People ask me to provide evidence of the existence of God. I could spend my entire lifetime pointing out the facts and providing sources but the truth is, those who believe in God and those who deny his existence have the exact same facts. And different viewpoints. We live in the same world under the same rules. Then how does a Christian prove that there is a God? What proof is there?
Right in front of you. Look deep. Look inside. Look at one woman's life. A prostitute of the soul. A murderer at heart. Manipulating. Suicidal. A horrible life right? But looking at her you would not be able to tell that such was her past. She thinks nothing of herself anymore, only about others. Only about reaching out a healing, loving hand to the world. Offering words of hope to anyone who will listen. What has happened? What caused the 180? What brought about the radical turnaround?
What is proof but the laying down of fact using the focal lenses of a worldview? When a dog wags its tail while looking at you, some people say that it means the dog likes you, while others say that it means the dog simply enjoys the attention that you give by looking back at it. Which is right? How do you know? Did you ask the dog? The only part that is fact is what was observed: Fido wagged his tail. The part that is not fact but rather opinion: the different viewpoints or theories as to what Fido meant by wagging his tail at you. Since Fido cannot speak our language nor we his, we must conjecture. It's the same with God, isn't it? God doesn't speak our language so we Christians have to prove that He is there right? That's the way it seems sometimes. That's the way some want us to think. But we don't have to prove it. The proof is there.
Right in front of you. Look outward. Look wide. Look at two thousand years of history of the peoples. What people were the most caring when no one cared for them? What belief was the most laughed at, under-minded of them all? What faith professed love when the world hated? When the world was at war who called for peace of the soul? What kind of person, poor at best, shares all he has with one who has even less? What people were hunted down for simply saying a name? What kind of person can make friends with everybody and yet is hated (or not tolerated) by most cultures and religions? What belief causes people to live life to the fullest and yet look to life after death; who are not afraid to die, always living as if tomorrow could be their last and yet waiting for Eternity to come?
All the proof you need is inside. Ask me for proof of a miracle and I will point to myself. I am proof. I have changed from a deep down nasty monster of a human to a person who cares. A true Christian is not one that grew up going to church, or lives a good life, or is practically perfect in every way, or tries to hide mistakes, or wears special clothes, or does certain things to be holy of make it to Heaven, but rather one who is changed within - and acknowledges that the change came from God.
Sure you can use whatever evidence is out there. But the truth is, those who do not want to believe will always come up with an excuse to not believe. The greatest proof there can be found are in the millions of changed lives throughout history and your own changed life. If you began as a terrible person, and now live a life dedicated to letting God speak and live through you, with peace, with joy, with love, are you not changed? Some people wear a cross just because it looks pretty. But when I wear a cross, I wear a symbol that tells the story of my life, of every life changed by the One who died on a cross - a symbol of death become a symbol of life. The cross you wear should mean you've truly changed. Dear fellow Christian, you are the proof.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
Right in front of you. Look deep. Look inside. Look at one woman's life. A prostitute of the soul. A murderer at heart. Manipulating. Suicidal. A horrible life right? But looking at her you would not be able to tell that such was her past. She thinks nothing of herself anymore, only about others. Only about reaching out a healing, loving hand to the world. Offering words of hope to anyone who will listen. What has happened? What caused the 180? What brought about the radical turnaround?
What is proof but the laying down of fact using the focal lenses of a worldview? When a dog wags its tail while looking at you, some people say that it means the dog likes you, while others say that it means the dog simply enjoys the attention that you give by looking back at it. Which is right? How do you know? Did you ask the dog? The only part that is fact is what was observed: Fido wagged his tail. The part that is not fact but rather opinion: the different viewpoints or theories as to what Fido meant by wagging his tail at you. Since Fido cannot speak our language nor we his, we must conjecture. It's the same with God, isn't it? God doesn't speak our language so we Christians have to prove that He is there right? That's the way it seems sometimes. That's the way some want us to think. But we don't have to prove it. The proof is there.
Right in front of you. Look outward. Look wide. Look at two thousand years of history of the peoples. What people were the most caring when no one cared for them? What belief was the most laughed at, under-minded of them all? What faith professed love when the world hated? When the world was at war who called for peace of the soul? What kind of person, poor at best, shares all he has with one who has even less? What people were hunted down for simply saying a name? What kind of person can make friends with everybody and yet is hated (or not tolerated) by most cultures and religions? What belief causes people to live life to the fullest and yet look to life after death; who are not afraid to die, always living as if tomorrow could be their last and yet waiting for Eternity to come?
All the proof you need is inside. Ask me for proof of a miracle and I will point to myself. I am proof. I have changed from a deep down nasty monster of a human to a person who cares. A true Christian is not one that grew up going to church, or lives a good life, or is practically perfect in every way, or tries to hide mistakes, or wears special clothes, or does certain things to be holy of make it to Heaven, but rather one who is changed within - and acknowledges that the change came from God.
Sure you can use whatever evidence is out there. But the truth is, those who do not want to believe will always come up with an excuse to not believe. The greatest proof there can be found are in the millions of changed lives throughout history and your own changed life. If you began as a terrible person, and now live a life dedicated to letting God speak and live through you, with peace, with joy, with love, are you not changed? Some people wear a cross just because it looks pretty. But when I wear a cross, I wear a symbol that tells the story of my life, of every life changed by the One who died on a cross - a symbol of death become a symbol of life. The cross you wear should mean you've truly changed. Dear fellow Christian, you are the proof.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
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