Absolute Reality #1

God Is One and Created ALL That Exists… Including You

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth… and God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:1, 27

Paganism is the prevailing religious view of our culture today. Paganism essentially says that it doesn’t matter what you believe. Every person’s religious beliefs have value and should be respected and accepted as equally valid. Whether you believe in a “God”, or in many gods, or in no gods makes no difference. It is only important that you believe and that others respect your belief. It sounds “tolerant”, until you smash into the realm of absolute truth.

Absolute truth is rooted in the reality that there is one God and that He is the Creator of all things. This poses a problem for paganism (universalism). If there is a God who is Creator of ALL that exists, I do not have the luxury of believing what I want to believe about Him and the world He has created. I am forced to either choose to believe what is true about the Creator and the creation, or to ignore it and believe whatever I want to believe. To choose the latter would be foolish indeed and lead to devastating consequences.

Truth is truth no matter what I choose to believe. And the truth is that GOD is and has created all that is, including you and me. As His creation, we are subject to Him and His laws. We do not set the rules – He does! Because He has revealed Himself to us through His creation and His Word as gracious, loving and merciful, we can be confident that His rules are for our best. This truth is the foundation for all that follow. If it is missing or distorted, all else will crumble.

FANNING THE FLAME
Our grandchildren must grasp the significance of this first universal truth as foundational to all the other truths that will follow in our discussion. The wonderful thing about young children is that they often have a much better understanding of reality as it pertains to God and creation than teens or adults. However, their ability to see the wonders of God’s creation, both in the world around us and the marvelous design of man, need to be constantly cultivated by our encouragement to look, investigate and explore the evidence that is all around them. Lead them into adventures of wonder and amazement at all that God has made and done.

GRANDPAUSE: “Crowding little lives does not build options but, in effect, kills the wonder in all the options.” — Ravi Zacharias