As we said in the begin­ning the argu­ments con­tained in this trea­tise do not give uncon­test­ed proofs for the exis­tence of God. Our inten­tion was to show through them that the ques­tion about God’s exis­tence can not be put aside by the usu­al objec­tions. We want­ed to give help to those peo­ple who hon­est­ly search the truth to recog­nise that the idea of God’s exis­tence is not far from our human nature. In most cas­es the great­est obsta­cle in accept­ing God is not the lack of argu­ments but the con­fronta­tion with its con­se­quences and the lack of wish to expe­ri­ence the rela­tion­ship with God.

To accept God means to accept also the rela­tion­ship with Him that he offers. It pre­sup­pos­es readi­ness to get to know Him, to give my time for Him, to have ears to lis­ten to Him, to change my life accord­ing to His plan. It also means that I should entrust to Him my life, my way, every­thing that con­cerns me, com­plete­ly, with­out reser­va­tion. And it means to reject every­thing that is con­trary to Him and to renounce every­thing that hin­ders me to reach Him. Many peo­ple see just renounce­ment in the rela­tion­ship with God but they do not con­sid­er that man should renounce only those things that hin­der him to find the ful­fil­ment of life and only the lov­ing God is able to sat­is­fy man’s needs com­plete­ly.

There is a God-shaped vac­u­um in the heart of every per­son. (Pas­cal)

For who­ev­er would save his life will lose it, but who­ev­er los­es his life for my sake will find it. For what will it prof­it a man if he gains the whole world and for­feits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? (Matthew 16:25–26)

Sub­mit your­selves there­fore to God. Resist the dev­il, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sin­ners, and puri­fy your hearts, you dou­ble-mind­ed. (James 4:7–8)

[God] desires all peo­ple to be saved and to come to the knowl­edge of the truth. (1 Tim­o­thy 2:4)

…that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way towards him and find him. Yet he is actu­al­ly not far from each one of us, for “In him we live and move and have our being.” (Acts 17:27–28)

…yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for under­stand­ing, if you seek it like sil­ver and search for it as for hid­den trea­sures, then you will under­stand the fear of the Lord and find the knowl­edge of God. For the Lord gives wis­dom; from his mouth come knowl­edge and under­stand­ing; (Proverbs 2:3–6)

Ask, and it will be giv­en to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every­one who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. (Matthew 7:7–8)

Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any­one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. (Rev­e­la­tion 3:20)

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