Apologetics - Know Why You Believe

On this post we have mentioned the word, Apologetics. Apologetics may be simply defined as the defense of the Christian faith. The word appears 17 times in noun or verb form in the New Testament, and both the noun (apologia) and verb form (apologeomai) can be translated “defense” or “vindication” in every case. Usually the word is used to refer to a speech made in one’s own defense. For example, in one passage Luke says that a Jew named Alexander tried to “make a defense” before an angry crowd in Ephesus that was incited by idol-makers whose business was threatened by Paul’s preaching (Acts 19:33). Elsewhere Luke always uses the word in reference to situations in which Christians, and in particular the apostle Paul, are put on trial for proclaiming their faith in Christ and have to defend their message against the charge of being unlawful (Luke 12:11; 21:14; Acts 22:1; 24:10; 25:8, 16; 26:2, 24). 
Let's make sure we can always give a ready defense of the Gospel. In other words, know why you believe and tell others. Our beliefs are not based on assumptions or blind leaps of faith as we are often accused of. We believe in facts and history. "Your faith is only as valid as the object you place it in." We place our faith in a historical person who made the claim, "That He was God.". He died on a cross for saying those very words. No one else ever claimed that, such as Joseph Smith, Muhammad and others. They never did find His body. So the questions most asked are: 

•  Jesus was either a lunatic 
•  a Liar 
• or was truly God 

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Remember this, God never defends Himself or His reality. He just is. When it comes to our existence, here is what God says: Psalm 148:5: Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For he commanded, and they were created. 


LEGACY: What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.