One Thing An Atheist Can't Explain

An atheist is one who does not believe in the existence of a God or gods. I remember occasionally talking to an atheist at our local Starbucks coffee shop. He was very confrontational, and very adamant about defending his position and disproving the existence of God, Jesus, and blind faith. He thought my belief system was foolish. But in reality, who is the fool? Psalm 14 talks about such a person. 

Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”  (Psalm 14:1a)

The atheists I have talked to do not understand why we would believe in something or someone we cannot see, namely having blind faith and total trust in an invisible God. 

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.  (Hebrews 11:1)

I often wonder why someone would be an atheist? Could it be that their opinion is just based on ignorance or lack of knowledge? Or could it be that atheists do not believe in a God because of some negative circumstance that happened to them in the past? Perhaps they got burnt by religion, or some traumatic event happened in their life and they question why a God would allow such a thing to happen. Whatever the case, they have turned off God, and it's a sad situation. 

However, the good news is this: It's possible for even the most staunch atheist to be transformed into one of the most convincing believers in God. But I'm not writing this blog to come up with ways of trying to convert an atheist to a Christ follower. That's for another time. I'm just proposing that there is one question that an atheist can't answer -- one thing an atheist can't explain that will blow holes in their theory of a non-existent God. 

Here it is........"Where did all matter come from?"

Matter, the physical stuff that the universe is made up of -- the planets, the stars, the earth, as well as all living and non-living things on earth. Matter can't just come from nothing. Or can it? It can, only by a Creator God. The universe itself proclaims the existence of an invisible God. 

The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. (Psalm 19:1)

An atheist cannot explain how the universe began and how all matter was created out of nothing. Even scientists can't explain it. They come up with ridiculous theories such as the big bang theory. But what was before the big bang, and where did the big bang come from? 

Atheists seem to hang everything on science and knowledge, trusting that all things can be understood and explained without the existence of God. Their denial of God is based on human reasoning. And that's the problem.      

Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning. (Galatians 1:11)    

Atheists are deceiving themselves if they believe there is no God. 

Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. (1 Corinthians 3:18-19a)

Here's the bottom line. There truly is a God, who exists, who is interactive with us, who is a real-time God, who wants to be in a loving relationship with us which is made possible only through the cross of Jesus. And to answer the question where did all matter come from? -- here's the answer: Our God created all matter from absolutely nothing. It's the only possible answer!

By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen. (Hebrews 11:3)

The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born. He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs. Let the whole world fear the Lord, and let everyone stand in awe of him. For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command. (Psalm 33:6-9)