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One Hundred Bible Lessons p3

Some other arguments put forward by Alban Douglas for the existence of God…

Here are some more points the author made:

The moral argument

Man has an intellectual and moral nature showing that the Creator must not be merely an inanimate force but a living, intelligent moral Being…

Genesis 1:27, God created man in the image and likeness of God, that is, patterned after him.

Psalm 94:9, “He that planted the ear, shall He not hear?He that formed the eye, shall He not see?” God has given to man ears, eyes, knowledge, intelligence, and will power for these are the things that He possesses.

Conscience teaches man right and wrong, good and bad: for the Creator is a moral Being that is holy, and loves righteousness but abhors evil.

The life argument

Life comes from life and the original life must have come from a Being possessing eternal life, that is, life that existed before physical life was created. Where can such life be found? It can only be found in God who possesses eternal life. Psalms 36:9, “For with Thee is the fountain (source) of life.”

… Jesus said in John 11: 25, “I am…life,” also in John 14:6, “I am …life,” and in John 10:28,  “And I give unto them eternal life.”

All life proceeds from God.  The theory of spontaneous generation has been proved false and completely unacceptable to authoritative science. Life must have a beginning. The only logical answer is that beginning was with God.

CONCLUSION

Atheism which is only giant doubt and unbelief can only lead to darkness and despair for the one accepting it. Acceptance of Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God,” leads a sincere seeker into the path of a fuller revelation of God himself…

-See One Hundred Bible Lessons by Alban Douglas, published by OMF Publishers, of Manila, Philippines. 1966.