"But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. 15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict." ~Jesus, (Luke 21:14-15)
I think that many people think they need to defend God. They hear others mocking him in the public arena or asking legitimate questions and feel like they need to convince them of their error or defend God's existance.
While obviously we need to be ready to tell people about what Jesus has done and is doing for us... I do not think he needs us to defend him.
We do not need to defend him against anyone... not against unbelievers... not against atheists... not against evolutionists... not against aboritionists... not against homosexuals... not against porn stars or pop stars... not against philosophers... not against anyone really...
It is not that we should not be aware of what we believe and why... we should... and we should seek to grow in knowledge and ability to communicate it....
BUT... God does not need defending... he is the God of the universe and commands uncountable angels and forces that we know nothing about.... It is not like he is threatened by someones unbelief... or someones scientific view of creation.
He is in no danger and their opinion about him does not change the truth about his existance or who he is.... In fact at the crucifixion he did not even defend himself...
On the other hand... "defending him" puts us in an adversarial role with all these people that God loves...
Rather than defending God... be confident the he needs no defense... he may use us to testify to him... but our strongest "defense" of our faith will be truly living like we believe it ourselves... like we really believe that the God of the universe died for us and that this simple truth changes everything.
So when we stop trying to defend him... we can free up all that energy to just love people the way that he did...
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