Best Argument For God, No Rest for the Wicked, Rational Belief, Logical Argument, Scientific Perspective

3/29/19    Sebastian  (See HERE)

What is our best argument for God’s existence?

I had flagged down a bicyclist at the park, who turned out to be Sebastian, an electrical engineer from France.  Sebastian had been confirmed in his family’s Catholic church in France, but said he never really did believe in God.

I told him how atheism looks different from a biblical perspective.  Instead of passively existing without belief in God, the Bible explains that God’s existence is made obvious through creation, so that the unbeliever must actively work to suppress that truth.  In fact, denying an obvious truth is such hard work that Isaiah 57 tells us there is no rest for the wicked; no peace for those who actively continue in rebellion against God.    

Sebastian had told me he is a man of science and sees no evidence for God or an afterlife.  I began to ask about the nature of existence in general; is it more rational to believe that something created everything or that nothing created everything?   

But ultimately, I don’t think a logical or scientific argument is what Sebastian needs to believe in God.  What he needs is a reason to quit suppressing the truth.  After all, if one really wants to avoid facing the judge, why not work hard to convince himself and others that the judge doesn’t exist, or to somehow discredit the judge?

 

But what if there is the possibility to find peace with the judge, to settle out of court as it were, to find that right relationship with Him that the Bible calls “righteousness”?  To have such a close relationship with God that one may refer to Him as our Heavenly Father?

So instead of a scientific argument, I just told Sebastian about Jesus.  Sebastian indicated that he is open-minded enough to at least consider the possibility of God, so I explained the Gospel in the hopes that he would also consider the possibility that he could live in the peace with God that Jesus makes possible.  The sceptic suppresses the truth in the hope of avoiding the judge; the believer embraces the truth in hope of meeting the Savior.

Thanks, Sebastian, for allowing me to record our conversation!  It can be seen HERE