Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise
the wisdom of thy words. Proverbs,
Chapter 23, verse 9.
Sometimes we waste our time trying to explain our
beliefs to people who just like to be contrary.
They could argue with us all day, on any issue. We are just wasting our breath on people like
this. They aren’t going to be open to
any of the things we have to tell them about our love for Jesus.
There are people from a particular religion that
comes to my door to talk about God, but they don’t believe that Jesus is our
Savior. I could stand there all day and
talk to them about how the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ is Savior of all,
but they won’t be open to listening. As
a Christian, it’s better for me not to debate my religion with people like
that.
For one reason, these people may be more persuasive
than we are and we may get confused.
That happened to me one time.
People from this religion were able to quote Bible verses to support the
things they were saying, and I started wondering if they were right and I had
misinterpreted things.
Later, I got my Bible and read the whole chapter
that they had pulled these verses from.
That helped me realize that the verses they mentioned were really
talking about a totally different issue.
Those adults pulled verses from the Bible out of context, making them
sound like they supported their argument.
If I could get confused by trying to defend my beliefs, then it could
possibly happen to you. It’s easier to
not get into a debate in the first place.
Because this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life, it doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
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