Apologetics
has been around ever since the first skeptic swore to the mythology
of the Holy Bible. Christians have always been able to take the dark
sides of the skeptical arguments and show them mostly spiritual
folly.
The war
that Christians fight has never been a physical war. Oh, yes,
Christians have gone to war to protect the faith against the scourges
of religiosity and atheism. Christianity has never really been about
religion. Many religions have been formed in the name of Christ, but
many of these do not hit the mark spiritually.
We see the
problem is man, interposing himself into laws reserved for God’s
judgment. Somehow a man will not see the severity of sin and suggest
that God has special types of punishments that aren’t very severe;
matching in some way the severity of the sin.
All of
that kind of thinking is wishful thinking. The scriptures treat even
the least of sin as guilt against all the law. Until men realize that
even the smallest transgression is as punishable as the greatest sin
they will continue erring on the side of spiritual ignorance.
Those who
would write about the ignorance of Christians just because they don’t
trust certain sciences to save their spirit don’t know what they
are talking about. When they begin their debates and arguments by
first denigrating those they disagree with it will never matter what
follows from their mouth or their pen. Their heart is known and the
hatred is apparent. One should never try to debate through anger.
Again, the
war of the Christian is not in the physical plane. The warfare is
always in the realm of the spiritual. To forget that and go into the
physical realm to try to prove any point of faith to someone who does
not believe is folly. God deals with souls on a spiritual level. The
scriptures remind Christians that we do not “wrestle with flesh and
blood” but with “principalities and powers” God is very
familiar with.
The words
and thoughts of the wisest human are never equal to those of God. God
is the creator and the sole authority of everything that exists. The
scriptures tell us that everything in the world “consists”
because God permits that. God makes that happen. We who stand in
belief do not have to prove an observable fact. When was the last
time you saw any man capable of speaking the dead back to life, or
the ill back to wellness?
The
accomplishments of Jesus are well attested. The witnesses to the
events of the life of Jesus were simple men who simply reported what
they observed and heard from the only person ever to be resurrected.
The
Apostle John wrote of his experiences that he had seen with his eyes,
heard with his ears, and handled the Son of God and the Word that had
become flesh.
Truly this
is the only testimony a Christian needs to counter the skeptic. Paul
used such testimony in every city he visited. The history of the
birth, death and resurrection of God in the flesh is verifiable in
the lives of those who have received and believed the testimony God
gives of his son. Belief is not an act of ignorance. Belief comes
through knowledge and acceptance of knowledge.
Christians
bother to counter the arguments of the ignorant because they are
prompted by a Spirit that resides with them. Since God is not willing
that any man perish that too should be the thought of a Christian who
has secured his relationship with Jesus. We also counter such
debates because it is important to the lives of those who struggle
with belief. No Christian wants to be charged with the blood of
anyone. It is better to give the word and allow those without faith
to be responsible for their own standing before God.
And that
is the bottom line. Will Jesus say to you “well done” or will he
say “depart from me.” One day we will each have that answer.
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