Abram believed The LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15:6
Just this past week, I was contacted by a dear friend in the faith, who called me up for some
advice. It seems that she, in her current position in life, finds herself surrounded by atheists from every
possible direction. She is under a constant barrage of attacks upon her Christian beliefs. She does not
want to shirk from her responsibilities as a believer to witness to those who are persecuting her. But she
is struggling with maintaining her composer in the face of such verbal attacks. Her question to me was
simple: “How can I continue to witness to these people without losing my temper?” I had to stop and ask
God how to answer.
After a quick moment of prayer for discernment, I suggested to her that she try a new approach.
When they come to you and in their normal argumentative fashion attack you with their secular
humanistic nonsense, listen politely until they have finished. After they are through beating you down with
their ridiculous beliefs, ask them this simple question in a polite tone of voice; “May I tell you now what I
believe?” If their answer is “No”, then politely walk away. But if they say “Yes”, then begin your reply with,
“The Bible says…”. After you say this, quote from the scriptures and then explain what those scriptures
mean.
Why did I tell her to approach them in this manner? Because our words alone have no power in
them, but God’s word does, my friends. The word of God is packed with wonder-working power. The
word in Greek that Paul uses to describe the working of God’s Word is “energeo” (pronounced en-ergeh’-
o), and it is where we derive our word “energy” from. When God talks, there is immense power in His
Words. That is why believing in what He tells us empowers us to be saved in the first place.