Thank you, Ken Ham, for being a big brother and steward to your fellow believers in Christ. Many blessings to your ministry. May the Lord reach the world with his message and call us home into His presence victorious.
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I was once in a online conversation with an atheist. Actually I believe it was on this same platform. He was a Jew who studied Judaism in college preparing to become a rabbi. Whatever he learned or happened during that time changed his mind and he became a professing atheist. Our conversation went on for maybe a week or more. I prayed for patience and for his heart and that I could reveal truth and love. He was very condescending of me the entire time as if trying to evoke a reaction from me. My last message to him had some sharp words of rebuke, I called him stiff necked and some other things. Nothing vulgar but it was sharp. I was frustrated that no matter the evidence I presented he just always brushed it off as nonsense even when the evidence was from non biblical sources. He never responded to that message and I never wrote anything else. I still to this day feel some conviction, like I should have been more patient more loving even though I was receiving the complete opposite. I still pray for him today, his name was Joshua. Please pray that Joshua’s eyes would be opened to Yeshua and that my words did not push him further from the Lord.
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Although I don’t use vulgar language I am definitely guilty of biting back at the hostility. Because I am a very defensive and protective person I find it most difficult when I see hostility or just plain nastiness towards my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ because they are my family and I love them but I find biting back always left me with an uneasy feeling but thanks to my Heavenly Father He has not left me in alone in this because the Holy Spirit has been guiding me to extend my love and teaching me to be patient and to hold my tongue. I’m so thankful and comforted knowing that the will of God is fruitful.
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This is also great advice for a non-believing spouse who insults you, call you crazy, extreme, etcetera for simply going off to pray more often, or deciding to go to church every Sunday.
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Thank you so much for this. Needed to hear this right now. I would ask for prayer for a cousin of mine who is a non-believer and has had a very serious cancer diagnosis.
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My family are non-believers. Please pray for their salvation.
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I always share my testimony because I was one of those angry agnostics until my Lord and Savior found me broken and lost. I love Him because He loved me first. ❤️🙏❤
6 days ago | 0
We're handing out tracts this year and playing the King of Kings and putting lights all over our yard because "even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you." -Psalm 139
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Snark, sarcasm, and blunt honesty are my weapons of choice when dealing with atheists. I don’t suffer fools, nor am I needlessly cruel to them.
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I think we have to remember that unsafe people are not gonna act or talk or react like someone who follows Jesus. They are gonna be raw and they are gonna be hurting…. They are going to use words we don’t like and they are going to live lifestyles that go completely against what we believe or do. We cannot expect the world to act like us and the more we expected the more we are judging them . If we are going to reach the loss, we have to expect them to actually be lost … Having said that , we do not have to put up with abusive behavior or toxic, vitriolic speech to attack us nor do we have to accept threats and still think that it’s OK for them to act that way. I think there’s a lot to be said for putting up with some of it in order to show a Christ like behavior towards those who are lost . I have far less patients for Christians, who claim to be godly treating me as lost people treat others … I will definitely walk away from a Christian treating me with vitriol and hatred before I walk away from a lost person. Because as Christians, we are supposed to love one another, and we are to pray for those who persecute us whether they are lost or whether they are Christian themselves … But I certainly do not sit and take habitual abuse from somebody who claims to be a follower of Christ … they are supposed to know better and their behavior becomes hypocritical. I will not sit around Pharisee behavior… and I always pray I am not being like that… But for someone who has lost in the world, I will be meek with them in order to share Jesus with them.
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I'm sorry for being rude, but the older I get, the more confused, and even frustrated i feel when i see posts like this, and instead of people seeing them for what they are(i.e., the ravings of deluded mind), they cheer the author on, agreeing with them about supernatural ideas from thousands of years ago that have no evidence or basis in reality. I guess what i mean is, imagine that you'd never heard of Christianity. In fact, lets say there was only one person who believed in it, and had a copy of the Bible. And when you're say, 35 years old, you meet this man on an airplane, and he starts talking to you about talking snakes, a 6,000 year old earth, men living with Trex and brachiosaurus, a global flood for which there is zero evidence(and mountains of evidence againt it), a man being born of a virgin and a god, etc. Would you find any of that even remotely convincing? Or maybe you meet a Native American from 1265AD, and he starts telling you about his "religion" and beliefs, various spirits, ancestor "worship", etc. Would you give any more credence to what he's saying than you would say, a movie or a comic book? That is how ridiculous these posts look to non-Christians. The only reason that people see it as "normal", is because it's been popularized and spread all over the world, especially in the west, for nearly 2000 years, such that you grew up with all/most of your friends being Christian, your family, the culture, etc., to the point where it almost just never even occurs to anyone to think that maybe it's not true. We just assume that it must be true because it is so ubiquitous. Just like young Children with Santa Clause. We never stop to think just how insane it all is.
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Ray Comfort is a good example of how to approach difficult people about Christianity.
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Answers in Genesis
Have you ever been in a gospel-oriented conversation with an atheist, perhaps on social media or face-to-face? How about one who uses caustic, even vulgar language? How should you respond as a faithful witness for Christ?
Jesus promised, “If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you” (John 15:20). He further said, “Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets” (Luke 6:26). Paul, too, instructs godly Christians to expect persecution (2 Timothy 3:12). So we should not be surprised by hostile opposition to biblical truth and the gospel.
How we think about others will affect how we talk to them. No matter how aggressive they may be, atheists are descendants of Adam, made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27, 9:6). They are sinners, just as we were before we trusted in Christ as our Savior, and Jesus loves sinners and died for them (Romans 5:6–8). Atheists, like all other non-Christians, are deceived by the devil, who has blinded their minds (Revelation 12:9; 2 Corinthians 4:4). Despite their protests to the contrary, atheists actually know of God, both from the witness of creation and from their conscience, but are suppressing that truth because of sin (Romans 1:18–20 and 2:14–16).
How then should we talk to an atheist? Conscious of the truths above, we should be respectful (1 Peter 3:15). Regardless of his or her hostility, we should respond with gentle words (Proverbs 15:1–2), seeking a peaceful discussion and not returning evil for evil (Romans 12:14, 12:17–21). Our job is not to kill but throw a life preserver.
Now Elijah mocked the Israelite prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:17–40), and Jesus called the Jewish Pharisees a “brood of vipers” and “whitewashed tombs” (Matthew 12:34; 23:27). But they were confronting apostate religious leaders who had repeatedly refused to respond to the truth. Further, Jesus knew the Pharisees’ hearts, and Elijah was executing judgment on the false prophets, not offering them hope.
Paul instructed Timothy not to be quarrelsome but to be patient, gentle, and humble (2 Timothy 2:23–26). Nonetheless, he also told him to “rebuke” when necessary “with all longsuffering and teaching” (2 Timothy 4:1–5). So even when we have to boldly point out a scoffer’s repeated refusal to hear God’s Word, we should do this with humble, patient teaching, not caustic personal attacks.
Finally, how should we talk about an atheist? We must watch over our hearts, for out of it our mouths speak (Matthew 12:34–37). Be brutally honest with yourself, and if your words are prideful or hateful, leave them unsaid. Remember that except for God’s grace in your life, you could very well be an atheist yourself.
May God help us be humble, loving, bold, winsome, and confident defenders of the Christian faith as we seek to lead atheists (or anyone else) to the Savior.
—Dr. Terry Mortenson
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