As a Saint of the most High, I find that defending the rationality of the Christian faith is vital. Why? Because if we can not defend our Faith, we cannot save or keep souls. Better yet it makes us ministers a laughing stock among religious sects and Political powers. Peter and Paul understood this principal, and we can see this by Peter's rebuttal to the Jews and Gentiles who heard the other Jews speaking with stammering lips and a different tongue (Acts 2). Or we can look at Paul as he debated the Case for Christ daily against the school of Tyrannus (Acts 8:9-10). Even in the early Patristic age or Age of the Church Fathers there was serious attack against Christian believers. The rise of Christianity and how it came to be drew wandering eyes into our direction. It made us Christians public enemy number one. So as time passed the questions began to rise. Questions such as, Who is Christ? If Christ is God how did he die if God cannot die? Was Christ a creature? Why do you have a triune God? Questions as these must be answered, so in order to do so one must dedicate his time to that of theology, philosophy, and private time with God in order to combat these treacherous questions. Many say it is bad to debate. Many look down on those who protect the faith. If we don't contend for the Faith delivered unto us who will? Many Christians leave this faith simply due to their lack of knowledge and weakness in the Word of Truth. God himself told us to study. You cannot sit around and wait for your Pastor or teacher to direct your. Be honorable and search the scriptures daily. By doing so you build a foundation that will not break or fall because it is founded on THE ROCK Jesus Christ.
Christ, Peter, Stephen, Paul, Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius, Aquinas, Missler, and many more defended the Faith because they knew by not doing how even it would evaporate into the NOTHING.
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