· First of all, the question is great because it gets the worldview right: The worldview of the Bible is definitely creation not evolution. Throughout the Bible, we see case after case where the biblical authors affirm instantaneous creation out of nothing. And it’s interesting that in science right now some tremendous work is being done in the area of intelligent design. One of the best new books is by Stephen Meyer (who was featured in the movie, Expelled). Meyer looks into the cell and he says, the evidences of design are stunning.
· But as to the question, “Who created God?” That’s an interesting one. A lot of atheists will use this. They’ll say, “All right if everything has to have a cause, who caused God?” And they think they’ve got you.
· There are three logical options for the origin of being: you can be self-caused, uncaused, or caused by another. We are obviously caused by another. But God is different; he is uncaused. He always has been; he always will be. Another way to put this is that God is a necessary being. Necessary beings cannot – not – exist. God falls into that category. He is the uncaused being who causes all things. We see a biblical example of God’s uncaused eternal nature in Psalm 90:1 where Moses says, “Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.”
· So where was God? The only hint we have about this in John 17:5 where Jesus prays, “Glorify me, together with you, with the glory which I always had with you before the world was.” That heavenly realm existed prior to the formation of the created universe. It was outside space and time as we know it. So we don’t know exactly where it was, but we do know that Jesus and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit were in an eternal love relationship.
Great conversation! Everything that has a beginning needs a cause for it's existence. Universe had a beginning and so it has a cause. God has no beginning and requires no cause. It surely is far beyond our minds to comprehend but the example this illogical question is enough to validate it's grammatical perfection to ask it but not find an answer since it is illogical in it's first possible cause: Who is the bachelor married to?
· First of all, the question is great because it gets the worldview right: The worldview of the Bible is definitely creation not evolution. Throughout the Bible, we see case after case where the biblical authors affirm instantaneous creation out of nothing. And it’s interesting that in science right now some tremendous work is being done in the area of intelligent design. One of the best new books is by Stephen Meyer (who was featured in the movie, Expelled). Meyer looks into the cell and he says, the evidences of design are stunning.
ReplyDelete· But as to the question, “Who created God?” That’s an interesting one. A lot of atheists will use this. They’ll say, “All right if everything has to have a cause, who caused God?” And they think they’ve got you.
· There are three logical options for the origin of being: you can be self-caused, uncaused, or caused by another. We are obviously caused by another. But God is different; he is uncaused. He always has been; he always will be. Another way to put this is that God is a necessary being. Necessary beings cannot – not – exist. God falls into that category. He is the uncaused being who causes all things. We see a biblical example of God’s uncaused eternal nature in Psalm 90:1 where Moses says, “Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.”
· So where was God? The only hint we have about this in John 17:5 where Jesus prays, “Glorify me, together with you, with the glory which I always had with you before the world was.” That heavenly realm existed prior to the formation of the created universe. It was outside space and time as we know it. So we don’t know exactly where it was, but we do know that Jesus and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit were in an eternal love relationship.
Great conversation! Everything that has a beginning needs a cause for it's existence. Universe had a beginning and so it has a cause. God has no beginning and requires no cause. It surely is far beyond our minds to comprehend but the example this illogical question is enough to validate it's grammatical perfection to ask it but not find an answer since it is illogical in it's first possible cause: Who is the bachelor married to?
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