Dec.1 Bible Study Topic: Defending the Faith

Warm Up Question: What’s the best Thanksgiving memory you have?

Scripture Readings:

Matthew 5:11-12 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

2 Timothy 2:15 “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”

1 Peter 2:15 “For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people”

Timothy 2:24-25 “And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth”

Colossians 4:5-6 “Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person”

Questions:

1. What does defending the faith mean to you?
2. What does Paul mean when he says let your speech be seasoned with salt?
3. What risks are involved in defending the faith?
4. Should Christians impose their values on others?
5. How can we defend the faith against the world and science?