Objections to the Gospel (Part One)

PART 2

1. Men wrote the Bible/ Men changed the Bible/ Many translations/ How do you know Christianity is true/ Telephone Game/ Contradictions and errors in Bible
   
   1. All of these objections fall into the category of questioning the authority of the Bible. Psalm 119:89 says, “Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.” God’s Word was written before the Bible was ever put together. We trust the Scriptures because we trust the one who gave them to us. God authored the Bible and used men to write His words on the paper. The Bible was put together over a period of 1500 years, on 3 different continents, with over 40 different writers, in 3 different languages, yet there are no contradictions and it’s in complete harmony from cover to cover. We trust God’s Word because every promise and prophecy has been fulfilled except for those relating to the end times, because we’re not there yet. The Dead Sea Scrolls prove that the Bible message has been unchanged for thousands of years. The numerous translations are just different ways of conveying the same message.
      
   2. 2 Peter 1:20-21 states, “that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”
      
   3. “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
      
2. That’s just your opinion/ What’s true for you isn’t true for me/ That’s your interpretation/ You can’t know anything for sure
   
   1. This line of thinking is called moral relativism. The best way to answer these illogical statements is by using logic. Ask them, “Are you sure we can’t know anything for sure?” or “If my truth contradicts your truth or says your truth is false, which truth is right?” As far as opinions and interpretations are concerned, take them to Scripture. It’s no longer your opinion because the Bible is making the claim and ask them for their interpretation of the passage that they say is only your interpretation.
      
   2. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. (John 17:17)
      
   3. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. (Proverbs 26:4-5)
      
3. Don’t judge/ Judge not/ Stop judging
   
   1. This is a mixture of moral relativism and twisting of Scripture. Turn it back on them by asking, “Why are you judging me?” They might not get it at first, but they are making a judgment against you by their statement. Paul Washer says, “People tell me judge not lest ye be judged. I always tell them, twist not scripture lest ye be like Satan.”
      
   2. “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. (Matthew 7:1-5)
      
   3. Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment. (John 7:24)
      
4. Many ways to God/ All religion leads to same place/ I’m a(n) different religion
   
   1. I would use Scripture to refute this objection because it is authoritative and cuts through to the heart. Other religions may be able to coexist with one another, but biblical Christianity stands alone.
      
   2. There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. (Proverbs 14:12)
      
   3. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)
      
   4. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
      
5. I’m a good person/ God knows my heart/ I’m not a bad person
   
   1. These are my favorite objections because it opens the door to take them through some of the 10 Commandments to verify their claim. It can also be beneficial to share verses with them that contradict these objections.
      
   2. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. (Psalm 14:3)
      
   3. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds. (Jeremiah 17:9-10)
      

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