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  • Laziness In Study

    Is it necessary to do that research?

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    Should it be necessary to study the Bible to know if it’s true? Let’s plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.

    Often, I meet skeptics who don’t understand why God gave a book. Couldn’t God just tell us these things Himself? Why rely on a book that’s so old? This is coming with the big assumption that if God somehow showed up and told these people all the truth that is in the Bible already, that they would readily believe it.

    But if God wanted us to know Christianity is true, wouldn’t He want to make His word clearer? This also assumes that it’s our generation that is just so awesome and special that we deserve that privilege. We have lived with a people with an idea that we are entitled to special treatment and what a shock we think that if God is there, He also owes us this treatment.

    Laziness is not a virtue though.

    Many people who say this will have plenty of time to binge watch Netflix or go on a video game marathon or tell you everything about their favorite sports team or spend a night on the town sleeping with every woman they meet. Yet when it comes to this topic, they think it shouldn’t be required. For some reason, it is God’s responsibility.

    There seems to be this idea among skeptics of Christianity that God is playing a trivia game for us and all He wants is for us to get the question right of knowing that He exists. If God’s goal was just to convince everyone that He exists, that could be done easily enough. What if that’s not His goal?

    Most any husband knows what this is like from living with his wife. Our wives want to be wanted for who they are. They don’t just want to be someone that we go to only when we have a desire for sexual activity and then leave them alone. They want to be wanted. God is the greatest lover of all. He wants a people who want to know if He’s really there and say that He’s worth pursuing.

    If the desire for forgiveness really matters to you, you will seek it out.

    If the desire to know that Jesus could be risen from the dead and evil could have a solution matters to you, you will seek it out.

    If you want to know if unconditional love is really out there, you will seek it out.

    If you don’t really want to know these kinds of things and don’t want to know if God is real and Christianity is true, why should you get some special attention? God can let you go your own way. In other words, you are getting exactly what you want. God is leaving you alone.

    If you do want to know if any of the above is true, you will study. Something about us as humans is that we will pursue something if we really want it. We can say that there are things we want, but our actions will be the great revealer of what we want. Will it require work for some to see if Christianity is true? Yes. Will it be worth it? Yes.

    In Christ,
    Nick Peters

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      I find that, when I'm teaching a Bible Study or preparing to preach, I'm a lot more faithful in my studying.

      I encourage every Christian to find some venue where they can "output" what they "input" - even if it's a home Bible study in your living room or break room at work.
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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