Objections against the Church

Intro:

Some people who want to defend the faith, start by trying to destroy the belief of the one they want to “witness” to, cf. II Cor. 10:4-5. Yet, we have to take into consideration what the whole of Scripture tells us about this matter, cf. I Peter 3:15 and Jude 3. 

We have a mandate to refute others in their beliefs, but to do it wisely. There are a lot of objections against the church, but we must learn how to answer them, so we can win those making the objections over to our side.

We will see 3 examples. 1. Paul at the Aeropagus. 2. People think they are spiritual, therefore, they don’t need to come to church. 3. Christians are just too hypocritical.

1. Paul at the Aeropagus. Acts 17:16-32.

Paul finds a way to connect to his audience. Explain who the Epicurians are, who the Stoics are. A good connection till the resurrection of the dead is mentioned.

2. Spiritual but no need of Church.
God is everywhere, so no need to go to church. Some churches are unspiritual. Some churches don’t promote love for one another. I believe in the Bible, yet don’t believe in what the church says.

But following the horoscope, the lottery, spiritual sightings, become also a chain, and one that does not help our spiritual life. This is also a very individualistic approach to the spiritual life.

Heb. 10:25.   Rom. 8:9-11.

3. Christians are Hypocrites.

I grew up in church, and saw the hypocrites. My mom and dad were hypocrites. The pastor/priest was a hypocrite.

We don’t stop going to work because our co-workers are hypocrites. We don’t stop going to a party, because we know some of our friends or hypocrites.

Is anyone who is not a hypocrite? Matthew 19:17;  Mark 10:18; Luke 18:19 and Romans 3:11, 22-23. 

If they believe in the Bible, and want to different from the hypocrites, they must obey what the Bible says.