First Cause God

 

“Whatever begins to exist

Must have a first cause”,

To assimilate this profundity

Let us take a pause.

 

You may call it simplistic,

At a glance that may be true

But it takes some people a life time

To grapple with this view.

 

It makes scientific sense

And to the erudite, it’s scholarly

But its “whatever begins to exist”

Does not factor in eternity.

 

Who or what, I ask

Is this eternal first cause?

For this cause must be eternal

And cannot itself be caused.

 

This cause must always be,

Therefore, always was

And right about now you’ll hear

Darwinians begin to buzz.

 

First cause must be eternal,

No beginning and no end…

Any other conclusion I advance

Is fictional let’s pretend.

 

Any scientist worth his salt

Must come to this conclusion,

And it cannot be Big Bang-

Big Bang is the delusion.

 

The first cause must be one

That has an intelligent mind

Since throughout the Universe

There is intelligent design.

 

 

The order all around

Speaks to a supreme intelligence

And the creativity within humans

Is conclusive evidence.

 

First cause is eternal

First cause is intelligent,

Big Bang does not measure up

Whatever the atheist’s intent!

 

There has to be relationship

For humans have a mind,

We all know this to be a fact

From the beginning of time.

 

Made in the Creator’s image

For relationship:

Relationship with the Supreme

And with one another fit.

 

Design is not by accident

But is purposefully arranged,

God, the first cause did this

And this is not strange.

 

But the delusion definitely is

And undeniably so,

Big Bang surely does not cut it

And it’s time we let it go.

 

Intelligent design wins out

The evidence is markedly clear,

First cause is conclusively God

Whose attributes we share.

Created for relationship

Created to worship God,

Created to honour and obey Him

And to hold Him in Awe.

 

Our First Cause is awesome

He is altogether lovely

He not only has no beginning

But exists in eternity.

 

 

The I AM THAT I AM

The one and only first cause,

The Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer

The Father of us all.

  

He is worthy of all praise

To Him belongs all worship,

Our First Cause: Father and Son

And blessed Holy Spirit.

 

Stewart Russell © September 10, 2021

 

 

 

If Here and Now

 

 

 

If here and now is all there is

And there is nothing else beyond

Then we are free to be what we want

Up to the time we are gone.

 

But this is only if we believe

That life is only here and now,

If, however, we have some doubts,

To God we had better bow.

 

If here and now is all there is

Then suicide is a great escape,

For there is no chance of accountability

Hence, no eternal fate.

 

But that is only if we believe

That the grave is the end of it all,

For if there is a God that created us

There is a need to heed His call.

 

 

If here and now is all there is

It does not matter what we profess,

For sooner or later it will all be ended

And with it all that we possess.

 

But that is only if we believe

There is no one to answer to,

Somehow, I believe those of this type

Are merely pulling a bluff.

 

If here and now is all there is

Then God truly does not exist,

Hence, right and wrong is a human thing

It’s time for the paradigm shift.

 

But that is only if we believe

That there is no supreme being

And all that believe such nonsense

Must surely be dreaming.

 

  

 

If here and now is all there is

There can’t be a God that does not exist,

For this is a contradiction of sorts

That many unbelievers miss.

 

But that is only if we believe

In contradictions of sorts,

For then we belie our innermost thoughts

That urge us this nonsense abort.

 

If here and now is all there is

From whence did it come to be?

It seems we are flirting with nihilism

In which reality is not reality.

 

But that is only if we believe

That we exist only for this time,

Now you see why weird orientations

Now fill the human mind.

 

One day I am this, next day that,

Third day, the right to change back,

And the only reason I need to give

Is the urge to satisfy my lack.

 

I can do all things through me

That strengthens my resolve,

I need no God to guide or provide

It is around me that I revolve.

 

 

If here and now is all there is

Let’s be whatever we want to be,

The strong will surely outlast the weak

That’s the current reality.

 

Nothing will change though it has

And all things will remain the same,

All of reality will be authentic illusions

And the insane will never be insane.

