“Jesus replied, ‘Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.'”
PS–there are plenty of quality “apologetic” Biblical studies out there to answer many difficult questions about the Bible. It’s okay to ask questions; it’s not okay to gripe about not getting answers. After all, it really does take a little bit of rocket science to get to the moon and beyond…! (But it’s well worth the view.)
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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No, it’s not okay to gripe about not getting answers. Get in the word oneself, and the Holy spirit will provide them. But, He won’t just cram in into your head.
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Hahaha! Like maybe we wanted the night before the math test in high school…???!!
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Yeah lol, something like that!
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I love that point about may we expect “answers” like the way we want answers the night before a math test!
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Word. Word.
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Unfortunately, I think some people just want to argue about Scriptures and not really want to learn about the real deal. I pray for the hearts of these people, so they may have their eyes opened to the Truth.
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Some, but not all. There are truth-seekers (who really want to know) and there are self-seekers (who just want to justify their lifestyle). Only God knows the difference, because behavior is not a good indicator…at all.
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You’re right. Only God knows our hearts.
Btw, I saw this video on FB today that somehow relates to this, so I want to share it with you. It briefly talks about the different ways people handle the truth. Check it out if you have some time: https://www.facebook.com/drfrankturek/videos/1465105193550959/?hc_ref=ARTQshigXVo2c7UXRSuaExl0vUydoGvn5jmOrYX15COwr24qYp48Gdb6q_Z_xHUrx3w
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Honest question: do you know anyone who has come to Faith in Christ as a result of Apologetics answers? Could you tell the story if you do. Thx
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Actually, that’s a really good question. I’ve heard it said that you can’t “argue” anyone into Heaven, but clearing away some of the honest reasonable questions (what’s been interestingly called “pre-evangelism”) through things like apologetics can be beneficial. In that sense, yes, for example both the writers of Evidence that Demands a Verdict (Josh McDowell) and The Case for Christ (Lee Strobel) place themselves in that camp if I’m not mistaken.
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Do you personally know anyone, I should have asked
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I don’t think so, not that I know of off hand.
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