The Defense

I… exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” Jude 3, KJV

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear” 1 Peter 3:15, KJV

Sometimes, I wonder, why do I have to defend my faith? Should I not just leave it as it is? Isn’t it enough that I believed? It’s tiring, you know defending what you believe while you’re making your defense against those people who somehow in the first place don’t have the intention of believing you. They’re just there to piss you off.  Extract every single reason you can give and counter it. But way back ages and ages ago many known great minds who defended their beliefs until to the point of putting their very lives at stake. Justin Martyr, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Augustine, Tertullian, etc. these men were just few of the dandy figures who willingly risk their lives in making a defense for the name of Jesus Christ. Their blood as martyrs “is the seed of the church” (Tertullian). Through their defense many came to Christ. Justin Martyr wrote an apology, an answer to the accusations against Christianity. Pointing out the weaknesses of paganism and to help change public opinion about Christianity and lead conversion.

I realized that as Christians, I am as well exhorted to earnestly contend for my faith. To always be ready to give an answer to every man that would ask me a reason of the faith that I am holding to, not harshly but with kindness, not vauntingly but with humility. So, let us make a defense that can lead to conversion and can magnify the grace of God. In basketball, when your opponent is the one holding the ball they are in the offensive state and you will be in the defensive. When you are in defense you have to hold tight to the line. But the good thing is the defense is the best offense in basketball. And with this principle we can do the same, when someone attack us let make a defense calmly and use it as our offense.