Church of Christ, Santa Clara Mike Wilson, February 10, 2019

Does God Exist? The Biblical Case

This is a two-part series covering both lessons on Sunday. Part 1 covers the first three of seven points.

There are four classical “proofs” of the existence of God: _____________________, _____________________,
________________________, and _____________________.
The Biblical case overlaps, to a degree, but is presented quite differently. How so?

The case for God the Bible admittedly requires ___________________ -- Heb. 11:3; Job 38:4-5; Eccl. 3:11

1. Creation demands a _____________________ -- Rom. 1:19-20; Heb. 3:4

Illustration – building a house
Irreducible ______________ – several components have to work together; otherwise you have ____________
failure.
The “miracle” of life
Ps. 19:1; 139:4

2. Generosity demands a ____________________ -- Acts 14:15-17

“Give” = to provide or freely _______________goods or services without ___________________ of payment
for fair ________________ exchanged.
In all of life on earth, there is __________________ and ___________________. How did the cycle originate?
Deut. 8:3-4; James 1:17; Mt. 10:8

3. Loving relationships demand a _____________________ -- 1 Jn. 4:7-8, 19

Is love real? Does it have any transcendent purpose, or is it just the result of chemical processes?
Jn. 3:16

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4. Morality demands a ____________________ -- James 4:12
Do right and wrong really exist? Will _____________ be punished? Is ________________ real? Are moral
value assessments just _________________ ____________________?
Heb. 4:13; 2 Cor. 5:10
If there is no God, then there are no ________________ absolutes. Psalm 14
Someone says, “That’s not ___________!” But why should anything be so in a morally neutral world?

5. Value demands an ___________________

When we work on a project that has real __________________, then we add ______________ to the
enterprise.
Human beings have functional value that results from ___________________ or __________________ design.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
We ultimately need ____________ to validate our fundamental ___________________ and value.

6. Supernatural revelation demands a _________________ ___________________ ________________.

We have eyewitness reports of God speaking to and _________________ men of ____________________
character, and then proving the point by…
a. _________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________________
c. _________________________________________________________
If God _________________, then God _______!
Isaiah 44:6-8, 24-26; 45:5-7

7. The Son of God demands a _____________________ ___________________.

If Jesus is the Son of God, then God _______________.
John 5:36-37; 3:11-13
If Jesus is the __________ of God, spoke the _____________ of God, performed miracles by the power of
________, and was raised from the _____________ by God, then God ______________!

Conclusion: if God exists…

You should ___________________ him, ______________ him, _________________ to ______________ with
him, _________ your _________________ in him, and ______________ him.
Receive the _____________________ -- 1 Jn. 5:9-12