Existance of God: The name God signifies the Divine Being, meaning He who created and governs the world.There is one invisible and inscrutable Almighty, God who created all things, eternal, who has neither beginning nor end, mighty in His work, who revealed Himself to mankind as written in the Scriptures. (Ex. 3,6). Some of the ways that prove the existence of the eternal God are the Following.
- Creation: Man has sought to understand the Being of God and has discovered ways that lead to the knowledge of the existence of God. Everything has it's causes. A painting has a painter, a book has an author, and a chair has a carpenter. For all things that move, there is a moving force behind them.
Accordingly, it is believed that all creations were not brought into existence without a creator. All creations from the minute to the great, from the living to the non-living lead to the acknowledgement of the Being of God.
Selomon said "yes, naturally stupid are all who are unaware of God, and who, from good things seen, have not been able to discover Him - who or, by studying the works, have not recognized the Artificer... Let them know their Creator seeing the sun and the moon".(Wis. 13:1-10)
Job also has expressed "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?". (Job. 12:7-9)
St. David in his Psalms 19:1-2 tells us that "The Heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy-work". St. Paul, the great Apostle has stated it in a more clear way that God is known to his creations by the things that are made when he said, "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has showed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made His eternal power and Godhead so that they are without excuse." (Rom. 1:19-20)
A person who is looking at a sailing ship in the sea should know that it is being guided by a navigator. In the same manner it must be realized that there is God who guides the universe, though he is not seen to bodily eyes.
St. John Chrysostom ( Yohannes Afeworki), in his Homily, in which he interpreted this epistle of the Apostle said, God brought all and everything out of nothing into being, to manifest His glory through His works.
