Weekly devotionals from Pastor Mike Fabarez Senior Pastor at Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo, CA and host of daily Focal Point Radio broadcast.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Historic Truth
Some
chide us for “checking our brains in at the door” when we come to a place of
trusting in Christ for forgiveness and new life. But that is not how
Christianity is presented to us in Scripture. The New Testament evangelists
never asked anyone to stop thinking, stop inquiring or stop analyzing the
claims of Christ and the Apostles. No one was asked to just “pray about it” and
“accept this message regardless of the facts.” Paul didn’t wink and ask the
Roman King Agrippa and the Judean Procurator Festus to accept the amazing
claims of Christ’s message and resurrection “by faith” – that is, without
investigation. Instead, he challenged them with a cogent and logical
presentation of the claims and closed with these words: “What I am saying is
true and reasonable. The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak
freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because
it was not done in a corner” (Ac.26:25-26). Because the claims of Christ are
true, they hold up to scrutiny and careful examination. So don’t check your
brains in at the door when it comes to biblical Christianity, you’ll need them
to keep researching the themes of redemption, forgiveness and new life in
Christ which are rooted in the historic facts of the biblical record.
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