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Guy N. Woods
(c) Did creation result from the action of an all-wise, all-powerful, eternal being? The answer is Yes, a conclusion which the foregoing premises necessitate and the following facts confirm: (1) He who created the worlds and all things therein must be possessed of limitless and inexhaustible wisdom and knowledge; he must know all there is to know about everything. That the Earth and all it contains were made by such a being is obvious in the rich beauty, the orderly operation, and the amazing perfection of creation. The skill and the wisdom requisite to such a task as creation involves, point to one perfect in knowledge, in wisdom and skill. Flawless in content, perfect in operation, harmonious in every detail, it is inevitable that the Universe, and man, sprang from the hand of a being without limitation. (2) The Creator must have been all-powerful. How else could He have made the towering mountains, the mighty oceans, the giant forests, and the vast multitudes of men and of beasts that inhabit the earth? Only one possessed of infinite power could be the cause for which these stupendous works are the effect. Men, with the accumulated knowledge of the ages, are incapable of producing one tiny building block of matterthe atom; deity built, in one mighty fiat, an infinite system of worlds, peopling this Earth with creatures still below the level of angels. Only an all-powerful being could have performed such acts. (3) He who did all this must be eternal. He must always have existed. If ever there was a time when He did not exist, He could not exist now; for as we have seen, in our reasoning regarding material things, that which is without existence cannot make itself to exist; cannot begin by accident; and must be created. Hence, if ever God did not exist, He could not have begun by chance, and He could not have been created by some other supreme being, because there was no other! God, therefore, must have always existed. By a simple and direct manner, and without appealing to the sacred writings, we have established the existence of Deityan all-powerful, all-wise, eternal Being. This is the God of the Bible, the attributes of Whom must be learned from that sacred volume. Reason, logic, and observation prompt reasonable and thoughtful men to the obvious conclusion that God exists. In the light of these facts, does anyone doubt the existence of a divine being? Yes. David identified such a person in this fashion: The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God (Psalm 14:1).
Originally Published In Gospel Advocate October 10, 1974 116:642-646
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