 

But that is only if we believe

That the grave is our final destiny,

If such is the case, what an awful waste

Of such human ingenuity!

 

Stewart Russell © November 25, 2021

 

Far More Incredible

 

It’s far more incredible to believe

All we see was from nothing conceived

Or to believe Evolution’s story

Rather than God who sits in Glory.

It takes far more faith to grasp

That billions of years had to elapse

Before space and matter were formed

Rather than six days God’s norm.

I find it difficult to swallow

That scientists could be so shallow

To believe out of nothing grew something

Initiated by a Big Bang; that is puzzling.

Aren’t you flummoxed by the idea

That an intelligent scientist would say

Something from nothing could appear

If we just factor in a few billion years?

 

And what is this primordial soup

To which many would dare to stoop

Instead of believing God as the source

Of all life and its principle force?

And what about those who opine

That the first life came out of slime?

Is it not easier to give the affirmative nod

To creation’s Creator, Almighty God?

Come on you who set store by science

God and science agree; there’s no defiance,

Stop for a minute; just a pause…

Yes, that is it!  Yes God is the first cause!

First cause is absent regarding evolution

But certainly not in the case of creation,

While evolutionists don’t know where to begin

Creationists posit that God is the origin.

You see first cause would have to be a being,

I trust by now you are clearly seeing,

Be reasonable and tell me who that could be

If it’s not God the Creator, the Almighty.

I know that your thoughts I have intruded

But hear me out what I have concluded,

Most atheists don’t believe what they believe

When considering these notions they perceive.

The invisible things of God are clearly seen

They manifestly point to a Being Supreme

But men’s foolish hearts just constantly evade

The evidence in the things that were made.

Such is the manifestation of a fool

Who pretends to be wise but folly is his tool

Choosing to become vain in his imaginations

Rather than give God credit for all of creation.

 

Relegating God’s glory to that of corrupt man

Worshipping the created became man’s plan

Rather than the Creator as God had designed

Exchanging God’s truth for the lie in his mind.

They know creation’s argument is valid

But refuse to retain God in their knowledge,

Determined instead to bend basic science

To fit in with their evolutionistic nonsense.

  

And as if such nonsense were not enough

They present to the world another bluff,

The idea of thought and from where it came

And a whole lot of mumbo jumbo they claim.

Nothing is real they say, just a perception,

Just a thought on which one takes an action

So that if you can prove that you are here

It’s just in your imagination that you appear.

Well perhaps the first part of this is right

Nothing is real only if nothing is in sight,

Something on the other hand cannot be disputed

Unless one’s argument is clearly convoluted.

That thought is very involved none can deny

So on God as its origin I must rely,

While a big bang may cause you to run for cover

It could not originate thought; do consider.

Then there is the ongoing issue of morality

From where did humans develop this facility?

Of course evolutionists don’t have a clue

Further clouding their ideas of false and true.

It makes far better sense given our reality

To think of a Supreme Being with such facility

Who Himself being a moral entity

Could make morality a human possibility.

And so the moral compass we have within

Prompts us regarding what’s right and what’s sin

Having been created in the image of the Supreme

In us these attributes are clearly seen.

  

The ability to think, the facility to discern

Are strictly speaking both human terms,

Design and innovation are found in no beasts

Not even chimps and monkeys to say the least.

 

 

Sparrows still build nests as they did before

One room apartments no windows no doors,

Fish cannot adapt on land or in space

But humans everywhere leave their trace.

Machines to roam the land and seas

And spacecraft, humans invented all of these,

Made in the image of God Almighty

Man unlike any other has immense ability.

All this from Big Bang and primordial soup

Is like chickens before birth building their own coop,

Such a notion is inordinately insane

But this is the measure of the evolutionist’s claim.

And you say it is incredible to believe in God

And to Big Bang and slime give an affirmative nod

Affirming nothing is the source for all we see,

Of nothing came something; that’s how it has to be.

And so for me evolution is far more incredible

Than God who did what was humanly impossible

And to put trust in what is clearly unintelligible

Is to reject the evidence that is so undeniable.

Stewart Russell © 2016