1. God is revealed by man’s existence.
Man is the image of God because we have an eternal spirit just like God does. God gave us our eternal spirit at conception. The fact that we exist proves there is a God in heaven. Those who say God doesn’t exist are called fools by God because the truth of God is all around us and self-evident for those who look with a discerning eye. What exactly is “truth.” The definition of truth is that which can be proven by actual facts. The definition of universal is that which is applicable to all cases. It’s a universal truth that since human beings exist then so does God. Scientists know of over 200 precise parameters, or conditions, that have to be present in our physical world in order for human life to exist on earth. The odds of all those things happening at the same time and all on their own are zero. That means God had to be involved. Man is not an accident of nature. Man didn’t just evolve. Man was created by the hands of Almighty God and put here on purpose.
Genesis 1:26-27 – Then God said, “Let Us make man in our image, according to our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his Own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Nehemiah 9:6 – You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and everything on it, the seas and all that is in them, and You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You.
1 Corinthians 8:6 – Yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are all things, and through whom we live.
Psalm 19:7 – The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Romans 12:1 – I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
The Holy Bible is the inerrant word of God and for 2000 years critics have tried and failed to find any errors in it. The book of Genesis says that God created man and God’s word is truth. The truth is always the truth even when it’s not recognized as such by nonbelievers. It’s self-evident that God created the universe and man, which is why the Bible says when nonbelievers stand in judgment before Jesus Christ on the last day they will have no excuse for not believing in God. The proof of God is right before our eyes if we would only look, see and understand. The Bible says man is God’s masterpiece of creation which means the earth was created to be our home and the universe as our playground. God didn’t make man as an afterthought of creation. Man was the reason God created the universe. God made everything we see for us.
Psalm 95:6 – Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
Romans 1:20 – For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.
Psalm 19:1 – The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.
Psalm 8:3-4 – When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?
Zechariah 12:1 – The Lord who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
Human beings are comprised of many complex body systems, organs and tissues totaling over 30 trillion individual cells. The human brain is the greatest computer in the universe yet our brain is only working at 10% capacity. Imagine what we’ll be able to accomplish when Jesus restores our brain to 100% of its capacity at his Second Coming. We still haven’t even figured out how our brain works. Our brain is the nexus between the physical world and the spiritual world. For years humanists have used the education system to force the theory of evolution down our throats to the point where most people believe the great lie.
Hosea 13:4 – Yet I am the Lord your God…there is no Savior besides Me.
Romans 11:36 – For of Him (God) and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Isaiah 45:22 – Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
It just goes to show you if you repeat a lie long enough the human brain will eventually accept it as the truth. Madison Avenue knows this. That’s why mass advertisers keep bombarding us with the same commercials over and over. Humanists tout the theory of evolution as the reason for man without a shred of proof. Evolution is by definition a linear movement from the simple to the more complex. Statistically speaking, the universe hasn’t existed long enough for a one cell organism from the primordial ooze to have evolved into a human being made up of 30 trillion cells. The timeline isn’t even close. There is no other plausible explanation for the existence of man other than he was created by God just like the Bible says in the book of Genesis.
John 17:17 – (Jesus speaking) – Sanctify them by Your truth, Your word is truth.
Ephesians 2:10 – For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
John 1:3 – All things were made through Him (Jesus), and without Him nothing was made that was made.
Genesis 2:7 – The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Proverbs 16:4 – The Lord has made all for Himself, yes, even the wicked for the day of doom.
A body system either works as a whole or it doesn’t work at all; and the human body has numerous body systems. Your eyes, for example, can’t just evolve until they can suddenly see. A person couldn’t survive blind until their sight evolved. Something would then have to guide that evolution of cells to form into an eye that could eventually see the physical world while at the same time making a spare eye in case one is lost. All cells of the human body start out exactly the same so what directs them to differentiate themselves into the various body systems, organs and tissues? The only possible answer is Almighty God. The human body has 206 bones. What is it within a body cell that causes it to become a bone cell? How does a bone cell know which bone to form and in what part of the human body? This can only come from the Lord our God.
Job 9:8 – He alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
1 John 5:10 – He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.
Isaiah 42:8 – I am the Lord, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another.
