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Mr. Robin Kalhornju1
Intellectually at first, I
accepted the Bible as true for two reasons. First, there is the righteousness
of Christ, which is so obvious and profound that it cannot be the product of
fiction. Check it out: a human mythologist would have to be morally perfect to
understand and convey holiness BUT in setting up a Jesus myth he would be
telling a lie, thus proving himself imperfect.
It's a logical impossibility on par with the statement, “Everything I
say is a lie." Second, there is the total impartiality of the Bible in its
treatment of sin. Every man-made
moralistic system, from Marxism to feminism to Nazi Aryan race ideology to
works-based theistic religion, separates humanity into good guys and bad guys.
Some have attained to righteousness by their own efforts, or are simply born
that way, while all others have failed. Without exception, those who concoct
these systems exempt themselves from condemnation. However, the Bible presents
that NO ONE is righteous (Romans
The Word of God, rightly divided,
is so unfitted for the purpose of self-serving religious propaganda that
Christians (followers or leaders) who so misuse it expose themselves as
hypocrites. Even atheists know this! The worst an atheist can say to me is,
"You are not living by the good example of Jesus." He will not say,
"Jesus was a rotten character, and so are you."
Regarding the tendency of some Christians
to witness in an overly "scientific" manner, I'm reminded of a
pastor's observation on atheistic skepticism: "It's not a head problem;
it's a heart problem." We cannot argue anyone into repentance. The sinner
must be made aware of the awful fact that he has broken God's holy law (Romans
7:7). Only when he understands the nature of his transgression, and its just
and inevitable punishment, will he cry out for a Savior (Galatians
Consider this article by
ex-atheist (!) evangelist Ray Comfort (http://www.raycomfort.com/pain). His law-and-grace approach has changed my thinking on
how to present the gospel.
In Christ,
Robin
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