Friday, April 20, 2012

Defending Your Faith, Part 1

Contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” This is the order we are issued from Jude 3. Are you aware of how to defend your faith? Can you stand before the so-called intellectual masses and mockers with courage and strengthened resolve because you have the Truth? Most people are worried that they do not know their Bibles well enough and often become intimidated when issues of “science” are brought to the field. This article is designed to give you the confidence to defend your faith and the information to do it with. It does not contain all the information we could use but it contains enough for you to cause the mockers to stop and consider.

First, are you aware that the Bible is supernatural in origin? It consists of 66 books that were written over a time period of 4,000 years by more than 40 authors, inspired by God, who never knew each other. The central theme is the same throughout—Jesus Christ. Every word from beginning to end agrees with every other word. There are no contradictions in Scripture whatsoever. There are only apparent contradictions to the unlearned’s eyes. Anyone willing to study it out will prove themselves in error. Both biblical and secular histories agree, for anyone who dares look into it.

Second, there is no such thing as an atheist. “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” Psalm 14:1 and 53:1. In order to be an atheist the person would have to know everything about everything. They do not even know half of everything. Ask them how many hairs are on the back of a Tibetan yak. Ask them how many grains of sand are on the combined islands of Hawaii. They would have to admit that they are agnostics (a meaning “no” and gnosis meaning “knowledge”), because they don’t know if there is a God. However, their own conscience (con meaning “with” and science meaning “knowledge”) bares them witness as does all of the universe around them (i.e. newborn babies). If there is a building, though they do not know who the builder is, it is logical (yes, most people don’t study logic anymore) to state it had a builder. If there is a painting, though they do not know who painted it, it is logical to state it had a painter. If there is a creation, though they do not know Who created it, it is logical to state it has a Creator.
What would they think if you told them that the car they drive was not made; that it simply formed that way out of a pile of metal over a period of millions of years? They would call you crazy, right? You would be insulting their intelligence. The fact of the matter is that evolution is a religion. In fact, it takes more faith to believe in it than it does for a Christian to believe in God. Let us look further at the beliefs behind the Evolution Theory. The text books tell us that “billions” of years ago there was nothing. They state nothing means nothing (Did you catch that?). Then they tell us that all the dust and dirt in the galaxy came together to form a ball smaller than a period on our page. Next, it tells us that the ball began spinning faster and faster until it exploded. Thus, we have our universe.
1st question: Where did all the dirt and dust come from? Nothing means nothing, remember?
2nd question: What made it come together? Who created gravity? Where did the laws that govern our universe come from and why aren’t they evolving?
3rd question: How is it that we have planets spinning backwards and moons spinning and traveling backwards? Anyone who has studied true science knows that from an object in motion, any pieces that fall off that object will continue spinning in the same direction until they encounter resistance. Remember, nothing means nothing. Therefore, they could not bump into each other because the further out the pieces got, the farther apart they would be from each other.

To be continued...