The things we are about to discuss in this paper are vital to an understanding of faith in God. In the Hebrew letter, the writer says, "...he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." True faith is much more than just believing that God is, but it must begin there. In an astounding assertion, here in the first chapter of Romans, Paul says,"...men...suppress the truth...since what may be known about God is plain , for God has made it plain...since the creation...God's invisible qualities -His eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen...understood from what has been made..." . As David said in the Psalms, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the earth shows His handiwork."
Two things should be noted here. First, the eternal power of God. In all the theories man has projected about the formation of our universe, none has a beginning point. The so-called "Big Bang" theory does not propose to tell us where the material for the "Big Bang" came from. There is no eternal dimension in any of these theories. Paul says the universe demands the existence of an eternal power, a designer beyond space and time.
Second, the divine nature of God. In the world of science and nature there are very exact laws. If the farmer observes those laws, he produces a good crop, and he is blessed. If he violates those laws, the crop fails. The rocket, which blasted off into space this week, operates by very complex laws of physics. If those laws are all observed meticulously, the mission will be successful. We know, all too well, what happens if those laws are violated. Nature's laws are good, and bless mankind, when he follows them.
This is also true in the moral realm. As C. S. Lewis observed, man is a moral creature. We are born with a sense of right and wrong built in. We don't always observe the laws of moral right and wrong, but when we violate them we know it, and the result, on our lives, and on society, is bad. Paul says that we can understand, by observing the world we live in, that those who violate the laws of God inherit death, and those who observe them are blessed. This is evident in the physical universe, and in the spiritual universe. We are all spiritual creatures as well as physical. Man is capable of remembering,
planning, enjoying beauty, loving, and dreaming dreams. He is a spiritual being, as well as a physical one, and the Creator's laws govern both worlds in which we live. We ignore them at our peril.
All of this tells us about the God of Heaven. If we do not always understand Him, nor fathom His laws, it does not argue that He does not exist. God is Spirit, and one cannot examine, nor prove, spiritual things in the physical laboratories of this world, nor with this world's flawed logic. One does not prove that Einstein was a genius, or that Beethoven was a master of music, by unearthing their remains, and examining their brains in the laboratory. One knows their genius by their works, and is awed by things beyond the understanding of us ordinary creatures. So it must always be with God. He has left incredible evidence of His presence, His work, and His goodness. Those who refuse to see it, do so because they do not "diligently seek Him", and prefer to serve their own self-centered ends, rather than worship the King of Righteousness.
