The Tortoise Website

The Tortoise Website
Click on image to go to Author website. "THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT." Eccl. 9:11

Friday 21 September 2018

Steps On How To Defend The Christian Faith

By Henry Collins


Christianity is a religion that preaches love. It is surprising to so many how Jesus Christ gave the instruction that Christians should love one another and pray for those that persecute them. This is not possible in so many other religions in which paying back good for good and evil for evil reigns supreme. Because of this Biblical injunction to love, one cannot possibly consider fighting when thinking of how to defend the Christian faith.

The main aim of defending the Christian faith is to draw men unto God. It means that one has to be careful not to act in contrast to what is preached. If your life is in consonance with what you say in public, others who are not Christians will see you as being sincere and since sincerity is a worthy virtue, they are drawn closer to you and then to God who can give them the grace to have the life of Jesus.

Anytime one temptation or the other comes your way, it should be a time to reflect on Jesus and rely on his grace. Someone near you may have set you up and is watching earnestly to know your response. You will be happy in the end as the Holy Spirit helps you overcome. This will also make the person Satan used to feel more ashamed.

Sometimes, it looks understandable why someone fell into temptation but the Bible makes it clear that no temptation is brought to man beyond what he can overcome. It is easier for the devil to succeed when he sees that your relationship with God is sour. This is the reason why the Bible forewarned in James 4:8a that going closer to God will cause Him to draw closer to man.

Reading the Bible everytime is good and anyone who has the Christian faith should not joke with doing so every morning. This is the most comfortable period to have one's quiet time since everywhere is still calm and the Christian can focus more on God when he has not stepped out for work or other endeavors. Getting to know God early in the morning before any other thing grants him access to his fullness and knowledge. The Christian is further directed on what to do throughout the day.

It is man's nature to believe in signs and wonders. This was actually one of the ways in which Jesus caught the attention of many people. The same still happens today as a lot want to see if some things that are considered impossible can be rolled away before they believe. Hence, praying to God ceaselessly can be an avenue to defend the faith as it is through prayers that one can hear Him and also obtain healing and answers to very difficult situations.

Spreading the gospel is an important step to take if you want to defend Christianity. Without preaching, nobody will understand why you do certain things. Defending the faith in this sense includes participating in early morning cries, visiting public places such as students' hostels and sharing tracts.

You must bear in mind when defending the faith that its sole aim is to draw souls to God. Sinners who don't understand this risk going to hell instead of Heaven where the Lord has prepared several mansions for anyone who believes and follows Him. Every Christian should therefore be involved in this fight to rescue perishing souls.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment