and humiliated and he was nailed to a cross why did this happen because sin makes God angry and full of Wrath so all of the Wrath that God has against every lie every murder every sexual sin every selfish Act

of greed and darkness all of the anger that God had against every evil act committed by people was placed on Jesus Jesus was treated as if he lived our sinful life and he died on the cross to take away the death and divine wrath that we deserved why do I tell you all of this because the biggest reason why you're here on Earth right now is so you can make this decision will you believe that Jesus died for you and will you surrender your life to him because I'll tell you right now God is real

you are far too complex of a person for you to have just popped into existence and it is Through the Bible that we know that we originated from God but sin has disconnected us from him because filthy sin cannot be in the presence of a holy and perfect God and sin has no place in heaven but God in his love for people made a way back to him you see according to the Bible there is only one thing necessary for you to go to heaven and have access to God and it's this have faith in

the fact that Jesus died for you Romans chapter 5 verse 1 therefore having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ and the word Justified here means declared righteous so here's the good news even though you're a sinner that God has great anger and wrath towards God still loves you so he sent his son Jesus to die on the cross for your sins so you don't have to pay that punishment yourself in hell all you need to do is believe that Jesus died for you and to live your life

according to that knowledge and when you do this when God looks at you he will no longer see your sin because it was paid for at the cross no there won't be any anger towards you anymore because if you have faith in Jesus instead God will look at you with peace and see Jesus's Perfection and sinless life because Jesus traded his life for yours but the story isn't over yet the Bible tells us that Jesus didn't stay dead he rose again is still alive and is coming again very soon and being the King of Kings

he will come back for his people and will set up his kingdom where we will all dwell safely for all eternity so I need to say this you need to make a decision you don't know when your life will end and you can either pay for the penalty of your sins yourself in the Lake of Fire or you can allow Jesus to pay for them through his blood please see God's love for you see the Salvation that you can have through faith in Jesus's death for your sins pray to God tell him you believe that

he died for you and help me spread this message to as many people as we can so that more people can own this truth Jesus loves you