Totoo Bang May Diyos?

Marahil karamihan sa atin ay naitanong na sa sarili kung totoo nga bang may Diyos? O di naman kaya ay magpahanggang ngayon ay isa pa rin itong malaking katanungan sa iyong isipan.

Naaalala ko nung nag-aaral pa ako, maraming theories kung paano nabuo ang mundo, at kung saan nagsimula ang lahat. I will just mention some of the most popular theories on the origin of life. The first one is "The Theory of Spontaneous Generation." Ayon dito, living things originally arose from non-living matter. For example, kapag nagbalot ka ng trigo sa maruming tela, the wheat will turn into mice in 21 days or less. Halos wala ding pinagkaiba yung "Biopoesis" sa naunang theory. It also states that life arises from inorganic matter. Meron ding tinatawag na "Endosymbiosis," in short, sa bacteria nagsimula ang lahat. It is somehow related to "Panspermia" na gumamit pa ng mga meteoroids, asteroids, and planetoids pero sa bacteria pa din ang bagsak. Ikaw ba ay papayag na sa bacteria ka lang nagmula?

Hindi rin pwedeng mawala ang sikat na "Theory of Evolution" ni Charles Darwin. It is the process by which organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits to better adapt to its environment. One controversial example of this is that humans descended from apes. Naaalala ko pa yung biruan naming magkakaklase kapag ito na yung theory, nagtatanungan kami kung bakit may mga hindi pa din nag-evolve? (not meant to offend anyone). Hindi pa ako believer during those times kaya halos mapaniwala ako sa mga theories na yan, lalo na kapag based on facts na ang pinag-uusapan. Merong scientific basis.

Siyempre hindi natin pwedeng palagpasin yung "Theory of Special Creation." Actually, ayoko itong tawaging theory because I really believe that God created the earth and all the life on it. In the book of Genesis, nakalahad doon kung paano binigyang buhay ni God ang mundo. 

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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To understand more of His majesty, let's tackle some of the Essential Attributes of God. First one, God is "Omnipotent" or All-Powerful. Walang imposible sa Kanya, His power is limitless, kaya hindi nakapagtataka kung nagawa Niya ang kanyang masterpiece sa loob lamang ng anim na araw.

Genesis 1:31 

Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.

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Since nasa creation tayo, minsan sa sobrang lawak ng imahinasyon natin, siguro naitanong na din natin kung sino naman ang lumikha kay God? Well, another attribute of God is that He is "Eternally Existing." Ibig sabihin, He is not created, He is a Self-Existent God.

Psalm 90:2

Before mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

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Naalala ko nung ako'y musmos pa, marahil marami ang makaka-relate, naging malaking palaisipan din sa akin kung saan nga ba nakatira ang Diyos? Asan nga ba Siya? God is "Omnipresent." He is everywhere present in His whole being at all times. Lahat ay lantad sa Kanya kaya nakikita ka Niya kahit saan ka pa sumuksok o magtago.  Pero meron talagang tinatambayan si God, at nandoon ang Kanyang trono. That is what you call "The Third Heaven" where God's dwelling place is.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago - whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows - such a man was caught up to the third heaven.

May third heaven pala? Nagulat ka ano? Hindi kasi tinuturo sa science subject iyan. At siyempre bago mag third, may first and second muna.

Acts 14:17

Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

Ang tinutukoy sa verse na yan is the first heaven that contains the atmosphere where the rain carrying cloud lies.

Isaiah 14:10

For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light.

Second heaven is the outer space where the sun, stars, and moon lies. So all in all, there are three heavens mentioned in the Bible. And I do believe hanggang third lang talaga yun, huwag niyo nang isipin kung may fourth pa. Kaya kung gusto mong mabisita ang trono ni God, siguraduhin mo na doon ang destinasyon mo.

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I want to go back to the Essential Attributes of God. He is  "Omniscient" an All-Knowing God. Kaya alam Niya ang iniisip mo ngayon habang binabasa mo ito. Batid Niya kung mayroon kang pag-aalinlangan diyan sa puso mo. This is the biggest challenge that God has given us, to believe something that we haven't seen.

2 Corintihans 5:7

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

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God has given us free will to decide whether we will believe in Him or not. If we want to believe God, we have to know Him deeply. Di'ba hindi naman tayo basta-basta naniniwala sa stranger? May mahigpit pa ngang bilin sa atin ang mga magulang natin noon na "Don't talk to strangers." So, kung hindi mo lubusang kilala ang Diyos, He is just a stranger to you. Now, if you already believe that God does exist, you should seek to experience His presence in your life. The invisible nature of God is seen through the visible things that He created. Well, kung hindi ka pa rin convinced, read the Bible. Andoon lahat ng kasagutan.

John 20:29

Then Jesus told Him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

I want to end this topic with a short prayer.

Dear God, administer the life of the person reading this. Grant him/her serenity to accept the truth about You. Open his/her heart to receive Your eternal wisdom.  In the name of Jesus I pray and declare these things, Amen.

God bless you!

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