1. Can we know? Can we be sure? Psalm 46:10
Does God exist?
Can we know? Can we be sure?
Psalm 46:10

2. Why do you believe in God? 1 Peter 3:15
How do you convince someone that:
God is real
Bible is the word of God
Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God
Answer: On the basis of evidence
Careful how we assess the evidence:
Fool & wicked deny God, Psa. 14:1; 10:4
One body of evidence is Jesus

3. Faith that God Exists is Based on Evidence – Heb. 11:6, 1
The evidence of the material world, Heb. 11:3; Rom. 1:20
Evidence is before us, Isa. 40:25-26
“Things that are made”, Psa. 19:1
The evidence of Jesus, Jno. 17:1-4

4. Jesus is Evidence that God is Real John 14:9-11
To believe in Jesus one must believe in God, Jno. 12:44-45
Show that Jesus is the Son of God & you show that God is real
Claim: Jesus reveals God to man, Jno. 1:18 (Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3)

5. There is Evidence that Jesus is the Son of God – Matt. 16:13-17
Claim: The Father gave evidence that Jesus is Son of God, Jno. 5:37; 8:18
Peter correctly assessed the evidence
We can and must assess the same evidence, Jno. 7:51

6. The Evidence: His Works John 5:17-18, 36; 10:30-36
Assessed by Nicodemus, Jno. 3:2
“Believe the works”, Jno. 10:37-38
Written for our belief, Jno. 20:30-31
Enemies did not deny, Jno. 11:47-48
Attributed to devil (Matt. 12:22-24)
Killed him, Jno. 11:49-50, 53

7. The Evidence: His Words John 8:13-14
His personal testimony, Jno. 8:13-14
No man spoke like him, Jno. 7:46
Did not seek personal glory, but honor for the one who sent him, Jno. 7:18
Spoke with authority, Matt. 7:28-29; Jno. 12:47-50

8. The Evidence: His Life John 7:18
No unrighteousness in him
No deceit in his mouth, 1 Pet. 2:22
Never convicted of sin, Jno. 8:46
“Why do you not believe Me?”
Took liars to convict him, Matt. 26:59

9. Assessing the Evidence John 8:19; 14:6-11
A non-existent God has no Son!
The evidence for Jesus as the Son of God has withstood withering attacks for 2,000 years
Examples: Matt. 16:16-17; 27:54
Can you judge what is right? Luke 12: 54-57

10. Rejecting the Evidence John 12:37
It does not agree with human wisdom, 1 Cor. 1:21-25 (Rom. 1:22, 28)
It means there is a standard of truth, Jno. 14:6 (1:1, 14); 12:46
Many love darkness of sin, Jno. 3:19-21
Some are not willing to do what Jesus says, Jno. 7:16-17

11. Rejecting the Evidence John 12:37
It is not what some have always believed, Jno. 1:45-46
It means some I love are lost in sin, Jno. 3:16-18
The emotional stumbling block (3:18)
Because of what others will say or do, Jno. 12:42-43

12. God Does Exist! JESUS IS OUR PROOF What will you do with Jesus?
What will Jesus do with you?
(Jno. 12:38, 47-50)