2010.8.8 reasons for faith 1 (clues of god)

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Reasons for FaithClues of God

Clue #1: The Mysterious Bang

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Clue #2: The Cosmic Welcome Mat

Job 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

5Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?

Clue #2: The Cosmic Welcome Mat

6On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--

Clue #2: The Cosmic Welcome Mat

7while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

Clue #2: The Cosmic Welcome Mat

Clue #3: The Regularity of Nature

Colossians 1:16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Clue #3: The Regularity of Nature

Clue #4: The Clue of Beauty

Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

The Clue-Killer

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they can’t fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

“The horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, is of any value or at all trustworthy.” - Charles Darwin

The Clue-Killer Is a Clue!

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”