JerryfromMass
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Thank you @Beetow for starting this discussion. It's a most worthy matter for ALL who claim to be BORN AGAIN FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST.
As children of the One and Ony living God and followers of our Savior Jesus Christ, we are told to be prepared to give a defense for our faith. As Peter plainly says:
"Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect, 16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ." 1 Peter 3:15-16.
My defense has been clearly stated before in another thread (I've included it here verbatim at the end of this post), and yet I was roundly criticized by one's that call themselves brothers in Christ.
Instead of correcting what they perceived as wrong or what they perceived unsupported by scripture, or any other legitimate reason for their critical review of the reason I gave for the hope that is in me, they simply obfuscated and attacked. I'm fine with that, for I receive greater attacks for my faith from people I love dearly, i.e., my unsaved family members.
So I ask all reading: Do you have a defense, an apologian, for the hope in you? If so, can you articulate it here and now? If not, what are you doing to prepare yourself to give a defense?
My defense: Science. Nature. The order in the world and the cosmos. The fact that the universe had a beginning and did not come from the absence of anything. The fact that history affirms the Bible in that the Bible is a compilation of preserved and reliable historical documents written by eyewitnesses during the lifetimes of other eyewitnesses who report supernatural events occurred that fulfilled written prophecy from hundreds and thousands of years beforehand that are divine rather than human in origin. All of the foregoing point to a creator God and the risen Christ. If the skeptic remains a skeptic, it's not for lack of evidence; it's because they prefer to live as though they aren't accountable to a Supreme Creator God. They prefer their sins over truth and darkness over light.
As children of the One and Ony living God and followers of our Savior Jesus Christ, we are told to be prepared to give a defense for our faith. As Peter plainly says:
"Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect, 16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ." 1 Peter 3:15-16.
My defense has been clearly stated before in another thread (I've included it here verbatim at the end of this post), and yet I was roundly criticized by one's that call themselves brothers in Christ.
Instead of correcting what they perceived as wrong or what they perceived unsupported by scripture, or any other legitimate reason for their critical review of the reason I gave for the hope that is in me, they simply obfuscated and attacked. I'm fine with that, for I receive greater attacks for my faith from people I love dearly, i.e., my unsaved family members.
So I ask all reading: Do you have a defense, an apologian, for the hope in you? If so, can you articulate it here and now? If not, what are you doing to prepare yourself to give a defense?
My defense: Science. Nature. The order in the world and the cosmos. The fact that the universe had a beginning and did not come from the absence of anything. The fact that history affirms the Bible in that the Bible is a compilation of preserved and reliable historical documents written by eyewitnesses during the lifetimes of other eyewitnesses who report supernatural events occurred that fulfilled written prophecy from hundreds and thousands of years beforehand that are divine rather than human in origin. All of the foregoing point to a creator God and the risen Christ. If the skeptic remains a skeptic, it's not for lack of evidence; it's because they prefer to live as though they aren't accountable to a Supreme Creator God. They prefer their sins over truth and darkness over light.
