Upon reading the above title many will reply “Don’t be so silly, of course God exists.” There is no greater question of greater importance than whether or not God exists. The answer to that question affects all other questions. We, our children, relatives, and friends have been exposed to the General Theory of Evolution (a fiction that all matter and life came about by purely natural processes). If the God of the Bible exists, there is no need for the evolutionary hypothesis in accounting for all things that exist. So, the universe is here, it must be explained. At some point in everyone’s life, every sane, rational human is going to have to ask and answer this one question, “How did the universe get here?” There are three options to consider. That…
I. THE UNIVERSE (MATTER) IS ETERNAL. To be eternal would be, by definition, existing without beginning or end. However, we know that the universe will end. This is proven by the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (Law of Increasing Entropy) which states that everything is running down or wearing out. Energy is becoming less and less available for use. The universe is running down like a clock. If the universe is running down like a clock, there had to be a time when it was “wound up” and is slowly winding down. The 2nd Law points to 2 things when applied to the universe: 1) A beginning and 2) An end in the future when no more energy is available (referred to by scientists as a “heat death”) If the universe had a beginning and looks toward an end, it cannot be eternal.
That is exactly as the Bible teaches. BEGINNING: Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”. END: 2 Peter 3:10, “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Clearly the universe is not eternal according to science and the Bible.
II. THE UNIVERSE CREATED ITSELF OUT OF NOTHING. For this to be the case would contradict the 1st law of Thermodynamics which states that neither matter nor energy can be created or destroyed in nature. It is a self-evident truth that if we start with nothing, we get nothing. Someone may question, “To say matter cannot be destroyed, what if I burn a piece of paper, have I not destroyed the paper?” Nothing has been destroyed, it has only changed form. The paper, just laying there has energy known as potential energy. When the paper burned the energy became Kinetic Energy. What happened to the paper? The paper is ash lying where it was burnt, some went into the air as smoke, and some was converted to heat and light. The paper did not go out of existence, it only changed form. Again, matter or energy cannot be created or destroyed in nature. The universe (matter) could not have created itself out of nothing.
III. THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED. If matter is not eternal, and the universe did not come from nothing, the only option left is that the universe was created. It is absolutely certain that something has always existed; otherwise we would be forced to say that something came from nothing. (Point #2) Since it is an observed truth that something now exists, it demands that something has always existed. Otherwise one would be forced to argue that something came from nothing – a position that is illogical and irrational. Since matter is not eternal (Point #1) the only option left is that God created the universe and all things in it. The Bible tells us that God has always existed. Psalm 90:2, “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” The Eternal God created the universe, just as the Bible affirms.
The unavoidable conclusion that can be drawn from the arguments of where the universe came from, is that it was created by God. Any other conclusion is irrational.
Psalm 33:6, “By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
- Jerry D. Sturgill
IdPnSD says
“…the only option left is that God created the universe and all things in it. The Bible tells us that God has always existed.” – This is correct, but this God is not the creator of the universe, it is as Bible says – “God is spirit”. Spirit always existed, and spirit is the soul. Every object has a soul, and that soul has created that object. Thus you are created by your soul, and I am created by my soul. Moreover, God as the creator of the universe will contradict the destiny law, because destiny is predictable, and God as the creator of the universe, cannot be predictable.