I was sitting here discussing an awesome Apologetics class with a friend and of course, I had to jump online and write a quick post. The atheists say that Christians are ignorant, why is that? Quite frankly, I would have to say that I believe this statement. Too many of us walk around like we have no clue - that's why we fall for every wind of doctrine that comes our way. Can I clue you in on something... Walking and believing by faith is not walking blindly. It's taken to an extreme when you don't really know the Person you have faith in. We base so much on emotion - treat Jesus like a celebrity and get our fix when we go to church and feel the "Spirit." [I wasn't sure if I should capitalize that one]
So many people go to altars and receive Christ as their Savior, but then they never really get to know Him and understand His great love for humanity. They never really grasp God's plan for mankind. Instead, we go for the "ignorant" side of things... Oh you have seen it, people professing things that they really don't know anything about, just because they were told it was in the Bible. I love to hear people say, "The scripture says..." and then I wait to hear what they are talking about. It usually gets butchered when only a portion of a scripture is added to their own words - something like Madea. In fact, I'm still waiting for one of my friends to show me where are scripture is... either it isn't in there, or they haven't picked up their Bible to find it. What do you think?
You know a lot of the quotes we hear are nowhere in the scriptures? To add to that, I think it is important to know who is speaking when we "quote" a scripture. We credit Jesus for some of the things that Paul said and honestly, we are not following the gospel of Paul, but rather the Gospel of Christ! Now don't get me wrong, I love the Apostle Paul and his example is always before me - I pray that I can do a fraction of what he did. My point is, let's learn our scriptures and quit trusting others to tell us what the Bible says.
I guess I got on this tangent because it amazes me at how much we DON'T know about God or about what we believe. That's why I think atheists call us ignorant. When you are faced with someone who wants to refute the Word of God, will you make a commitment to equip yourself so you can defend the faith? And I'm not just talking about telling people to believe just because - I mean selling it for what it really is - the Good News! We gotta do better y'all and dust off the Bible and read it! Come on folks... Let's represent Christ properly and let's defend the one and only TRUTH - God's Word!
3 comments:
Carla you are exactly right. We need to do better about having a daily relationship with GOD. I can't speak for others but I am working on waking up studying the word, and going to bed studying the word. If I can commit to my job and activities, I can certainly commit to the Alpha and Omega.
This is great Holli. I pray all of us can do this more. Thanks for your response.
Along those same lines. You will hear people say the bible is their favorite book but how often is the bible opened to know it's the favoirite. Faith is not blind, we have to have a foundation for our faith. I don't believe it was ever our Father's intention for us to just believe anything blindly. On the contrary He desires for us to be armed to stand against the questions, the doubt, and lies of the enemy. I had someone share with the me that they were in conversation with someone about the bible and the person through the bible to the ground and said "that doesn't mean anything to me." Now what would your response be? Simply put this person was looking for proof that didn't necessarily come from the bible. I think it only strenghthen our faith and belief when we find out there were scholars and historians that testified to the existence of our Lord and Savior. This is information that arms us to defend why we believe what we believe!
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