So, You Don’t Believe God Exists, Right?

ANSWERS FOR ATHEISTS

If there is no life after death; if there is no eternity or judgement of God, then why do you fight to stay alive when something goes wrong with your health?  Why do you go to a doctor? Why do you seek to get well?  Why do you have fear of something happening to you?

People who have no assurance of their salvation through Jesus Christ fear death. If there is no God, then death would be merely a ceasing of existence, with nothing to fear.  However, if Christianity is true, then those who do not believe should fear death, since the fate of believers and non-believers is quite different.

There are many theoretical possibilities on the existence of God.  Atheists say that God doesn’t exist and that death results in the end of individual existence.  If your brain just shuts down, there should be no fear of death.  Deists say that God exists but doesn’t have any interests in humanity.  Deists also believe there is no heaven or hell and death ends it all, as in atheism. 

Numerous other religions claim a god or gods, but none seems to be interested in eternal punishment.  So, if those religions are true, there shouldn’t be anything to fear when you die.  It is only Christianity that says death brings judgement to the unrepentant. With this in mind, either death brings the cessation of existence or there is life after death. Therefore, the uncertainty here is whether or not Christianity is true and the God of the Bible really exists.

If you fear death, yet believe that God does not exist, then you are being irrational.  Then again, maybe you are uncertain whether death is the end of your existence.  Are you ready to die?

You say that you don’t believe the God of the Bible exists, right?  So, are you saying that it is impossible  for the God of the Bible to exist? If so, how do you know it is impossible? Do you know everything?

Is it impossible for the Bible to be what it claims to be: a revelation from God?

Could the God of the Bible reveal himself in such a way that we are absolutely certain of his existence?

Could you be wrong about everything you think you know?

How do you know that what you believe is true? What is the basis for your belief? If you say science is the basis for what you believe, how do you know science is true. It has proven itself wrong time after time down through history, so, how can you really be sure? What if you’re wrong about science?  Are you willing to take that chance?

These are questions I must ask you. These are questions you must ask yourself!

It takes a certain amount of faith not to believe in God just as it does to believe. Therefore, atheists are religious too. 

RELIGION :  (As defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary and Thesaurus)

“A cause, principle or belief held to with faith and ardor {warmth of feeling}

As we can see, even atheism is a religion in itself. Therefore, if atheism is a religious viewpoint, then every atheist is their own god.  Therefore, why don’t atheists know everything?

The main thing that atheists must do apart from claiming there is no God is to support that claim with some sort of reason or evidence. But you’ll find they are unable to do so.  An atheist’s  mere lack of belief is not proof or evidence of anything. It’s just their lack of belief. Atheism is supposed to be about reason, evidence and proof. Do they have any of that? Where is the evidence that God doesn’t exist?

There are so many infallible proofs that the God of the Bible does exist and that the Bible is God’s revelation to mankind, that time and space prevents me from listing them here.

The Bible says in Psalms 14:1, and Psalms 53:1, “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.”  Are you a wise man/woman, or a FOOL?

There is Hope: 

Romans 10:9:“If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. “

If there is no God, then we are free to do as we want (subject to certain legal limitations).  We are free to choose how we’ll live and how we’ll treat one another.  We can make up our own rules because, in the end, this life is all there is and nothing really matters except the here and now.  That may sound good to some, but, if God really does exist and the Bible is true, eternity is a mighty long time to spend burning in a lake of fire.  Think about it.

Today people are taught that there is no God. Unfortunately, all too often there are serious ramifications if you carry the idea that there is no God to its logical conclusion.  If there is no God, we are just animals—more advanced than, but not essentially different from a dog or a cat or a snake or a slug, meaning that we ARE NOT CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE and therefore HAVE NO PURPOSE IN Life. If there is no God, there can be NO ABSOLUTE VALUES OR MORALS. This means that there are no standards to guide behavior. Therefore, almost anything goes. If it feels good, do it. But the Bible says in Proverbs 14:12, “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Let’s see what God himself has done to make himself known to mankind so that we might recognize there is a God and that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh and come to trust in him.

In Romans 1: 18-20, Paul tells us that a man can see evidence of God by what has been made.  Paul tells us that God’s existence is supported by the external testimony of Creations, that we can see evidence of Him in the things He has made, that He is the Creator.

Now, being a Creator of something implies at least a couple of things.  One that you began it and two, that you designed it, you thought about it and it wasn’t just random.

The external existence of creation testifies to the existence of God because it reveals evidence of a beginner. The Bible states that God began things, that He created the entire universe in six literal 24 hour days (Genesis 1).  Does the creation as we see it support the idea that all we see started at some point?  Sure it does. It doesn’t matter if you’re an atheist or a believer in evolution.

The Bible tells us in Genesis 1 that God not only began things in the universe, but that He designed them according to His liking. They were not random events, but the result of an Intelligent Designer. Creation shows a Designer.

Evidence indicates design instead of just something random and supports the evidence for an intelligent Designer in the creation process.

Psalms 19:1-2 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.  Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.” So, Creation shows evidence of Design and therefore a Divine Intelligent Designer.

So, you don’t believe God exists, right?  What if you’re wrong?  What if God does exist and the Holy Bible is true and what it claims to be; a revelation from God?  What if unbelievers really are judged by a just God after death and are sentenced to punishment in an eternal lake of fire?

What if the unbeliever is right and I’m wrong about the Bible as God’s word of truth; about God being the just God he claims to be; about Jesus Christ sacrificing himself by being nailed to a cross and giving his life so that we won’t have to face the penalty for sin because it’s already been paid by Jesus?  What if I live my life on earth as a believer, doing good, keeping myself pure according to the scriptures, and believing the Bible is true, then come to the end of life and discover there was nothing to all of this?  I’ve lost absolutely nothing by the way I lived.  BUT, what if I am right and you are wrong as an unbeliever?  Are you really willing to take that chance?

Hebrews 9:27 says, “ And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment”.  But let me give you some hope! Revelation Chapter 21 tells us, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. ² And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. ⁴ And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. ⁵ And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.”

Acts 2: 38 instructs us to “ Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” 

Acts 3:19 tells us to “Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord”

2 Peter 3:9 tells us, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

We would ask you to be open minded and give what we’ve said here some very serious consideration.

Finally, Revelation 22:12 says, “And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.:

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