I am not an apologist for the Christian faith. I do not feel the need, nor am I urgently compelled, to explain or defend, Christianity. It does not appeal to me to argue, nor will I be drawn into arguments, that protectively secure my beliefs: I am not insular in my thoughts and feelings about my faith, I am confident and unfaltering. There is a massive difference between assertion and aggression. I assert that Jesus Christ is Lord of lords, that he is the only begotten Son of God the Father, and that the Holy Ghost is the third person of the triune God; they are equal and indivisible.
I state these facts with The Bible as my authority. I cannot make this type of thing up; it is beyond my capacity as a creature, crafted by the hand of God.
I don't feel the urge to defend my beliefs, because God Almighty does not need a mere human to explain him, protect him from faith marauders, or cut, slash and burn heretics, that think they can debunk scripture, because it does not align with their personal storyline. My faith was hard won, and I already did all of my investigative struggling with who God is, and what I believe about his revealed truth, as given to mankind through The Bible. Jesus, by the Way, is the revealed Truth.
Look to the definition of the word apologist once more, at the top of this page. My faith is not controversial to me. The Bible is not mine to defend; I do not feel as though I must stand in front of the Lord of Glory and like Peter, lop off an ear in his defence. Recently, someone attempted to dissuade me from my commitment to Biblical truth, and this person was affronted when I would not consider for one moment, what she was presenting to me. And I ask you, dear reader, Why would I consider her arguments, when I have an unbending, unbreakable, unwavering Book of Truth to rely upon, that has never lied to me, failed me, or offended me, like humans have, in their machinations and wicked imaginings?
This brings we to the crux of my driving point. The Bible offends people that do not want to believe what they are reading. It offends them so deeply, that they must pick and choose what is acceptable to them and their sensibilities. They do not feel that the Word is valid, and must compromise what they read to accommodate their faulty thinking. I ask, Why read The Bible at all, if you do not want to accept what God has commanded and included there?
Which brings me to my next salient point. Christianity is biblical, not extra biblical. Once a person begins cherry picking scriptures they like, and throwing away the ones they don't like, based on other books they have read, to prove points they want to make as pseudo-apologists, they are questioning and convoluting the inspired Word of God, and attempting to mislead others away from biblically sound doctrine. This is a sneak attack on the faithful, and it does not bode well for the attacker.
I don't tamper with the Word of God. I don't add to it, or subtract from it. It humbles me when I read it, and I do not arrogantly argue with what I read there: it is a vain thing, to argue with the living God, and God forbid I should do anything of the sort. And now this, dear reader: I will not argue with humans that want to take the Word and twist it into something unholy and unregenerate. I have reverence for Holy Writ, and no one, will convince me, that the Bible is in any way flawed or in need of editing.
I take this stand as a statement of faith, and while I will not argue with biblical nay sayers, I will, here and now, let them know, that they do not have sway, with this Christ follower.
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