Where does the knowledge of God come from?

The six major religions in the world are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Judaism. While I am by no means an expert on all religions, I have endeavored to understand, at least in basic, beliefs and ideas of these major religions. By my understanding, two tenets that run through these religions are: #1 The belief in a supreme being or state of being. #2 A teacher or teachers who explain how to get near to the supreme being or achieve the supreme state of being.

In Islam, this is represented by Allah and Muhammad. Hinduism has the Trimurti and Ancient Sages. In Buddhism, the goal is to achieve Nirvana and it is modeled and taught by Gautama Buddha. Sikhism believes in Waheguru and follows the teachings of the ten Sikh gurus. Judaism believes in the Creator as taught by Moses. Christianity believes in God the Father, God Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Ghost as taught by prophets.

I start here with these two similarities, a supreme being and teachers, to hopefully create a common ground from which to base what I will outline in this blog. This applies too if you do not believe in God. Even if you are Atheist, Agnostic or a non-believer the following question still applies. Who, What, Where, When, Why and How did everything and everybody that we know and experience each day come into existence?

To answer that question, it is necessary to understand the concept of truth. Truth is something that cannot be altered. 2 + 2 = 4, this is a truth. No matter if I want to believe this or not, it will still be just as true tomorrow as it was yesterday and as it is today. There is either a God or there is not. Each religion describes its beliefs; they are either true or false. In a future posting I will expand upon this concept. But it must be understood that when it comes to answering the question posed in the previous paragraph, I leave no wiggle room. It either is one way or not. And you can choose to accept it or reject it, just as I have had to do since I did not decide what the truth is.

With that said, the answer to the question is that there is a God, and He created all things. (Ecclesiastes 11:5, Acts 17:24) As I said before concerning truth, this either is or is not. It either happened or it did not. The truth, independent of what either you or I think, is that these are facts.

Now having this understanding, the question is how do we know these things? We know these things because we have teachers. But not just any kind of teacher, specifically we have prophets. A prophet makes known God's will and acts as His messenger. And when I say that a prophet acts as "His messenger" I mean exactly that. It is God that has sent that individual. God has authorized this person to act in His name. Just as Paul explained in his epistle to the Romans.

"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?" Romans 10:13-15

God has always sent prophets to communicate His will.

"Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." Amos 3:7

There are true prophets. This is a fact. Everyone else who teaches falsehoods, regardless of how sincerely that teacher may believe what they are teaching, is an impostor. This is how Jesus Christ explained it.

"And many false prophets shall rise, and deceive man...For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." Matthew 24:11, 24

Back to the title question, where does the knowledge of God come from? It comes from God himself through His chosen prophets. This is truth. As I said before, one can chose to believe this or disbelieve, regardless this will be as true tomorrow as it was yesterday as it is today. God does exist. He created all things. And He works through prophets. These are facts.