Evidence for God: How the Creator Revealed Himself in Jesus

Editor’s note – Skeptics often ask two questions in one breath: what evidence is there that anything was created at all, and isn’t citing the Bible to prove God simply circular? The author takes both seriously rather than deflecting them, and her answer runs deeper than proofs from design or cosmology alone – she points to a Person. The heart of the Christian claim isn’t merely that a Creator exists, but that He has stepped into His creation and can be known. We’re running this piece because it treats real objections with real rigor, without pretending the questions aren’t hard.

Introduction

A reader skeptical about the existence of a Creator God and the possibility of miracles left these two comments on a recent article about miracles (The rational Christian case for miracles). They’re good comments and deserve honest discussion, which prompted me to write this article.

1. “What evidence is there that anything was created in the first place?”

2. “Pointing to the Bible as proof of the existence of the God it describes is a circular argument.”

Answering comment one, part 1

Whether the universe is self-existent or was created by a transcendent Creator is at the core of two opposing worldviews: humanism and theism. Humanists argue that matter, energy, quantum fields, or a multiverse point to an eternal universe. Even if these components are the mechanisms of reality, why does that particular reality exist at all? Why does our reality possess the specific mathematical laws and finely tuned values of physics that it does? It hasn’t been proven yet that random physical processes and nonliving chemicals explain the origin of the first living organisms. [1]

Theists believe that the order and design observed in the universe point to a Creator who has revealed Himself personally in the person of Jesus Christ. Christian apologist Frank Turek describes the Creator as spaceless, timeless, immaterial, powerful, personal, and intelligent. [2]

Christian theology claims that the universe is not synonymous with God. The universe is contingent on His transcendent existence, just like everything else that exists within the universe is due to the law of cause and effect. For example, star formation is contingent on certain physical processes; the formation of planets is contingent on stars; biological organisms depend on specific ecosystems, etc. Cause and effect stops at God, because He alone is self-existent. He is the source of the created order.

Editor’s note – The move here from contingent causes to a single self-existent cause is the classical cosmological argument. It doesn’t by itself identify the Creator as Israel’s God – it simply shows an eternal, uncaused reality must stand behind everything else. The next section makes the argument specific.

Answering comment one, part 2

Is it possible to know anything about this Creator? Those who take Christianity seriously say, “Yes, absolutely.” They base their belief on what the Bible teaches about the God-Man Jesus Christ. (This statement relates to comment no. 2, which will be covered later in this article). Jesus doesn’t prove God’s existence, and God doesn’t need Jesus in order to exist. Jesus is the eternal Son of God and reveals God’s existence and nature because He fully shares the one divine nature with the Father and the Holy Spirit.

The Bible (specifically the New Testament) says that Jesus is not part of creation. The apostle John begins his gospel by making extraordinary claims about Jesus. He presents Jesus as the self-existent Creator who reveals the invisible God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1).

Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made (John 1:3).

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation (Colossians 1:15).

According to John, God made Himself known through His Son Jesus, so that people wouldn’t have to wonder and speculate about Him; they could actually know Him.

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father's side, has made Him known (John 1:18).

Answering comment one, part 3

Since the Bible, God’s holy Word to humanity, states that Jesus is God, the ultimate questions become, “Who is Jesus and why should I follow Him?” The seven “I am” statements Jesus made in the New Testament about Himself demonstrate that He is anything but a mere human being. He claimed to be equivalent with Yahweh when he said,

Before Abraham was born, I am! (John 8:58).

By describing Himself as the “bread of life (John 6:35),” “light of the world” (John 8:12), “the door (or gate)” (John 10:7,9), “the good shepherd” (John 10:11,14), “the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25), “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6), and “the true vine” (John 15:1, 5), Jesus revealed that He could supply and do what only God can do. He was making claims about His identity that demanded a response.

Anyone can claim to be God, but the New Testament presents evidence that Jesus is God. The four Gospels reveal Jesus’ authority and divinity through His miracles, holy and sinless character, death, and resurrection.

Regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 1:3-4).

Editor’s note – C.S. Lewis made this same point famous: a man who claims what Jesus claimed is either exactly who He said He was, or something far worse than a good teacher. The seven “I am” statements aren’t incidental language – they are the identity claims the rest of the article is built on.

