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be enough to go to Heaven? Some people say God elected some people to go to Heaven and others to
go to Hell. How can I know how God elected me? Do animals live forever or go to Heaven?

So, since we are all called to be apologists, we must be able to give a logical, intellectual, and biblically
present defensible answers to each one of these questions with grace and love. That’s what this course
is all about. You must learn what is at the heart of each of these questions and be able to give a
persuasive, logical and truthful response which will cause the person questioning you to be convinced of
the truth: that Jesus Christ is Lord. Only in this response can that person be eternally regenerated. But
foremost, you must understand that it is the Holy Spirit that convicts of sin, righteousness, and
judgment (John 16:8). It is His job to change the person’s way of thinking, not yours. We will learn
various ways to defend our faith in answering these questions, and our prayer is that God can use your
defense to persuade the unbeliever to come to Christ. Let’s take each section of questions in order and
discover answers that we can give to them that defend our faith and help them come to Christ. Let’s
get started….

The Questions about God
Does God exist?
The existence of God cannot be proved or disproved. Man cannot
put God in a test tube and validate His existence using the laws of
science. The Bible says that we must accept by faith that God
exists.

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists
and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

That does not mean, however, that there is no evidence of God’s existence. God is not asking us to have
a blind faith. He does not ask us to put our brains in neutral and simply leap in the dark. No, because
the Bible states that God has demonstrated His existence by the CREATION.

Romans 1:20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly
perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without
excuse.

Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

These verses, and many others, claim that God’s existence is validated by the His creation.

The teleological argument
This is the first logical argument for the existence of God and it is called the teleological argument. The
teleological argument states that since the universe displays such an amazing design, there must have
been a divine Designer.