“GODQUEST – PART 2 [THE BEGINNING]”
PASTOR MARK JOHNSON
OCTOBER 2, 2011



INTRO: In today’s message, we’re going to look at signpost #2: The Beginning - What you believe about creation determines how you view yourself and life.

What do you believe about the beginning? Seek God as He is, not as you want Him to be!

I. IS THERE REALLY A GOD?

A. Either God exists or He doesn’t.

B. What you believe about God, affects your choices.

C. If God exists, you have purpose and an eternity.

D. If God doesn’t exist, you have no real purpose or hope of life after death.

E. EVIDENCE THAT GOD EXISTS.
1. Contingency. Why is there something rather than nothing?
2. Causation. What is the first cause that started all the other causes?
3. Character. Why do we have a moral obligation?

II. WHICH IS TRUE, CREATION OR EVOLUTION (Gen. 1:1; Ps. 19:1; Rom. 1:19-20)?

A. Design parameters of the universe.
1. A fine-tuned universe.
2. A special solar system.
3. A just-right earth.

B. Irreducible complexity.

C. DNA and biological information.

*Could all of this happened by chance?

CONCLUSION: What you believe about creation determines how you view yourself and life. What do you believe about creation? On what basis?

If you came with an open mind, what is it telling you?

If you came with a sincere heart, what is it telling you? What will you do about it? According to the Bible, this God wants you to know Him!