If you were to call me in to a courtroom to give one ultimate piece of evidence that God exists, I would bring the 10 Commandments. My first argument would show the universal acknowledgement of the Ten Commandments as “good”. History attests that philosophers and judges, the world over, have agreed to the moral excellence of “loving others as ourselves” as the epitome of justice, morality and good.
But we have a disconnect. Every person, when looking into the mirror of the 10 Commandments, falls short. And worse, courtrooms, schools, governments and leaders, seek its removal, while acknowledging its excellence. It makes no sense. I would argue that this proves a judicial source, altogether righteous and good, far higher than mankind. Our absolute moral failure to uphold it, and our desire to hide from the gaze of its virtues, proves its source is divine.
Now if a law is just and good, and people remove it because they can’t keep it – or don’t want to keep it – doesn’t it prove the people themselves are corrupt? Is this not a double-sided truth? If we remove what is good, just because it shows we are not, doesn’t it reveal a stubborn dishonesty, unwilling to face facts? Who removes their bathroom mirror just because they don’t like what they see in the morning?
And this is the point of the 10 Commandments and my final argument. It is a mirror to show us that we have dirt on our hearts which only Christ can clean. God desires to save us, not condemn us. His laws were intended to make us run to the pardon he offers in Christ. Yes, God is both real and good, but mankind is corrupt, yet God wants to save us through his son.
I rest my case.
