#73 WHICH MAKES MORE SENSE? 9-2-26
Sometimes we need to step back from all the arguments and simply ask a question: Which makes more sense? Does it make more sense to believe that everything we see, everything we know, and everything that exists ultimately came from nothing, or does it make more sense to believe that behind creation stands an eternal God?
The Bible begins with four simple words: “In the beginning God created” (Genesis 1:1). The Bible does not begin by trying to explain where God came from. God is presented as the One who already was. He is eternal. He is not part of creation. He is the Creator. “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God” (Psalm 90:2).
Think about the alternative. If there is no God, then ultimately there is nothing. No matter. No energy. No space. No time. No consciousness. No laws of nature. Nothing. Yet somehow, without a Creator, there is now a universe filled with matter, energy, order, beauty, complexity, and life. We are then asked to believe that everything came from nothing.
But nothing cannot create something. Nothing has no power, no intelligence, no intention, and no ability to act. If there were literally nothing, there would still be nothing. The question is not merely, “How did the universe develop?” The deeper question is, “Why is there something rather than nothing?”
It makes more sense to me to believe that there is an eternal God than to believe that everything ultimately came from nothing. If we see a house, we assume there was a builder. If we see a painting, we assume there was an artist. If we discover a book, we know there was an author. Order points us toward intelligence. Design points us toward a designer. “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork” (Psalm 19:1).
And then there is life itself. We are not simply looking at rocks and stars. We are looking at living beings who think, reason, love, communicate, create, and recognize meaning. We possess consciousness. We ask questions about our existence. We search for purpose. The Christian does not have to believe that all of this is ultimately meaningless. We believe it exists because we were created by a God who has purpose.
Faith in God is not believing in something simply because we refuse to think. In fact, the Bible says, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” (Psalm 14:1) Creation itself gives testimony that there is a Creator. “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made.” (Romans 1:20)
Of course, there are questions we cannot answer completely. There are mysteries surrounding creation that remain beyond our understanding. But unanswered questions do not make unbelief more reasonable. Saying, “I don’t know exactly how God did it” is very different from saying, “Therefore there is no God.” We should be careful not to replace one kind of faith with another. Everyone begins with assumptions about ultimate reality.
So which makes more sense?
That nothing somehow produced everything, without intelligence, purpose, or power?
Or that an eternal, intelligent, powerful God created what we see?
For me, the answer is clear. I do not find it harder to believe that God exists. I find it far harder to believe that God does not exist and that everything ultimately came from nothing.
“In the beginning God.” (Genesis 1:1)
Before there was a universe, there was God. Before there was time, there was God. Before there was life, there was God. And because God is the beginning behind all things, our existence is not an accident and our lives are not without purpose.
The God who created the heavens and the earth is the same God who calls us to know Him. Creation tells us that He is there. The Bible tells us who He is. And Christ shows us His heart.
BDD
