An Exploit of Faith

Jaina A. Cuesta

God’s existence has been an ongoing debate and most controversial issue of every

generation for centuries. Apparently, this is due to the fact that people have their preferred lens in

viewing such dilemma. Philosophers, scientists, and existentialists persistently proved their own

stand whether in an epistemological or ontological perspective. Renowned philosophers like

David Hume and Immanuel Kant strongly denied the existence of God. On the other way around,

Thomas Aquinas contradicted what Hume and Kant believe, professing and acknowledging that

there is God. Looking at their points of view, I would like to consult how my belief goes on.

Exposing my stand on the argument was made free from any criticisms and suggestions of the

concerned audience.

The existence of God is crystal clear to me as I take the Christian perspective to this. By

gazing around the environment, I’ve no doubt that there’s an amazing creator of all creations

creeping in the lands of earth, both biotic and abiotic ones. Ironically, life itself doesn’t requires

human to only grasp its superficiality. It is indeed a wonderful gift and opportunity to venture out

what’s beyond life one could ever imagine. And to defend whether God is concrete or abstract,

common or proper, singular or plural, and countable or non-countable is one way to explore

mine.

Nick Vujicic once said, “God’s love is so real; He created you to prove it.” The aforesaid

statement clearly affirms that God is perceivable by our five senses. In the Scripture, John 4:24

says, “God is spirit” and we are all aware that spirit is beyond what our naked eyes could discern,

however, it does not stop there. God’s invisibility doesn’t mean He’s not real. Several biblical
testimonies were to prove that God is not just a concept nor an idea. In Exodus 3:2, Moses saw

the Angel of the Lord in a blazing flame of fire from the midst of a bush and was not even

consumed. Take notice of the “Angel of the Lord” has been capitalized here to reflect the

likelihood that it is God appearing in a visible form. To make it succinct and substantial, the New

Testament or the era of Jesus Christ manifested God’s great love for the mankind. Many have

seen Jesus healed the sick (Mark 1:34) and performed miraculous works (John 6:2), many too

have heard Jesus’ preaching (Matthew 22:33) and tasted His goodness and gracious kindness (1

Peter 2:3).

The term “God/god” functions differently based on the religious affiliation one has. Even

so, the Bible has mentioned two distinct gods: the god or idols whom unbelief people offer their

devotions to, usually made from gold or wood (1 Corinthians 10:7), and the God who is in

heavens, the God of every generation (Psalm 100:5). Since “G” in God is in upper case, it is then

considered as a proper noun and remains a common practice especially among people of faith for

it specifically refers to the God of the Bible and treats the word as a name, replaceable by the

pronoun “He”.

As to the singularity and plurality of “God”, it is solely dependable to one’s religious

affiliation. In polytheistic perspective, it is considered as plural for they have several deities,

taken as a common noun as well. On the other hand, monotheists like Muslims and Christians

probably refer to one God. As a believer, I strongly adhere to the fact that there is only one true

God as what 1 Timothy 2:5 asserts.

Finally, God is non-countable noun. The term cannot take indefinite articles like “a” or

“an”, but only the determiner “the”. In the Scriptures, biblical personalities frequently used “the”
as a determiner for God. For instances, Luke 1:68 states, “Blessed the Lord, the God of Israel”,

“The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the God of our fathers”, and in Deuteronomy 7:9,

“He is the faithful God”. Besides, if God is countable, then it likely shows that He is not so big

after all, being within reach of a finite mind of a being.

One cannot repudiate the fact that we are in a discrepant world, positioned between two

vices of spectrum. But this attempt of mine on hermeneutics unveiled what kind of world I live

and the faith I withhold regardless of other’s beliefs, so you should, too.