Who Created God?

Skeptics often argue, “If everything has a cause, then God, who is the so-called Creator of the entire universe, must also be having a cause. Therefore, who is the creator of God?” Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), a staunch atheist, insisted that if Christians want to be so adamant about pressing the causuality question in seeking a cause for everything, then the First Cause (God) must have also had a cause. He said his father taught him that the question “Who made me?” cannot be answered, since it is immediately followed by another question: “Who made God?”

The question, “Who created God” is an intriguing enquiry which begs a logical answer. There is no book on the face of the earth that handles this question so brilliantly like the Holy Bible. Skeptics must be careful enough to understand when it is said “FOR EVERYTHING there is a cause,” it means, “FOR EVERTHING THAT HAS A BEGINNING or FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS COME INTO EXISTENCE or FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS FINITE, there is a cause.” The question demanding a cause perfectly applies to universe because it did not always exist; it had come into existence at a definite point of time; it had a beginning. Even the “Big Bang theory”, in which many scientists believe, confirms this.

God does not have any cause simply because He is neither a finite being nor did He come into existence nor had a beginning. The Holy Bible discloses the truth that God is Self-Existent (Aseity). God revealed to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). Self-Existent does not mean self-caused, for to cause Himself to exist He would have to exist prior to His own existence. ‘Self-Existent’ means ‘God is existing by Himself eternally’. He is the Eternal One, i.e. He has no beginning and ending. It is written in the Holy Bible, “Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God” (Ps. 90:2).

Biblically speaking, God, by default, is the Uncaused cause of everything. He is neither caused nor a self-caused being. Unlike us the dependent beings, God is the Independent being. He no more exists as God if He has a cause. He is, in fact, the Ultimate Cause of all the effects. The Holy Bible asserts, “Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made” (Jn. 1:3). We bow before Him and worship Him because He is such an Awesome and Sovereign God.

Christian author and apologist, Ravi Zacharias, rightly stated, “God is the only being existent in this world, the reason for whose existence is in Himself; every other existing entity finds the reason for their existence outside of themselves. In that sense, God alone is perfect—His very existence is uncaused, He just exists.” Hence, the question “Who created God?” appears to be insensible, at least biblically. In the light of eternity’s definition that it has no beginning and ending, it is like putting an illogical question, ‘what is the origin of eternity?’

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E-Mail From Devil To A Demon

My dear little demon,

I appreciate your 24/7 labor to keep your Target neglect His God, our Enemy. But you need to labor with subtlety lest you waste your efforts. You must be extremely careful about how you mess up his devotional life. Are you scheming to cause him think that prayer, worship, meditating the Bible, self-examination and interceding for others are useless? Nah, don’t do such a foolish thing. The more you try to do so, the more he reasons in his mind and may fall into the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Don’t give him a sense of battle for that would be your disadvantage. Agree with whatever he agrees, but don’t let him practice what he believes. The advantage of him being serious about spiritual issues is that you have greater opportunity to condemn him for not living accordingly. After all, is there any greater joy than seeing your Target wallow in self-condemnation!

Well, do your best to shuffle his priorities and have him neglect the godly disciplines. One way you can do this is by keeping him on the bed till late. Just suggest him to sleep little more. A little more sleep in the morning is much sweeter than all-night rest. Let this stick in your mind that procrastination leads your Target into a dreamland, wherein he knows what to do but just dreams of doing without actually doing. So when he wakes up late, he will be in a hurry to rush into his daily activities. In that hustle and bustle, he may attempt to pray and read a little, but no need to worry, for that would be of no avail as it is done as a duty, not as devotion. Congrats! You have won in robbing him from tapping the power of the Most High to live for the day. Now your Target is in your court; play with him and blow his day with stress, dryness and failure to overcome the temptations.

If at all you have failed to hold him on the bed, try to divert his mind once he is awake. The creation is our best aid to keep him away from his Creator. Show him the newspaper on the table. Make him curious to read some interesting news or to look at fascinating pictures. In doing so, he will lose his time to meditate. You also have a great advantage to use the modern technology. If he has a computer, arouse his interest to spend time on it. Why can’t you make him think about checking his mails, chat or browse other sites? If there is music and television let him enjoy listening and watching. By hook or by crook waste his early time of meditation. To allow him to spend at the feet of our Enemy is to permit him to trample you under his feet.

Now keep in mind, some attempt to walk with our Enemy during the day. They are wise and know that living with our Enemy is not something occasional but a constant walk in the awareness of His presence. Such people are quite dangerous to us. If your Target is one among them, the best way to keep him from godly disciplines is to make him absorb in the worldly affairs. Lead your Target to get soaked in the works of the day and give him all the encouragement to work hard. It is a good discipline for him to take breaks during the day and meditate; so, see to it that you keep him busy throughout the day. Distraction is your powerful tool.

Here is another challenge you may have to face. You should beware of your Target as he may think of spending time with our Enemy after he gets back to his home. So once he returns home, make sure that you help him relax for a while. By now you should be firm in your plan about how to divert his concentration from meditation. You always have two great weapons – one is disappointment and the other I will mention later. Try to create some conflicts in his family or in other relationships so that he may get disturbed and disappointed. Many have been fooled in their thinking that they cannot pray or meditate when they are depressed, when in fact they need to seek their Maker even more for His strength and wisdom to cope with their troubling situations.

And the other weapon you have is—entertainment. This has proven to be a successful tool in our temptation market. Tell your Target he can mediate before going to bed. You can incite him to watch television. Drag his time in entertainment, whether in the house or outside. And by the time he wants to meditate he is already tired and feels sleepy We have lied in the minds of many that entertainment refreshes their mind but we know that it’s only a temporal pleasure; it doesn’t give them strength and peace which is obtained only by remaining in HIM.

If you can succeed in fooling your Target in this way, daily, you can make him a living corpse. Ah, he is no more a threat to our kingdom! Don’t waste your time with him anymore. Go and find someone else who is conscious to live for our Enemy.

Wish you all the best.

Yours faithfully,
Devil
destroyer@hell.com

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