The inevitable question everyone asks in life is if God is real and if so, what does that mean for themselves. Let's take a journey through how we know God is real, what he is like, and what that means for us.

• We live in a physical universe
• Our universe has order—the laws of gravity, the law of thermodynamics, and so on.
• We know that everything that has been created has a beginning
• We know that time moves forward

Yes, our universe shows that events occur in sequential order, meaning that time moves forward, and if time moves forward, it moves forward from a beginning.

If everything moves forward from a beginning, then there must have been a time of nothing, so at some point our physical universe did not exist.

This requires a creator who exists outside of our physical universe and is greater than our physical universe.

• This creator would need to be all-powerful- to create everything
• This creator would need to be all-knowing, because the creation cannot be greater than the creator
• This creator would need to be all present- because the creator is greater than the creation
• This creator would need to be above time itself and not bound to it
• This creator would need a motivation

All powerful- "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible" Matthew 19:26b

All knowing- "Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite" Psalm 147:5

Everywhere- "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good" Proverbs 15:3

Eternal- "The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable." Isaiah 40:28b

What was God's motivation to create everything, even knowing that there would be trials and hardships in the world?

• "Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him." Isaiah 43:7

• "God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." 1 Corinthians 1:9

God created us to glorify him and to enjoy a relationship with him. The greatest expression of our being is to put God above all else, and the greatest fellowship we can have is with an infinite, loving God.