{"id":3010,"date":"2023-09-24T07:40:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T07:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3010"},"modified":"2023-09-27T19:06:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T19:06:19","slug":"24-september-2023-how-do-we-know-that-god-exists-part-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3010","title":{"rendered":"24 September 2023: How do we know that God exists? (part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"181\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230924.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3011 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230924.jpg 181w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230924-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230924-14x24.jpg 14w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230924-20x36.jpg 20w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230924-27x48.jpg 27w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-090a7876-6b6f-475f-bd24-2fdf9d5343ad\"><strong>Bethel Baptist Church<br>Worship Service @ Home<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-090a7876-6b6f-475f-bd24-2fdf9d5343ad\"><strong>24 September 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=2991\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" class=\"wp-image-1006\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow.png 120w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/leftarrow-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/> <strong>Previous Service<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3015\"><strong>Next Service<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" class=\"wp-image-1007\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow.png 120w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rightarrow-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f8e9c8\"><em>\u201cYou ask me how I know He lives, He lives within my heart through His Holy Spirit living in me, and in everyone who puts their faith in Jesus!\u201d<br><\/em><br>Stella<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Worship<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Tomlin - Indescribable (Lyrics)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dLMVqNwypjA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup>Songwriters: Jesse Reeves, Laura Story. For non-commercial use only.<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do we know that God exists?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have looked at the inner sense everyone has of the existence of God, and the evidence found in creation for the existence of God. This week we will look at<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>(3) The evidence that is found in Scripture<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scripture abounds with evidence for the existence of God and at the very start is an assumption, rather than an argument, that God exists,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.<\/p>\n<cite>Genesis 1:1<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The account in Daniel is a powerful testimony to the existence of God. Here, the pagan king, Nebuchadnezzar, has had a dream, and no-one can tell the king what the dream was [a requirement insisted on by the king], let alone interpret it. Daniel prayed to the God of heaven about it and that night:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel praised the God of heaven and said: <em>\u201c\u2026 you have made known to us the dream of the king\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<cite>Daniel 2:19, 23<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The king asks Daniel: <em>\u201cAre you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?\u201d<\/em> Daniel replied, <em>\u201cNo wise man \u2026 can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about,&nbsp;<strong>but there is a God in heaven<\/strong> who reveals mysteries.&nbsp;He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come.&nbsp;Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind&nbsp;as you were lying in bed&nbsp;are these&#8230;\u201d &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>Daniel 2:26-28<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel, by telling the king what he dreamed and interpreting it, so impacted Nebuchadnezzar that we read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate&nbsp;before Daniel and paid him honour and ordered that an offering&nbsp;and incense be presented to him. The king said to Daniel, <em>\u201cSurely your God is the God of gods&nbsp;and the Lord of kings&nbsp;and a revealer of mysteries,&nbsp;for you were able to reveal this mystery&#8221;. <\/em><\/p>\n<cite>Daniel 2:46, 47<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel interpreted another dream the king had resulting in the king losing his sanity for a time. Then we read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity&nbsp;was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honoured and glorified Him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; His kingdom&nbsp;endures from generation to generation \u2026 He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back&nbsp;His hand or say to Him: <em>\u201cWhat have you done?\u201d<\/em> At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honour and splendour were returned to me \u2026 I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before.&nbsp;Now I \u2026 praise and exalt&nbsp;and glorify&nbsp;the King of heaven, because everything He does is right and all His ways are just.&nbsp;And those who walk in pride&nbsp;He is able to humble. <\/p>\n<cite>Daniel 4:34-36<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it\u2019s one thing to know that God exists and a completely different thing to know God intimately \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quote of the week<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f8e9c8\"><em>\u201cThe Bible does not argue for the existence of God. It reveals Him.\u201d <\/em><br><br>R. E. Swim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Verse<\/strong><strong> of the week<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. <\/p>\n<cite>Jeremiah 29:13<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Let\u2019s Pray<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, the depth of the riches&nbsp;of the wisdom and&nbsp;knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out! \u201cWho has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counsellor?\u201d \u201cWho has ever given to God, that God should repay them?\u201d For from Him and through Him and for Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome \u201cYou ask me how I know He lives, He lives within my heart through His Holy Spirit living in me, and in everyone who puts their faith in Jesus!\u201dStella Worship Word How do we know that God exists? We have looked at the inner sense everyone has of the existence of God, and the &#8230; <a title=\"24 September 2023: How do we know that God exists? (part 3)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bethelmacclesfield.org.uk\/?page_id=3010\" aria-label=\"Read more about 24 September 2023: How do we know that God exists? 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