If you’ve followed this series so far, you will have noted the ‘evidential’ reasons I have outlined, quite apart from my own instilled faith, for the existence of God.

But belief doesn’t mean we stop asking questions. In fact, some of the hardest questions about God have been with us for centuries. Let’s take a look at a few that people ask most often.

PLEASE NOTE – I have split this blog into two parts to allow for adequate reflection of the topics. The second part will follow soon.

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1. WHO CREATED GOD?

It’s natural to think in terms of causes because everything we know has a beginning. So, we ask: if God made the universe, who made God?

The Christian claim is that God is not a created being. Everything that begins to exist has a cause—but God never began. He always existed and will always exist. He is eternal, outside of time and space, the uncaused cause. God is supernatural.

If something else had made God, then that “something” would actually be God. By definition, God is the ultimate reality—the One beyond whom there is nothing greater.

We tend to seek solutions within the confines of what we know and our own physicality, but God is beyond the physical world as we know it.

Spare a thought for the absolute power of God. He created the universe and could just as easily erase it at any time. Time is irrelevant to God.

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2. WHY DOESN’T GOD JUST REVEAL HIMSELF TO US TO PROVE HIS EXISTENCE?

Some people say: “If God really exists, why doesn’t He just show up in the sky and prove it?”

The answer is—He already has.

He has revealed Himself in the beauty and complexity of creation, in the moral law within us, and most clearly in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. We are not without evidence. The miracle at Fatima in 1817 when the sun ‘danced’ in the sky in front of 70,000 people as promised by the lady who appeared to the shepherd children and identified herself as Mary, could also qualify but I have deliberately left miracles out of my Blogs.

But there’s also something deeper. God is not a performer waiting to satisfy our demands. Faith is not just about proof—it’s about trust, relationship, and love. In the beautiful gospel passage of John (20.29), Jesus says to the apostle, Thomas, after appearing to him in person following the resurrection, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen me and yet believe”.

Before Jesus came, God sometimes revealed Himself directly through signs and prophets. But since Jesus, we have the fullest possible revelation: God in human form.

The Roman soldiers tried to ‘tease’ Jesus to come down from the cross if He was God. It was not part of God’s plan that He respond to the petty demands of irrational humans.

It is perhaps impertinent of us to make demands of our Creator. A toy does not make demands of its toymaker, so why do we? If God did appear to us to satisfy our simple whims and wishes, He would be counteracting the freedom of choice of faith in Him that we have as individuals – and sceptics would probably still not believe!

If God was not created, then God has no boundaries, so what could God look like and how would He reveal Himself to us? God is the essence of all existence and has promised that we will be summoned into His presence in due time – “like a thief in the night”.

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3. CAN ANYONE GET TO HEAVEN?

Yes, so long as we are reconciled to God. We can all be hopeful of becoming part of God’s family; but we will all need to account for our time on Earth and accept the consequences of our actions and His acceptance of us first.

One of the most moving scenes in the Gospels is Jesus on the cross, speaking to the criminal crucified beside Him. The man simply says: “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” And Jesus replies: “Today you will be with Me in paradise.”

That man had no chance to turn his life around or earn forgiveness—but he trusted Jesus. That’s the heart of the Christian message: we can be reconciled to God through faith and sorrow, so long as we can meet God’s criteria for forgiveness.

Like a father longing for his children to come home, God desires reconciliation. Even when some stray far, His arms remain open.

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FINAL THOUGHT

Asking hard questions is not a sign of weak faith—it’s part of a living faith. God is not threatened by our doubts.

Like a father who longs for his children to know Him, God waits patiently, even when some turn away. His desire is that all will be reconciled to Him.

We have free will to make our determination, either to accept or reject God.

Mike.

mike@acaseforgod.com

PLEASE await and refer to my next Blog – ANSWERING COMMON QUESTIONS (Part 2)

Followed by – THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS.