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CS Lewis 1/9: Two Clues To God's Character (MC)

We have two pieces of evidence to teach us about this Great Someone. Exhibit A is all the things He's made: the world around us, the galaxies above us, and everything in between. If we were to take Exhibit A as our only clue, then we would say God is a great artist - because the world can be beautiful and awe-inspiring - but we would also say He doesn't like us very much, because the world can also be deadly and cruel.

Fortunately, this case has more evidence than that.

Exhibit B is the conscience God placed in our minds, which is a much better clue to God's character. Why? Because it is literally inside information. After all, what tells you more about a person's character: a clay pot they made, or the way they talk to others?


Suggested Reading: Romans 2:14-16

 

Study Questions:

1) How do you define a person's conscience? What is it?

2) Have you ever considered that your conscience is God's way of speaking to you?

3) What does your conscience teach you that nature and the world around you cannot?





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Original Text: "Somebody Who?"

We have two bits of evidence about the Somebody [behind the Moral Law]. One is the universe He has made. If we used that as our only clue, then I think we should have to conclude that He was a great artist (for the universe is a very beautiful place), but also that He is quite merciless and no friend to man (for the universe is a very dangerous and terrifying place). The other bit of evidence is that Moral Law which He has put into our minds. And this is a better bit of evidence than the other, because it is inside information. You find out more about God from the Moral Law than from the universe in general just as you find out more about a man by listening to his conversation than by looking at a house he has built.

- Mere Christianity

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