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Can you think of a time when you were called upon to give a defense of your faith in Christ? If so, briefly explain.
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I am a recently reborn Christian, I’m 55 years old and had turned my back to the lord for many years. As a result my children were not raised in the faith. I have never had to defend my faith, not yet anyway. But I have spent a considerable amount of time explaining to my daughters that I made a mistake in not raising them in the church. I have spent time explaining to them the faith and have been working to get them saved. At this point all I can do is tell people what I believe, and why (I was never very good at debate). There is the physical/archeological evidence that proves the bible to be a true account of events that occurred. And then there’s faith, the idea that a person knows in his or her heart that a thing is true without the benefit of any tangible evidence. And I am happy to say that this is where I’m at now. I know it’s all true, in my heart. I still love the archeology, but it isn’t necessary, faith and belief rules the day.
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Yes, I had to defend my faith sometime. People ask you questions that you may somwtimes be able to defend your faith but there are some question that people ask you can’t answer .But I depend on the Holy spirit to give me the right answer to give them a better understanding and a better answer to the question.
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I have friends whom are not believers. Recently one asked me how I know that God is real. I am looking forward to learning more about how to defend my faith and share the truth with others.
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I was in conversation with a couple jewish individuals at the beach who did not believe in jesus being the messiah. What was helpful, was meditation on scripture that I had done leading up to that encounter and sharing Psalm 22 with them. It felt like “story time” as a child. It was nice to sit on the beach and read the scripture together. You could tell their eyes got big and had to re-read a few lines of scripture since I had asked the holy spirit to reveal what was important during that encounter. It was a rather calm conversation throughout but you can tell their were conflicting thoughts by the individuals but nonetheless, it made them truly think and want to ask more questions that pointed again to the messiah. It was a beautiful moment.
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I cannot think of a time where I had to defend my faith