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 38:1-4John 1:1-3I John 1:1The 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?MatterEnergyTimeMatter, time, energy E=mc^2InformationCausality, the physical world, and Isaiah 40:28
The cause of the physical world must transcend …TimeMatterEnergyInformationWhy Creation mattersIs 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?BeautyVarietyProvisionGoodLoveEvilSufferingThe Bible’s account is the best explanation for all that we observe.Why is Creation THE answer?
Revelation 22:13, 12Isaiah 40Isaiah 40:5, 3 – The glory of the Lord to be revealedIsaiah 40:6-8 – All flesh is as grass.Isaiah 40:27, 29-31 – Provides from His infinite resources to those who wait for Him.JobGod created, God provides, God knows.Genesis 1:1Exodus 3:13-14 – Who sent Moses? I AM.John 1:1The man Jesus is the I AM.I John 1:1Jesus 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, LazarusActs 2:24I John 3:8II Peter 3:11, 14
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