Romans 1:18-20
Creation is Evidence of God
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
1 John 4:8
God is LOVE
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
John 3:16-17
God LOVES the World So He Sent Us His Son
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
John 10:10 (KJV)
Jesus Cam to Earth to Give Us an Abundant Life
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 1:1-14
All Things Were Made Through Jesus
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Genesis 1:27-28
God Made Man and Woman in His Image
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Why is there a universe?...How did the world get here?...Why is earth different from the other planets?...What caused these things to happen?...Everyone believes Something caused the universe to happen, but there are different ideas, what caused creation to happen...Even if one believes in the Big Bang Theory and we had some loud explosion in the beginning, how did those gases and chemicals to create this Big Bang get here?...Did Someone put these things here?...
Why are there natural laws that are orderly and consistent in the universe, and not just a chaotic mess after this random Big Bang?...If these laws of nature were random and there were no seasons, and the weather is completely random -how would we live?...If it is two hundred degrees today and minus two hundred degrees tomorrow, how does one adapt?...What if it never rained?...How would we eat?...So, why and how can man live on earth, as we do now?...How has these Laws of Nature allowed us to partake in our daily bread and our daily drink?...Can we acquire more knowledge from these Laws of Nature, and the mathematical equations that seem to be in these Laws of Nature?...Can we grow our knowledge base further and further by learning about these Natural Laws?...Has Someone put us here?...Does this Someone want us to learn and grow our knowledge and learn from the things He created?...By having this consistent and orderly Laws of Nature does not this add to the credence, that there is Someone who assisted us in being here or put us here?...And if Someone but us here with these consistent and orderly Laws of Nature, is not this a sign of LOVE...And doesn't it appear He wants us to grow and learn more from just the way the universe is created...A universe that is based on many finely tuned physic equations, that we see and now study each day...And we seem to be learning more and more about different things as the months and years pass...
C. S. Lewis said, "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."...God gives us a reason to believe in the world and why there is a world around us...Lewis saw this, and believed that Jesus gave him an explanation for seeing everything else in life...Besides this universal order, we can see purpose, joy, and reason in life because of Jesus...God gives us a reason to believe that there is something else and everything else...St. Paul basically tells us that God gives us the reason to believe in creation, and that creation gives us the reason to believe in Him...By creating an orderly universe, we can see a consistency, beauty, and even this growth of knowledge for mankind...Isn't it somewhat possible by given the ability to have and get more and more knowledge of creation and those things that were created, that we might just get closer to the One to Whom all things were made?...And if we can see this order, organization, and beauty might we be persuaded to think LOVE had something to do with creation...We might see that the intangible good that goes with these things (of beauty) and realize where they have come from...Especially, if we are made in His Image...From this LOVE we see that life can be a great curious mystery full of wonder, joy, laughter, and meaning...A life full of life, an abundant life to the full...