Always be ready to give a defense to
everyone who asks you a reason for
the hope that is in you...
-1 Peter 3:15 (NKJV)EQUIPPED WITH ANSWERS
by Pastor Bob Coy of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale
What
makes Christianity different from every other religion in the world? Is
there any proof that Jesus really lived? How can a person be sure the
Bible is true?
How would you handle these questions? Would you have a good answer for them?
You
should, because being a believer means being equipped with
answers-answers to questions that pertain to our faith. Jesus told us
that we're supposed to love God with all of our minds (Matthew 22:37).
That means our minds are to be engaged and educated about Christianity.
It means reading a few books, taking a few classes, and investing in
some information so we're ready when the questions start coming our way.
In short, it means being an answering machine for Jesus.
Imagine
if every Christian was able to give a good answer to the three
questions that we've already looked at. What if they were able to share
that Christianity is the only belief system where God is the one
reaching out to man instead of man reaching out to God? What if they
knew how secular history corroborates the life, death, and resurrection
of Jesus of Nazareth? What if they could explain how there is an
inexhaustible amount of prophetic, archeological, and scientific
evidence to prove that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God?
Here's
the point: We have some solid answers to the questions that the world
is asking. But are we as equipped as we should be? If not, why not?
Being a Christian isn't an excuse to become mindless. Quite the
contrary. It's our identity "in Christ" that sharpens our understanding
and elevates our intellect...because now we have a real cause worth
dedicating our hearts (and minds) to.
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My take on this is that the pulpit is the place to simply teach the Word of God verse by verse,
chapter by chapter, book by book. I truly believe that as Pastors teach from Genesis to
Revelation all the issues of life will be preached on and Christians
will learn what God's perspective is on it all.