Answering comment one, part 4

Now we come to the question of “Why should I follow Jesus?” Scripture reveals Jesus as the transcendent Creator. His death and resurrection are the credentials standing behind His ultimate authority over every facet of human existence. The answer is that without Jesus, a person remains spiritually dead. Jesus aims to accomplish the complete transformation of the human heart.

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins (Ephesians 2:1).

Christianity says we can know the Creator personally. Jesus describes salvation as a relationship with Himself.

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand (John 10:27-28).

So when you invite Jesus (by way of the Holy Spirit) into your heart and surrender to His Lordship, He will not only save you, but He will also shape you, secure you, satisfy you, steer you, strengthen you, send you, and settle your future.

These effects are not the hallmarks of an impersonal force, but of a personal God who calls and invites people into an intimate, loving relationship with Him. An example of this is seen in the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10. In this account, it appears as if Zacchaeus is searching for Jesus, when Jesus was actually searching for Zacchaeus.

Since Scripture reveals Jesus as the eternal Creator who reveals God, a better question is, “What will I do with the Creator who came into His creation?”

Answering comment two

Of course, simply holding up a Bible and asserting that, since the book states that God exists, therefore God exists, is a circular statement. So is the statement that since the Book of Mormon exists, therefore Mormonism is true. But statements like these miss the point. The real question is: does the worldview represented by the Bible best explain reality, and are its claims the most historically and rationally reliable and trustworthy?

The Bible continues to stand under rigorous scrutiny, as it has over the centuries. Archaeological discoveries, extra-Biblical texts, and the testimony of early Church Fathers support its longevity, unity, fulfilled prophecies, and historical claim of Christ’s trial, death, and resurrection.

Objections about errors and contradictions throughout the Bible should be examined carefully rather than assumed. The definition of a real contradiction requires two or more separate claims that affirm and deny the same issue in the same context. Different details in multiple accounts may not be contradictory; they may simply describe different facts.

Regarding alleged additions, changes, and other alterations to the Old Testament manuscripts, it’s hard to imagine how any single person or church authority could gather every Old Testament manuscript from Jewish communities across Israel, Egypt, and Mesopotamia to change them. The Dead Sea Scrolls show remarkable agreement with the Hebrew text preserved later, proving the holy Scriptures were copied with extreme care over the centuries.

The Book of Mormon has failed to provide sufficient evidence that Joseph Smith was a true prophet. Its validity and prophetic claims must be evaluated on objective standards and physical evidence, just as the Bible’s claims are.

Editor’s note – This distinction matters: no one is asked to believe the Bible on the Bible’s say-so alone. The claim is that its historical reliability, manuscript record, and fulfilled prophecy hold up under the same scrutiny applied to any ancient text – and that evidence, not assertion, is what should settle the question. Here are some major concerns related to Smith and these false teachings.

Conclusion

God, in His divine and holy essence, isn’t visible to sinful human beings. Father God sent Jesus to take on human flesh to make the invisible Creator known. Jesus provides evidence that God is real through His person, His teachings, and His miracles. His death and resurrection also show that the eternal triune God is real, existing in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father's side, has made Him known (John 1:18).

Scripture plainly confronts us by showing us our true selves, that we are sinful. Without Jesus, who died and rose again to pay for our sins and satisfy the righteous wrath of God, we will remain separated from our holy God. But it also offers the hope of forgiveness, restoration, and eternal life through God’s grace, which is freely offered through Christ to all who turn from sin and trust in Him (John 3:16-18; Acts 17:30-31).

References

1. Sewell, G. (2024, October 15). Three realities Chance can’t explain that ID can. Science and Culture Today. https://scienceandculture.com/2022/06/three-realities-chance-cant-explain-that-intelligent-design-can/

2. Guest. (2024, November 11). How we can know who created the universe. CrossExamined. https://crossexamined.org/how-we-can-know-who-created-the-universe/

A Word from the Editor
The question underneath all of this isn’t about proof – it’s about response. Jesus didn’t leave us guessing who He is; He said it plainly, and backed it with a life, a death, and an empty tomb. Scripture says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts” (Hebrews 3:7-8). The evidence for a Creator who has revealed Himself isn’t locked away in academic debate – it stands in the open, in a Person who came looking for the lost.

Editor Comment: You ground revelation in the Person of Christ rather than in argument alone, and that is the heart of the gospel – God doesn't merely want to be proven, He wants to be known.

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