A Universe from Nothing

Stephen Hawking recently has been quoted as saying that there is no need for God in order to explain the origin of the universe.  Speaking from the perspective of a physicist and mathematician, he states that something could indeed come from nothing.


I am not going to argue that point.  I do not have Hawking's intellect or expertise in those fields.  But, there can be a difference between what "could be" the truth and what actually "is" the truth. Hawking cannot prove that he is right, only that he might be right.  I cannot prove that I am right in what I believe, but I might be.


Here is what I believe.  Colossians 1:15-20  (Phillip's Translation)


Now Christ is the visible expression of the invisible God.  He existed before creation began, for it was through him that everything was made, whether spiritual or material, seen or unseen.  Through him, and for him, also, were created power and dominion, ownership and authority.  In fact, every single thing was created through, and for, him.  He is both the first principle and the upholding principle of the whole scheme of creation.  And now he is the head of the body which is the Church.  Life from nothing began through him, and life from the dead began through him, and he is, therefore, justly called the Lord of all. It was in him that the full nature of God chose to live, and through him God planned to reconcile in his own person, as it were, everything on earth and everything in Heaven by virtue of the sacrifice of the cross.


How interesting that something written two thousand years ago is still relevant....and still unproven one way or the other by means of man's intellect.