Greetings Dear Reader,
Apologetics is a tool.
It is a tributary path that leads to the grand journey. I have said before that we are all on a
journey to God. It is dishonest for me
to avoid that I believe that Christ alone is the means to that end. The purpose of apologetics for a Christ
follower is to back up his actions in following with sound reasoning for that
following.
When I live out the love, kindness, and care of the Gospel
people will want to know why I do these things.
It is with sound reasons that I am to voice my faith and following. The purpose of apologetics is not to bully
others into agreeing with what I believe.
It is to explain why I believe what I believe once I have earned the
right to be heard.
The process should be that others should see my actions and
that they are done because of my obedience to Christ. This should give me an opportunity to share
the reasons for the hope I have in Christ.
It is not that I am good and loving to others so that I can tell them
about Christ. That is not what Christ
wishes of me.
I must obey Christ for the sake of obeying him. My love for others and kindness to them must
flow from my love for Christ then I have clear ground on which to stand. If I treat others well just so I can share
Christ with them then I am nothing more than a salesman manipulating my
customers.
Apologetics is a natural outflow of my faith and not a weapon
for spreading that faith. If I focus on
the apologetics and not on Christ then I am seeking arguments not the wellbeing
of others. It is living out the Gospel
by lovingly impacting the lives of others that leads to me gaining opportunity
to share why I believe. We have “turned
a passion for the lost into the business of saving souls.”
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store."
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