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Recently I had that preverbal knock at my front door on Saturday morning. Most dread this but I love it. This is not the first time that Jehovah’s Witnesses have knocked on my door, frankly I am surprised they still come around. The last couple who came by left with me walking with them down the street as they went to their car. I was more concerned with their salvation then they were of mine. Anyway, this Saturday morning brought them again. Jehovah’s witnesses have a twisted view of Christianity, that came from a bible study started by Charles Taze Russell in the late 1800′s, we will get into that in a later post.
These gentleman on Saturday started off our conversation by asking me why we celebrate Christmas and this was where there presentation got off tract, because I went straight into the Gospel and gave them the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus as Lord. We discussed their theology and mine both using our bibles. After 15 or 20 minutes of conversation they departed with me still giving them the gospel and telling them about Jesus. When I came back inside it struck me that no one on our street was talking to these men and I was the only one who answered the door. After thinking about all they said it dawned on me that I wasn’t using apologetics (defending the faith) but simple theology.
When the IRS trains an agent to detect a counterfeit bill they don’t study counterfeits, they study the real deal. They pour over the original bill, studying every detail so that we the come into contact with a counterfeit they quickly identify it by lacking what is in the genuine and true bill. The same goes with sharing your faith. Theology is something that all Christians, wether you like it or not, you are supposed to know. We are to understand our faith and be able to articulate it when given the chance (1 Pet 3:15) with gentleness and love. We are to grow in our faith (1 cor 3:11) and be able to give testimony to what God has done in our life and who he is. This can be a tough task but we have been given the Holy Spirit to help us in this (John 14:26). The bible is given to us so that we can know God and make him known. This is the first place we come and receive our teaching on theology, but there are other sources that can make it easier. First start with the bible and always compare what you read with it,after that use other books to help you along.
Here is a list of books that are a must read for all Christians-they are super easy to read and very informative.
“Doctrine” by Mark Driscoll & Gerry Bershers
“Christian Beliefs” by Wayne Grudem
For Parents (and anyone else who is ever planning on having kids)
“Big Truths for Young Hearts” by Bruce Ware
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