By Nick Bibile
There are many religions in the world, and each presents a different understanding of God or gods. Hinduism teaches belief in millions of gods. Theravada Buddhism, the orthodox form of Buddhism, does not acknowledge a supreme Creator God but strictly follows the teachings of Buddha. Mahayana Buddhism follows Buddha’s teachings while also incorporating elements of Hindu worship. Islam teaches belief in one God—Allah—who is personal in authority but ultimately unknowable and impersonal in relationship. Judaism believes in one God and accepts the Old Testament but rejects the New Testament and the teachings of Jesus Christ. Mormonism teaches belief in many gods and claims that humans themselves can become gods.
True Protestant Christianity teaches belief in one living and true God, the God of the Bible—revealed in both the Old and New Testaments. While Roman Catholicism also affirms belief in the same God, there is significant doctrinal distance between Catholicism and Protestant Christianity. Therefore, my answer to the question “How do you know there is God?” will be presented from a biblical, logical, and Protestant perspective.
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
—Genesis 1:5
Time itself points to the existence of God. If time were eternal, there would be no beginning. Yet everything we experience operates within time—with beginnings, endings, and measurable divisions. Time consists of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. This ordered structure demands an origin.
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.”
—Genesis 1:14
God established time with precision. Days begin and end. Years come and go. Everything functions in exact order—down to the very second. Such precision cannot exist without an infinitely wise, all-knowing, and all-powerful God. Time is not self-created; it is governed.
For centuries, many believed the earth was flat. By around AD 150, Claudius Ptolemy documented a spherical earth. Later, Columbus’s voyage and Magellan’s circumnavigation confirmed this reality.
Yet nearly 800 years before Christ, Scripture declared:
“It is he who sits above the circle of the earth.”
—Isaiah 40:22
As you read this, the earth is rotating at incredible speed. At the equator, the earth spins at approximately 1,037 miles per hour. At the same time, the earth travels around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour. And yet, we feel nothing. We sleep peacefully.
Everything man creates eventually breaks down. Cars need maintenance. Machines fail. But the earth spins unceasingly, without repair, without error, without stopping—day after day, year after year.
Who maintains this precision?
“He hangeth the earth upon nothing.”
—Job 26:7
The answer is clear: God.
Imagine leaving your home open during a hurricane. You return to find chaos—everything scattered and destroyed. Disorder is the natural result of blind forces.
Only intelligence creates order.
“The earth was without form and void… and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”
—Genesis 1:2
Order requires wisdom.
“In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
—Colossians 2:3
A Boeing 747 is made of over six million parts, yet it flies in harmony because it was designed by intelligent minds. Likewise, the universe displays astonishing order—far greater than any machine man has ever built.
To say the universe came into being by chance is like claiming a hurricane passed through a warehouse and produced a fully assembled airplane. That is not science—it is absurdity.
You do not need advanced education to know God exists. Creation itself proclaims Him.
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.”
—Psalm 19:1
The earth travels through space amid billions of meteors, asteroids, and cosmic dangers—yet remains preserved. Just as an airplane requires a pilot, the universe requires a Governor.
“By him all things were created… and in him all things hold together.”
—Colossians 1:16–17
The human body is God’s masterpiece. Every organ works in perfect harmony. The brain surpasses all computers in complexity. Our bodies regulate temperature, heal wounds, lubricate joints, and function continuously without conscious command.
“I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
—Psalm 139:14
Even our nutrients come from the earth—just as Scripture declares:
“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground.”
—Genesis 2:7
Man is the crown of God’s creation.
Every human possesses a conscience. People feel guilt—even when no authority is present. This moral awareness is universal.
“They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts.”
—Romans 2:15
Though some suppress their conscience, it never fully disappears. It bears witness that there is a righteous Judge.
The external world, the internal human body, moral conscience, and universal order all testify to one truth: God exists.
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”
—Psalm 14:1
Unlike false religions, Christianity proclaims a God who reveals Himself. God sent prophets, preserved His Word, and fulfilled over 300 prophecies through Jesus Christ—the promised Messiah.
God did not remain distant. He entered history.
Jesus Christ—His birth, life, death, resurrection, and mission—was foretold centuries in advance. In Him, God revealed not only His power, but His mercy and saving purpose.
God exists. God has spoken. And God has revealed Himself in Jesus Christ.