Relativism is the font from which flows this “answer” to even the most erudte presentation of the Gospel:
“That’s YOUR Truth. I have my own.”
When “Truth” becomes “Relative” there are few arguments to persuade.
That’s when we need to rely upon the Holy Spirit to soften hearts....but it’s ALWAYS been that way. The most flawless apologetic, without the Holy Spirit, is just intellectual discussion.
That’s why all evangelism needs to be supported by PRAYER.
WHAM! GRAND SLAM!
“That’s when we need to rely upon the Holy Spirit to soften hearts....but it’s ALWAYS been that way. The most flawless apologetic, without the Holy Spirit, is just intellectual discussion.”
Amen! If I can talk someone into becoming a Christian, someone else can talk them out of it. It is the HEART that needs to change, not the mind. I’ve got family members who I’m pretty sure intellectually accept Jesus is God, but who refuse to stop controlling their own lives and give in to God. That makes them non-Christians.
Jesus said, “This is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.”
Exactly.
But, I do have those discussions, with myself.
God always prevails in my ‘debates’.