Is
God active today?
By Jake Kohl
The active presence of God in our world today is
easily seen by observing the natural state, i.e., mountains, trees, landscape,
oceans, sunsets, sunrises, etc., within
our world, as well as our universe, such as the stars, sun, milky way, etc. The fact that our world, planet earth, was
created and designed with pinpoint accuracy is itself is a miracle. A miracle
in biblical definition is something that occurs outside of the natural state
and “… is intended to bring the glory and love of God into bold relief.”[1]
For example – Christ’s resurrection is a true
biblical miracle. The evidence that surrounds this miracle is first and
foremost – eyewitness accounts by thousands. If it were a lie – why would his
disciples give their own lives for this lie? The rationale for distinguishing
between natural and supernatural is what occurs in everyday life verses
something that naturally does not happened, such as being raised from the dead,
which happens even in modern times.[2]
Personal testimonies are an excellent way to connect
emotionally to another because as human beings – we can relate to one another
through life experiences. This in itself can be used as an apologetic tool in
bringing someone to Christ. Universal observations are another means for
apologetic discussions. Seeing that the light from some stars which we can see
in the night’s sky could have just reached us but burned out over 100 years
earlier. The earths speed is another example of being perfectly designed whereas
if the” speed of the earth around the sun was any slower or faster than what it
is, we would all eventually die from either freezing to death at night or
burning to death during the day…”[3]
Claiming that there are no miracles today would be a
rather foolish argument. As mentioned above… the earth is still spinning at the
same speed, people are being healed by incurable diseases, the dead are still
being raised and people are still being saved which is a transformation of a
life in a miraculous way.
References
J.D. Spiceland." In Evangelical
Dictionary of Theology, Walter A. Elwell, 779.
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic,
2001.
Man comes
back to life in body bag, CNN, 2014, accessed 08/23/2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUgyrquCpE8
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