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Dose God exist? Take a look around.

#1272781 - 02/03/03 03:58 AM (21 years, 11 months ago)

This Devotional is dedicated to the 7 crewmembers of the Space Shuttle
Columbia, Colonel Rick Husband, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Anderson,
Commander Laurel Clark, Captain David Brown, Commander William McCool, Dr.
Kalpana Chawla, and Ilan Ramon a colonel in the Israeli Air Force, who gave
their lives to help further the great scientific discoveries that our space
program has provided mankind these past 40 years.
May their bravery and service to their fellow man never be forgotten, and
may Almighty God be a special source of peace and comfort to the families
that they leave behind.

Does God exist? Some of my fondest memories as a young boy growing up in
the 60's, was getting up very early in the morning, turning on the
television set, and watching Walter Cronkite announce the latest blast-off
of a manned rocket into outer space. From the initial single man Mercury
rockets, to the 2 man Gemini missions, to the 3 man Apollo series that was
highlighted in July of 1969 by Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, to the
current era of the Space Shuttle flights and a manned space station, the
space program has been one of mans great accomplishments.

I also remember the horrible reminders of how dangerous space travel can be.
I remember watching in tears as a fire in the capsule of Apollo 1 that was
still on the launch pad, killed astronauts Virgil Grissom, Roger Chaffee,
and Edward White. I remember 17 years ago seeing the explosion of the
Space Shuttle Challenger just 73 seconds after lift-off, killing all 7
aboard. The past 40 years of space travel has been very exciting to
witness, has contributed greatly to advancing our existence in this life, an
d in the future will continue to help us find answers to some of the great
questions that we have about our world.

Perhaps the greatest question ever asked is, "does God exist?". With over
1.6 million subscribers and having many subscribers forward each days
Devotional to their friends and family, having it posted on hundreds of
other websites and message boards each day, I get asked hundreds of emails
daily with that very question. Anyone that has ever taken a Theology 101
course knows that right after the Table of Contents, the very first chapter
is on the "Existence of God". I could spend hours proving the existence of
God because belief in the existence of God is intuitive, it is assumed by
the Scriptures, and it is corroborated by various arguments. But I am not
going to.

Instead, when anyone asks me "does God exist?", I tell them ABSOLUTELY.
When they ask me to prove it, I tell them to do two things. First, go look
in a mirror, and second, go outside and look into the sky. When you look
into a mirror and see yourself, YOUR EXISTENCE is one of the greatest proofs
there is that God exists. After all, one of the questions all men
throughout human history have asked themselves is, "where did I come from?"
Evolution and other theories have all proven to be impossible. There is
only one plausible, legitimate explanation, and that is GOD CREATED US. If
God created us, then God must exist. When you go outside and look into the
sky, the EXISTENCE OF THIS WORLD is one of the greatest proofs there is that
God exists. Man from the beginning of time have asked "how were the heavens
and earth made?" There have been numerous theories put forth, but all have
fallen woefully short of even coming close to explain how the world in which
we live was created. There is only one plausible, legitimate explanation,
and that is GOD CREATED IT.

Of course those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ and know that the
Bible is God's inspired, inerrant Word simply go to Genesis Chapter One.
The existence of God is a given fact. Those who have made the choice to
reject Christ in the their life, will in many cases also reject the
existence of God. It is easier for them to live with themselves by
believing that there is no God, that Jesus is a story like Santa Claus, and
that the Bible is just a book of fables. This way, they can live their life
however THEY choose, free in their own mind from being accountable to
anyone. These people will rely on incredible arguments, unproven scientific
studies, and anything that they can find to deny God exists so that they can
feel better in their rejection of Him. For people like this, you will never
convince them God exists through arguments. The best thing to do is to pray
for them, since the God they reject is able to open their hearts to His
reality and love for them.

I love you and care about you so much. Only a fool would even doubt the
existence of God. As a matter of fact, it would take greater faith then I
could ever dream of having, to even question whether God exists. As a
tribute to the 7 crewmembers of the Space Shuttle Columbia, let me leave you
with some quotes by former astronauts about the existence of God:

?I am convinced of God by the order out in space.? Astronaut Eugene A.
Cernan:

"But when you leave the earth, in a spacecraft, I personally think there?s a
real motivation to look toward God. After being in space, I certainly have a
much greater appreciation for the world God has made, the universe He?s
created. It?s very clear in my mind that this universe couldn?t have
happened by chance." NASA Astronaut Col. Jack Lousma

?To look out as this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to
me impossible. It just strengthens my faith. I wish there were words to
describe what it?s like...? Astronaut John Glenn

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller

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"~Dream as if you'll live forever....live as if you'll die today~ James Dean"

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