Chat Room Conversations

A lot of people don't know this about me, but I kind of have a unique little ministry that I do in my spare time. I have Yahoo messenger and sometimes I like to go into the "Christian" chat rooms to see what kind of conversation goes on.

There have been many interesting topics brought up and I found myself really getting defensive of God's Word at times. I had some support from people in the chat room, but a bunch of people kept questioning God's Word and how it's true.

The main subject that is talked about in those rooms is the value of The Bible and whether or not the Bible is indeed true in every aspect. It's really amazing to see what people type up in these chat rooms and at the same time it's really sad that they don't believe that God's Word is true. The Bible even proves it's inerrancy in Romans 3:3-4, "What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written:"So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge." Whatever God says is true, it's true. No questions asked.

The Bible is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God…”). I use this as a defense all of the time, but people get smart and ask questions like "well how do you know that statement is true?" and all I can say is that I know that it is true because I believe in God's Word and I believe that He inspired the words of the Bible. In all reality, if one does not believe that the Bible is true in the first place then it is pointless to argue whether it is true or not.

I also sometimes answer back...."well how do you know that what Mohamed said was true?"
and they answer "because he wrote the Quran"....and I get all like "OHHH....hmmm.....". Then they just tell me to shut up, but anyway that's not the point, the point is that there are tons and tons of people in this world who do NOT believe that the Bible is true. They don't even believe that it is historically accurate (which by the way has been proven. Some archaeologists found the pieces of chariots and armor in the Red Sea, but that's another blog for another time).

Friends who are in Christ, you really do need to know what you believe and WHY you believe it because you WILL be tested and called out on it by this world. Even though people ask a bunch of questions and get mean about the subject of God, just keep in mind that they may never have heard of the Truth and that they are completely blind to what you are saying. One other thing that may be helpful is talking like a normal person. Don't get all preachy on people unless it's necessary. I have found that if you get preachy on people, they instantly get turned off to what you are trying to share. I'm not saying that you should water down the Gospel....I'm just saying that you should try and relate to where they're coming from before you preach "fire and brimstone".