The problem with non-believers is that they don't understand God nor the Bible. The ONLY verse they seem to remember is Matthew 5:39. That's the most often quoted verse that any non-Christian seems to know.
There are 31,102 verses in the Bible. How do this "specialists" know what the other verses say? They don't! They know Adam and Eve but somehow miss the "fall of man" and its significance, which clearly means that we ALL are sinners, even Christians. I will never understand why this is confusing to them.
Anyway, along these same lines are people that are blessed in the Bible that leave us scratching our heads, wondering why on earth they are blessed. Anyone who knows anything about the Bible, knows that every single person in the Bible sins, EXCEPT Jesus.
King David himself "murdered" a woman's husband so he could have her to himself, this after he had an extra-marital affair. This after he was a peeping Tom! He watched the woman when she was naked and desired her so much, that he sent her husband to the front line in a war, and ordered his men to leave him there so he would be killed. Then, as you read everything about King David, God repeatedly calls him "blessed". This story is found in 2 Samuel 11.
The story of Lot is also very well known. He's the one who's wife turned into a pillar of salt because she turned around to see the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. It's pretty clear though that non-believers have never actually read the story, or else they would know that Lot was an awful person himself!
Lot told a crowd of rapists that they could have his virgin daughters to do with as they please. Yes! He was willing to allow a crowd of men to rape his daughters, violently too, I might add. Then after Lot is saved and his wife is salt, he gets drunk and has sex with his daughters too and even knocks them up. Granted, the daughters conspired against him but he willingly tipped the alcohol up. Lot was blessed too and considered "righteous" by God. The story can be found in Genesis 19.
If you're a little concerned about his behavior, there is a fantastic mini-essay on Lot's behavior at Quora. That message is absolutely amazing and is a great perspective.
In any case, I think I've made my point here. Christians are not perfect and we should not be expected to be perfect. It is repeatedly said in the Bible that man are sinners and will forever be that way. 1 John 1:8-10, Ecclesiastes 7:20 and Isaiah 64:6. Those are just a few of verses out of many. An entire list can be found here (alt).
It is our responsibility, as Christians, to instruct them of this. We are supposed to witness (alt) to others and the first step is to let them all know that we are sinners and will be forever. Perhaps this will strike a chord with them and they will become interested in more. It's a first step. It's also good to defend ourselves from nasty online bullies who stupidly quote Matthew 5:39 without any other knowledge of the Bible and for those who know absolutely nothing about it.
May God be with you all. Remember, we sin, but are forgiven through Christ.
There are 31,102 verses in the Bible. How do this "specialists" know what the other verses say? They don't! They know Adam and Eve but somehow miss the "fall of man" and its significance, which clearly means that we ALL are sinners, even Christians. I will never understand why this is confusing to them.
Anyway, along these same lines are people that are blessed in the Bible that leave us scratching our heads, wondering why on earth they are blessed. Anyone who knows anything about the Bible, knows that every single person in the Bible sins, EXCEPT Jesus.
King David himself "murdered" a woman's husband so he could have her to himself, this after he had an extra-marital affair. This after he was a peeping Tom! He watched the woman when she was naked and desired her so much, that he sent her husband to the front line in a war, and ordered his men to leave him there so he would be killed. Then, as you read everything about King David, God repeatedly calls him "blessed". This story is found in 2 Samuel 11.
The story of Lot is also very well known. He's the one who's wife turned into a pillar of salt because she turned around to see the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. It's pretty clear though that non-believers have never actually read the story, or else they would know that Lot was an awful person himself!
Lot told a crowd of rapists that they could have his virgin daughters to do with as they please. Yes! He was willing to allow a crowd of men to rape his daughters, violently too, I might add. Then after Lot is saved and his wife is salt, he gets drunk and has sex with his daughters too and even knocks them up. Granted, the daughters conspired against him but he willingly tipped the alcohol up. Lot was blessed too and considered "righteous" by God. The story can be found in Genesis 19.
If you're a little concerned about his behavior, there is a fantastic mini-essay on Lot's behavior at Quora. That message is absolutely amazing and is a great perspective.
In any case, I think I've made my point here. Christians are not perfect and we should not be expected to be perfect. It is repeatedly said in the Bible that man are sinners and will forever be that way. 1 John 1:8-10, Ecclesiastes 7:20 and Isaiah 64:6. Those are just a few of verses out of many. An entire list can be found here (alt).
It is our responsibility, as Christians, to instruct them of this. We are supposed to witness (alt) to others and the first step is to let them all know that we are sinners and will be forever. Perhaps this will strike a chord with them and they will become interested in more. It's a first step. It's also good to defend ourselves from nasty online bullies who stupidly quote Matthew 5:39 without any other knowledge of the Bible and for those who know absolutely nothing about it.
May God be with you all. Remember, we sin, but are forgiven through Christ.
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