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“Is God Really Real–and is Jesus Really God’s Son?”
Pastor Gary Hoyt – October 1, 2023

Psalm 8:3-9 (NIV) — When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Hebrews 11:1 (NLT) — Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.

Pointers to God’s Existence

1. The VASTNESS of the universe points to God.

“When I consider the Heavens…the moon and stars….”

2. The requirements of CAUSE and EFFECT point to God.

3. The evidence of intricate personal DESIGN points to God.

“…the work of your fingers….”

4. The wonders of JESUS point us to God.

Hebrews 1:1-3 (NIV) — In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being…

John 10:30-31 (NIV) — “I and the Father are ONE.” Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him,

John 14:6 (NIV) — Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:9 (NIV) — Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father….