In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1
Notice that God does not begin His Word
trying to prove His own existence. In fact, no author of Scripture ever
attempts to advocate on behalf of such an argument because the reality of there
being a Creator God is clear.[1] When
I purchased my computer a few weeks prior to attending Bible School,
I found that inside the box was an instruction manual on how to use it
properly. The only thing I did not find was a brochure trying to prove to
me that the computer I paid for actually existed. We do not normally expect
to find such a brochure because it is obvious that the computer before us does
indeed exist. Why? I believe the reason is because the company who
fashioned the very computer on which I happen to be writing this blog, expects
me to understand that there is in fact a computer and, not only that, but
a programmer who created the computer as well.
Ultimately we know that nobody made God because God has always been. Although we will never be able to fully
grasp this concept of God’s eternality, we must always remember that a lack of
understanding on our part does not remove the possibility or make something to
be untrue. It just causes us to realize that we do not know everything. For
example: I want you to find an individual born blind and explain to them the
color blue. No matter what you say, that person will never truly be
capable of understanding the concept of color let alone a specific shade. That
being said, their lack of understanding does not make the existence of the
color blue any less true. All it means is that they lack comprehension.
Ryan Sharp summarized this thought well
when he wrote:
God is the ultimate
Cause that sets all other causes and effects into motion. He is supernatural,
meaning He exists outside the natural universe and isn’t governed by natural
laws. Hence, God doesn’t need a cause for His existence. Asking the question,
“Who made God?” is similar to asking the question, “What does an invisible man
look like?” By definition, a man who is invisible cannot be seen. If I ask what
he looks like, I’m asking a question that changes his nature of invisibility.
Once I change his nature, he is no longer the thing I’m asking about. In other
words, if an invisible man looked like anything, he would no longer be
invisible. By definition, God is uncaused. If I ask, “Who made God?”, then I
have changed God’s nature and am no longer asking about God—the Uncaused Cause.[2]
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