CHECK OUT THE VIDEO (video for discussion purposes only) the n8tive christian blog does not necessarily agree with this rugged style of "winning" arguments and calling it evangelism, or endorse break.com
So, two Mormon guys who seem totally unprepared for this type of "conversation", apparently are getting "handled" by a guy who simply knows a few lines of scripture.
Wouldn't you expect a religion with so much money and so many members (such as the LDS) to better equip their kids for evangelism and instill a greater knowledge of their book of Mormon before they sent them out to preach their message? I mean for the few years that these teens are on their missions, they are basically professional evangelists who are out to preach the Mormon Jesus, and try to increase the number of "Latter Day Saints." The intent of this post is not to simply blast the Mormon religion, but to learn from their example in this video.
Although the video may be fun to watch (until the end), it should make us think...
As Christians, when we speak with others (believers and non-believers alike), are we prepared to defend the Bible? Can we accurately and intelligently defend the Christian faith when confronted by adversaries? What about when we are speaking to Christians who say something that is unbiblical? We need to be equipped to defend the Gospel of Jesus Christ and give intelligent, Biblical responses to those people who we encounter, and recognize other peoples errors when they do not add up or match up with what the Bible says.
Some of these who we meet will have been mislead by one of the many cults (like the two Mormons on the video), others will be atheists/agnostics as well as others, maybe belligerent people who are looking to "win an argument."
However, I feel we need to be most prepared to deal with those people who simply don't know what they don't know! The people who are unsure of what they believe, those who may be uncomfortable talking about the things of God, but are also very inquisitive and need to hear the truth.
It is only by God's grace, by His divine election that any of us will be called to salvation, but as His ambassadors here on Earth we need to be prepared to speak and defend His word. We need to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and fulfill the Great Commission. For it is only by using the word of God, that we are going to change any hearts.
"For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart."
(Hebrews 4:12 NASB)
It is not by our own cleverness, or brilliance of speech (or boldness or brutality) that we will change any persons heart, or speak any truth, but only by Gods word, which is LIVING, ACTIVE, and SHARPER than any two-edged sword!
Equip yourselves to go out and PREACH IT! From your mouth will proceed that which lies within your heart!
3 comments:
I don't know about this video. On one had the mormons were befuddled but on the other hand did the guy really do a good job of being an ambassador for Christ?
He may have won the argument with two guys who obviously didn't know how to answer his biblical assault. But did he share the true message of Christ with them? Did he show them the love of Christ or that he has enough intellectual knowledge to beat them over the head with his scripture knowledge? Did he show them who Christ is and why they need Him? Did he show them that they worship a different Christ than the one found in the mormon bible?
It reminds me of myself about 4 years ago with the same type of attitude of trying to win the argument instead of trying to win them to Christ.
I especially find that the last minute of the video disgusting with his comments about the two white boys and his boasting of biblical knowledge. I also thought he was a hypocrite about how he kept telling them to stop interrupting him but then he just kept going on and on doing the same thing to them.
I think this was a good example of how winning the battle may not be the same as winning the war.
What do you think?
Like I said in my post, although it is a bit funny to see the two guys at a loss for words, what I am getting at is not necessarily that the "Christian" guy did a great job at evangelism, or being a representative for Christ. The point I wanted to make was, when we are confronted (as the two Mormons were) are we at a loss for words, or are we able to intelligently defend the truth of the Bible?
You are right about the end of the video: Disgusting. I didn't see the last part when I watched it the first time, I stopped it too soon. You are also right in the fact that his boasting at the end and his rudeness towards the two Mormon guys showed his desire to “win the argument” outweighed his desire to lovingly and accurately present the Gospel and demonstrate the love of Christ.
I think that I will make an addendum to this post as a result of your comments, and I now have an idea for a whole new post!
Thanks Wes!
I agree I didn't think you were upholding that guy as a stellar ambassador for Christ. But I am glad you point out the fact it is important for us to know what we believe and why we believe it.
Keep at the race and nice blog by the way!
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