Posts Tagged ‘faith’

How can we know that it’s real?

Monday, December 21st, 2009
Yesterday I briefly contributed to a thread regarding what criteria we apply to believe in the Bible.

The question was posted by an atheist, probably looking to creating some controversy. I tend not to engage too much in these kinds of discussions, because I don’t think the way to modern people’s heart go through their intellect, but rather through their experience.

And it also leads back to why I believe in the whole Bible being the word of God. Frankly I don’t believe in God because of the Bible. Even both my parents were Christians and I’ve grown up in a Christian influenced society, I’m pretty focused on things that I myself can relate and verify in my own life.

So reading about the great deeds Jesus did, and the people both before and after Him, does not ignite my faith by it self.

The experience of a loving God

My faith comes from the love of God reaching out for me, and touching me, directly in my life. My faith comes from my experience of Him. And then, as I see He reveal more and more of Himself to me, through the Bible, it has proven its credibility to me.

Because I first experienced His love, I believe in both Him and His Word.

And I just can’t get past this love. I can’t forget it and leave it behind. This love has marked me. It makes my faith soar and rise to levels I never believed it could reach. It makes my heart so steady and rested in knowledge of what I do not see.

So my simple contribution to the discussion was that a real encounter with this loving God would blow away any intellectual criteria people might have for not believing the Bible.

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Breaking news! God can be proved

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
It’s impossible to prove God’s existence, some say. I believe that’s not completely true.

I do agree that there probably does not exist a single piece of evidence that on an universal level can undeniable prove God’s existence on a world wide level. However I believe that on a personal level the undeniable proof is in the pattern.

At least that’s how it is in my life.

I can’t get past the huge amount of evidence. Each piece does perhaps not contain enough conclusive data. However the pattern of the evidence put together is so overwhelming.

It’s so overwhelming that even if I should wish to not believe, I can’t. It would be to deny so much of myself, that I don’t think it’s possible.

Court in session

The legal system in our society is built on the same principle. Judgement seldom come based on a single piece of evidence. It’s the pattern of evidence, put together, that tells the story, past shadow of reasonable doubt.

This pattern is enough to have people thrown in jail for the rest of their lives, or even killed, some places.

If this legal principle is strong enough to have people killed, why shouldn’t it be enough to produce life?
Because in my life the pattern of evidence is there. However the conclusion is faith and the verdict is eternal life, not death.

Pieces of evidence

I have thousands pieces of evidence in my life. And as I look for the light, the more evidence keeps pop-in up. E.g. right now I can feel the presence of God in my room.

However I might be emotionally screwed up, right? Well, all around me I can talk about different experiences, supernatural encounters, miracles, healing and circumstances that point to my God, experienced by myself or people I know. It’s a massive pattern of evidence of not an existing God, but a God who loves me. Here are one of the pieces and here’s another.

I bet He loves you too. Try to meet His out stretched hand and you’ll get your own pattern.

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