According to a recent national poll, 93% of all
Americans believe that there is a personal God or a
Spirit of power. However, nobody has ever seen God
with their eyes, and most people agree that God's
existence cannot be proven by logical arguments. As
many confirmed atheists say, if God's existence
cannot be proved, why should anyone believe that He
exists?
The ones who believe in the existence of
God, especially Christians, have written many long
books, short articles, and everything else in
between trying to prove God's existence to the
doubters. They have used examples from nature; they
have constructed logical arguments using scientific
facts and theories and philosophical considerations.
The nonbelievers have also written many books and
articles trying to show that God does not exist. The
believers remain believers; the doubters remain
doubters. Usually, nothing much is gained for either
side by these arguments. But we have found that
human beings actually can prove to themselves the
existence of God.
Finding a Common Ground to
Meet God
In order to find a person, we need
to find where the person is. In order to contact
something, we need to know the realm in which that
thing exists. Where is God? What realm is God living
in? Where is man? What realm is man living in? Is
there a common realm in which the two may meet?
God Cannot be
Contacted by Physical Means
It is nearly
without dispute that God, if He exists, is invisible
to physical eyes. The Bible tells us that God is
Spirit, living in unapproachable light. Although the
heavens manifest His glory, He Himself cannot be
detected with a telescope, microscope, or any other
instrument. He is in another sphere and of another
realm. Using our five senses to look for God is like
looking for sound waves with our eyes, listening for
color with our ears, or trying to touch a fragrance
with our hands. It is as futile as trying to watch a
television broadcast without a television set. The
physical sensory organs are not the proper organs
with which to contact God, for the physical realm is
not the realm in which God can be found. We must
contact Him on His "wavelength."
God Cannot be Substantiated in the Psychological
Realm
It is also impossible to substantiate God in
the mental or psychological realm. His wisdom is too
great for the limited mind of man to comprehend.
Mankind has not fathomed the wonders of nature; we
can fully grasp neither life, nor death, nor
existence after death. We have not yet explored all
the different forms of life on this planet,
including micro-organisms and mammoth creatures of
past and present. We have not yet fully explored the
microcosm and macrocosm of this universe. We have
not yet fully unearthed our own past history, nor
can we be certain of what will happen in our future,
even in such simple matters as the weather or the
timing of the next earthquake. Mankind does not even
understand himself, so how can we ever begin to
understand the Designer and Creator of the universe,
or comprehend the purpose for which all things (and
we ourselves) were made? God is too colossal,
universal, and multifarious in wisdom; no matter how
long we ponder, we can never imagine what He is
really like and what He wants. Finite beings have a
natural limitation comprehending the infinite One.
It is harder for a man to understand God than it is
for a worm to understand man.
Contacting God with the Human Spirit
Man lives in the
physical and psychological realms, but God is in the
spiritual realm. Therefore, man cannot physically
sense or logically prove God, but we are not saying
that it is impossible to contact God or to verify
His existence. No! It is possible when we use the
right organ. Whoever seeks Him will find Him.
As we have pointed out, God is Spirit. God desires
that man contact Him; this is why He made man with
three parts--body, soul, and spirit. The body is for
contacting the physical world, such as sights,
sounds, tangible objects, etc. The soul, with which
we think, feel, and decide, is for contacting the
things of the psychological world. But it is the
human spirit which is created especially for
contacting God the Spirit. Although we have used our
physical senses and psychological abilities all our
lives, most people have never used their spirit. The
human spirit is similar in nature to the Spirit of
God. Just as a light bulb shines when it is in
contact with the generator through the transmission
line, even so, when we contact God the Spirit with
our human spirit, we get filled with God and God may
shine through us. Once we touch God in this way,
nobody can convince us that God does not exist. At
that moment, we not only know that God exists but we
believe and He is real to us. This is not blind
faith, but seeing faith. It is no longer a
philosophical question but a firsthand experience.
What Type of Person Are You?
Different people
have different considerations before contacting God
with their human spirit for the first time. It may
be that you are one who has been seeking God. If
such is your case, you know that there is a God out
there somewhere, but you do not know how to contact
Him. All you need to do is begin talking to Him. The
Bible tells us that God became a man called Jesus
Christ 2,000 years ago. He lived a perfect and
righteous life which qualified Him to die for our
sins. Then the Lord Jesus resurrected to become a
life-giving Spirit so that He could come into us.
Now all you have to do is to say, "Lord Jesus, I
want to contact You so that I may know that You
exist. I want to have a living contact with You so
that I may experience You firsthand." By talking to
Him in this way, you will find Him, because He said
that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him, and
that he who seeks shall find.
If you are one who doubts His existence, you
also can say to Him, "Lord Jesus, I do not know if
You are God or if You even exist at all. If You are
real, please reveal Yourself to me. I want to know
You and contact You." If He is non-existent, there
will be no answer. If He is real, you will get your
answer, because He will reveal Himself to you. If
you are one who wants to know more about God, His
purpose for man, and the relationship He wants to
have with man, you can read the Bible and talk to
believers to find out more. Briefly, He is a God of
love and righteousness. His purpose is to have man
express Him and rule for Him in a corporate way. The
way He wants to accomplish His purpose is to enter
into man to be man's life by first entering man's
spirit, then saturating man's soul, and eventually
transfiguring man's vile body of humiliation so that
man may be one with God. In this oneness of God and
man, God lives in man and man lives in God, God is
man's life and man is God's living, God is man's
content and man is God's expression, and God is
man's authority and man is God's representative.
This wonderful relationship is possible when the
human spirit is mingled with God the Spirit. Say to
God, "Lord Jesus, use the Bible and believers to
tell me more about You and reveal Yourself to me
that I may know You."
If you want to prove God's existence for
yourself and begin to have a relationship with Him,
you can do so right now by telling Him whatever is
on your heart, in your own words. If you are sincere
and open with Him, He will reveal Himself to you.
You will never again say that nobody can prove God's
existence, because God Himself will have proven
Himself to you. You will have contacted Him for
yourself, just as we have. Nobody can argue with our
experience and your experience.
Bible Verses for Your Reading:
John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truthfulness.
1 Timothy 6:16 Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see.
Psalms 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Psalms 104:24 O LORD, how manifold are Your works! in wisdom have You made them all: the earth is full of Your riches.
Deuteronomy 4:29 You shall find [him], if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Zechariah 12:1 The LORD, which stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame.
Ephesians 3:19 That you may be filled unto all the fullness of God.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substantiation of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
John 1:1 The Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh.
Matthew 1:20-21 For that which has been begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins.
Hebrews 4:15 But One who has been tempted in all respects like us, yet without sin.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also has suffered once for sins, the Righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that He might bring you to God.
1 Corinthians 15:45 The last Adam [Christ] became a life-giving Spirit.
John 20:22 He breathed into them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 11:6 For he who comes forward to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
1 John 4:16 God is love.
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion... over all the earth.
2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord be with your spirit.
Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith.
Philippians 3:21 Who will transfigure the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of His glory.
John 14:20 In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
John 15:4 Abide in Me and I in you.
Galatians 2:20 It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.
1 Corinthians 6:17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.