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What is the purpose of defending truth?
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Again, according to our lecture, the purpose of defending truth, or the purpose of apologetics is “to bring unbelievers to belief, to faith in Christ, to know Him and to confess Him as Lord and to follow Him. And to provide intellectual satisfaction because people have questions about, is there a God, is Jesus the way, are there problems within the Bible and so on.”
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We defend Christianity as truth, rational, and how it pertains to life. If I cannot defend it, then why am I believing in it?
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The purpose of defending truth is to exercise apologetics in defending Christianity by justifying why these truths are sound foundational ideals for living a Christ-centered life. It also acts as a way to invite others into this way of life so it has an inherent evangelical quality that links Christians to the Great Commission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19–20, ESV).
The Bible presents the Correspondence View of truth that links true statements to life conditions that act as a basis for Christian living that recognizes Jesus as the Son of God and our savior resulting from his sacrifice. Christians are mindful that contradictory ideas cannot both be true and that defending the Christian Worldview as objectively true, compellingly rational and pertinent is of the utmost importance.
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The purpose of defending truth allows us tho first examine what we believe and why for our own knowledge. Then, after we have found the truth for ourselves, we are to share that truth with others to bring them to Jesus.
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To know the truth and to make a strong defense so that all might come to a saving relationship with Jesus Christ and declare with all surity that Jesus is Lord!
