The Third Proof: 
 Many of the proofs of the existence of God are interdependent and interrelated.  We can infer these new proofs from the first proof. 

The geologists, at the inception of their theories, relied on an ordered universe and an existing matter, just as the theory of evolution relies on the simple laws and matter of life.  So what is this matter? 

Matter occupies space and has weight.  We do not necessarily have to see it because some gases, and even the air we breath, are all "matter". 

Scientists, until recently used to talk of the "law of the indestructibility of matter."  However, the discovery of the nuclear nature of matter and Madame Curie's experiments with radium have proved the possibility of the decomposition and the division of matter.  This change in matter is a scientific fact; uranium (238) decomposes gradually into lead (206) passing through different intermediary  phases.  Thus, after  many  long  years,   radioactive uranium is converted into lead, giving off energy during this process.  We do not see any new uranium coming into existence. 

Science today proves that this earth is on its way to disappearing.  Therefore, as high as the mountains are so is the rate of their erosion, and the deep bed of the rivers is rising little by little so that everything, if these processes go on long enough, will become one level.  This, in addition to uranium's changing into lead, shows us how the world is going towards a certain end. 

Thus, science proves that matter is not immortal! Matter came into existence at some time; since it is not immortal, it has a beginning. 

Hence, creation and the beginning of the material world necessitates the existence of a Creator.  Things that are made need a Maker!  All the universe is like a huge clock that was wound one day and that is now running down and releasing its energy.  Up till now we do not know of a way to recharge it.  Man appeared  in the middle of an ordered universe which is proceeding  slowly     towards    a    certain    end! 

Notice the fields, mountains, valleys, and the other topographical features around you! 

The geologist, John Powell, noticed the process of the encroachment of many rivers and concluded that, in time, the waters will engulf all solid land, no matter how elevated it was originally until everything reaches the common lowest level of the ocean floor. 

There are many different varieties of any one species.  No matter how much these may differ in size or form, they are all one species.

The science of comparative genetics is trying to demonstrate that there is a great resemblance between the species of fish, animal, and man.  This is true, but is not a proof of evolution.  It is the strongest proof of the existence of God!  Scientists have failed to convert the unborn offspring of a fish into an animal or into a human as the unborn organism developed into  the same type of fish that laid the egg.

Also, the experiments in the cross-breeding of species to improve and change them do not so much prove   evolution   as  they  prove that there are fixed laws that govern the reproduction of animals and man and that these laws operate within limits that cannot be infringed or broken.

We have been able to produce new varieties of a certain species; nevertheless, they are all of that same "species" and cannot be converted into another.

The simple farmer who works on his land is familiar with the idea of improving a species.  The specialized scientists in their laboratories can determine accurately how the genes and chromosomes  interact  in man to produce color and the various other characteristics and can predict the way offspring will look.  This is proof of the wisdom and power of God since it is He Who put these laws and still preserves them.  Our God said: "Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind."  The continuity and preservation of this law is a fourth proof of the existence of God.

Scientists have attempted, in comparing the skeletons of the chimpanzee and the gorilla with that of man, to establish that all evolved out of one origin.   But  this is a great fallacy!  This resemblance proves the existence of God!  This is, in actual fact, a "unity of design"  which is evidence of one architect who designed and planned this cosmos.  This is simply a "functional resemblance" only. Therefore, our God has put living and powerful laws, and He maintains them also.

The Fifth Proof:
 We live in a world that is extremely complex and which is designed in an amazing way.  The dawn always breaks; the deserts, mountains, and rivers all exist in harmony in surpassing beauty so long as man does not interfere with them!  Nothing lives or dies for itself; all types of life are interdependent.

 The traditional question about evolution is: which appeared first, the ear of wheat or the seed?  Did the seed evolve slowly thoughout millennia independently of the stalk of wheat from which it derives its life?

Did the flowers, grasses, and trees evolve very slowly during millions of years independent of the small seeds that are the basis of their lives?

These are difficult questions for the evolutionist to answer, exactly like the old question:  Which appeared first, the egg or the chicken?  The scientist claims this question is trivial, and the reason is that he simply does not know the answer. He therefore prefers to turn this question into a laughable joke in order to avoid having to answer it.

This complex cooperation between the different forms of life proves the existence of a Creator and Architect.  He is the great designer before Whom lies this universe in all its   complexity.     He    gives  it   the ability to exist.

Nothing lives or dies for itself.  Plants and animal decompose after death to provide other living organisms with more life.  A tree lives, then dies and falls to become part of the earth in a forest and thus provides the small insects with the basic requirements of life.

This great and complex universe and this complex earth on which we live and whose air we breathe are the work of a Great Designer.

The properties of metals, the wings of birds and flies, the beauty of the dawn, the facets of a beautiful crystal, all these, and above all, the amazing wonder of the body of man, tell of an Immortal Designer.

The order found in the universe declares the existence of a Designer.

The Sixth Proof; the Fulfillment of Prophecies:
 Approximately a third of the Holy Bible consists of prophecies.  Although a great many of them tell us about  what  is  to  happen,  many  of them have been fulfilled or are currently being fulfilled.

God sent His prophets hundreds of years ago to great cities like Babylon, Akron, Acceded, Askelon, Tyre, and Sidon.  These ordinary men foretold the ruin and fall of these cities and the way this would happen.  These prophecies have been fulfilled in all their details in the time determined by God.

God knows the future and reveals what is to happen in it through prophecies that are inexorably fulfilled.

The Seventh Proof:
This is probably the most important proof altogether for us as Christians.  It is "answered prayer".  Because the atheists and agnostics have never prayed, they have not experienced answered prayer and that is why they doubt!

There are numerous examples in the Bible, in Church history, and in our daily lives of God answering the prayers of His children.  They are innumerable examples and this experience is open to all believers: "Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them." (Mk. 11: 24).

Some people might imagine that the answer to prayer is the same as concentrating on a certain matter.  But in fact it is a direct intervention from God in a miraculous way that reveals  the work of His omnipotent Hand.  It is the fruit of obedience to the laws of God, of walking according to His will, and of faith in His promises.

These seven proofs which  declare clearly the existence of our great    God    are only a simple introduction to the subject.  We are not dealing in imaginings or assumptions, for we have much evidence and many proofs.

It is time we said with Job: "For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that He shall stand at last on the earth" (Job 19: 25).

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