You cannot create order out of chaos or chance. Do you see how hopeless the theory evolution is? Someone had to design the human body and program the cells to do what they do and that someone is Almighty God. Humanists want so badly for man to be a God. So they had to come up with a theory that would support that and then they had to sell it to the masses by indoctrination using the world’s education system. This brainwashing of the masses has worked well for the most part because most people today don’t believe in God. Mankind has swallowed the theory of evolution hook, line and sinker. It’s now up to all of us who believe in God to push back on this false narrative put forth by the humanists and to go out and share the truth of God with nonbelievers at every opportunity. It’s our duty to God and the command of Jesus to witness the gospel message of Christ to all nations and all peoples. It’s our reasonable service to the God who made us.
Psalm 139:13-14 – For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Proverbs 3:19 – The Lord by His wisdom founded the earth; by His understanding He established the heavens.
Colossians 1:16-17 – For by Him (Jesus) all things were created that are in heaven and are on the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He (Jesus) is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
Isaiah 44:24 – Thus says the Lord, your redeemer, and He who formed you in the womb; I am the Lord, who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens all alone, who spreads abroad the earth by Myself.
Psalm 102:25-27 – Of old You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You will endure; yes, they will all grow old like a garment; like a cloak You will change them, and they will be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will have no end.
Everything in our physical world was created by God. The planets of our solar system spin on their axis as they obit the sun. Our solar system swirls within the Milky Way galaxy. Our galaxy is only one of a billion other galaxies that are constantly moving throughout the universe in a precise manner; all according to the physical laws established by God. God has programmed all life to produce after its kind. The Bible says life is in the blood and blood courses through the veins of all higher forms of life because God wills it to be so. God has not only made everything in the universe; God also sustains the universe with the power of his right hand. Our day to day existence is only possible as long as God keeps extending his open hand. If God were to simply withdraw his hand from creation all matter in the universe would dissolve and melt away into the nothingness from whence it came.
Leviticus 17:11 – For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
Job 26:7 – He stretches out the north over empty space, He hangs the earth on nothing.
Romans 1:18-19 – For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.
Isaiah 43:11 – I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior.
In summary, the fact that the earth exists is proof of God’s existence. The fact that the universe exists is proof that God exists. But most of all, the fact that man exists proves that God also exists. God not only made us; God sustains us every moment of our lives. I don’t want to hear any more of this nonsense from nonbelievers that there’s no God when I know very well they don’t have a shred of proof to back up their false claim. On the other hand, the proof of God is all around us. Take a good look. Check out the stars tonight! Anyone with half a brain who takes the time to examine the evidence will find the truth of God. We just need to identify who God really is because there are many false gods who also claim to be the one true God. Only our Lord and God of the Christian faith has presented a body of evidence that indisputably proves he is the one true living God of creation. In addition to creation, God has also given us his word and his son Jesus Christ as his testimony that the Lord alone is God.
Psalm 104:24 – O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions.
Isaiah 46:9 – Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; and there is none like Me.
Isaiah 45:5 – I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me.
Ephesians 3:9 – (I am) God who created all things through Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
The Bible is not only the truth of God; it’s also the wisdom of God. God put eternity in the hearts of men so they would know there was a God and seek his face. As believers we know that there is wisdom in all the verses of the Bible. However, some books of the Bible contain more wisdom than others, which is why the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job are referred to as the Bible’s wisdom literature. Even though the hymns of the book of Psalms are classified as Bible poetry I also like to include it as wisdom literature because the wisdom contained in the book of Psalms is self-evident. God pleads with man and reasons with him throughout the pages of the Bible so that we might be persuaded to seek God and find the truth of God which is contained in his word. What more can God do to reach out to us? It’s up to each of us to know the truth of God and then seek out his salvation unto eternal life while we yet live.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Isaiah 1:18 – Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
The word “proverb” means “universal truth”, which is the main topic of this blog. It’s no accident that many of the Scriptures supporting this blog come from the Bible’s wisdom literature books. As you read your Bible daily reflect on the wisdom contained in God’s word. The more we read God’s verses of wisdom the more our brain accepts them as the truth and incorporates them into our everyday actions. True wisdom is only gained through God’s word. In addition to gaining wisdom, our holiness and sanctification before God will increase the more we abide in God’s word. Read a chapter of the book of Proverbs every day for the best results. Let your mind continually soak up the wisdom of God every day through daily Bible reading and you’ll have a blessed life before the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 – He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Psalm 53:1 – The fool has said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.
Psalm 104:4 – (God) Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.
Psalm 89:5 – And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
Psalm 33:11 – The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 – Fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.