How do you defend that there is God to an atheist? Tonight’s Lesson: How do you defend that there is God to an atheist? Next Week’s Lesson: How do you defend that Jesus is God to a Jehovah’s Witness?

P: The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalm 53 P: The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” C: They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;

P: there is none who does good. Psalm P: there is none who does good. C: God looks down from heaven on the children of man…

P: to see if there are any who understand, C: who seek after God. Psalm P: to see if there are any who understand, C: who seek after God.

P: They have all fallen away; C: together they have become corrupt; Psalm P: They have all fallen away; C: together they have become corrupt;

P: there is none who does good, C: not even one. Psalm P: there is none who does good, C: not even one.

P: Have those who work evil no knowledge, Psalm P: Have those who work evil no knowledge, C: who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?

P: There they are, in great terror, C: where there is no terror! Psalm P: There they are, in great terror, C: where there is no terror!

P: For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; Psalm P: For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; C: you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

P: Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! Psalm P: Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! C: When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Message How to Defend: There is God! 1st Commandment

Tonight’s Memory Verse: Psalm 53:1 P: The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”

Message: The Bible Itself History Art Science Math/Physics Philosophy Humanities – The Study of People

What does the Bible Say about God? Genesis 1:1-2 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth as without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”

What does the Bible Say about God? Matthew 28:18 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…”

What does the Bible Say about God? 1st Commandment: “You shall have no other God’s before me.” What does this mean: “We should, fear, love, and trust in God above all things.” (Martin Luther summarizes what the Bible says about God in the Small Catechism)

What does the Bible Say about God? God exists. God is Trinity, 1 God with 3 persons. God is to be feared, loved, and trusted above all things.

But how do we know?

http://impact360institute.org/videos/is-it-okay-to-question-the-bible

Video Questions What is doubt? Learning how to understand the world! Has anything in the Bible ever been disproven by History or Archeology? _________

Video Questions Result: Ask Good Questions! Seek Good Answers.

Art

La Grande – Sunday in the Park Georges Seurat

What do we learn from these paintings? From Paintings we learn about the Artist. Georges Seurat grew up in a wealthy family.

The Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh

What do we learn from these paintings? Vincent Van Gogh was insane!

Psalm 19 “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.”

Psalm 19 “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.”

Psalm 19:6 “(The sun) Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.”

Halle’s Comet - 75.316 years, next seen 2061

What do we learn about God from creation? 1. God is orderly! 2. God likes beauty! 3. He likes complex things!

Psalm 139:13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

Science

Language 1 Human DNA has 3 Billion pairings. Scientists believe if used for computer storage they could fit 700 billion terabites in a single gram of DNA (https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram)

Science only a being infinitely smart or with infinite time could read or let alone write such complex writing as DNA.

Belief in God is not against science. Science means knowledge! God is only against the false god that the world came about by random chance.

Math & Physics

Math and Physics Someone moved first: There is always an unmoved mover; Energy was put into the system to get it started.

Anselm Ontological Argument Philosophy

Cosmological Argument – Thomas Aquinas Philosophy

Whatever begins to exist has a cause. The Universe began to exist. William Lane Craig Whatever begins to exist has a cause. The Universe began to exist. Therefore, the Universe had a cause.

Humanities Study of People Right and Wrong

The Existence of Morality – Good and Evil Atheist – There is not right and wrong. God – God designed the universe with right and wrong.

The Existence of Morality – Good and Evil Atheist – There is not right and wrong. God – God designed the universe with right and wrong.

The Existence of Morality – Good and Evil Atheist – There is not right and wrong. God – God designed the universe with right and wrong.

Why does God not just reveal Himself?

What does the Bible Say about God? God wants us to have Faith! Faith that is seen is not faith! Hebrews 11 God is seen in His Bible. God is taken in Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Hebrews 11 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

Tonight’s Memory Verse: Psalm 53:1 P: The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”