Answering the Hard Questions

Start sharing your faith, thought, and love on people, and let them ask you the tough questions, and when they do and they ask you the question you can't ask you just tell them, I don't know the answer, I wish I knew that answer, but I don't know the answer, be transparent with them. But tell them this, you know what I know God has the answer even though I don't. Welcome to the Ignite with Barry McGuire Podcast, where Barry's book and passion for spreading God's love are guaranteed to ignite your life. Now listen in and prepare to have your life ignited. Statistics tell us that one of the main reasons Christians are afraid to share their faith is that they might be asked the question they can't answer, and what an indictment that is on the church. I think that Christians can be in a church, I'm sitting under good teaching for decades, and still be afraid, be uncomfortable with the fact they might be asked the question they can't understand. I mean, how's that possible? I'll say about this yesterday, and I googled, can you understand something you can't explain? Do it yourself, it's amazing. The answer is no, you cannot. If you can't explain it, you don't understand. In fact Einstein is quoted as saying, if you can't explain it to a six-year-old child, you don't understand it. Unfortunately, we have a lot of Christians that have this discomfort level, and when you are uncomfortable with it, because you don't know it well enough to share it, and that's one of the biggest reasons we need to be sharing our faith. Let me give you an example, having nothing to do with Christianity. A Ferrari just sold up in Monterey at the RM auction for $25 million. Now, if I were to put a spotlight on you and say, I want you to tell me, why did that Ferrari sell for $25 million with a lot of people watching you? You would be under some pressure, you would be very uncomfortable with that situation, and that question because you wouldn't know how to answer it. But if I were to tell you, you know what? That Ferrari was all the way back to 1967. It was built in 1966. It only had one owner. It's a very rare car. This is a car that Steve McQueen drove in the Thomas Crown affair, and all the proceeds from that sale were given to charity. I mean, that's a big story. Now, you know that. I bet you will go from this video, and you'll tell us, you know a Ferrari sold for $25 million up in Monterey, California, because there's a one owner car. The one owner car is a rare Ferrari. They're going to give the guy that sold it to all the money to charity. Now, you want to share it. So, the sad fact is that most Christians are uncomfortable with sharing their faith because they don't understand their faith clearly enough. Now, if you fall in that category, I have really good dudes for you, and it's fun dudes. Start sharing your faith. Go out and love on people, and let them ask you the tough questions. And when they do, and they ask you the question, you can't answer. You just tell them, I don't know the answer. I wish I knew the answer, but I don't know the answer. Be transparent with them. But tell them this. You know what? I know God has the answer, even though I don't. How much you give me a few days? Why don't you give me till next Thursday? Okay. And between now and next Thursday, I am going to pray for you, and I'm going to read the word and search the scriptures. And I know by next Thursday, God will have a word for you to give you a great encouragement. I have to tell you, if you do that, I have never, never, never been turned down. People are not going to turn you down when you are offering to pray for them for the next few days and seek scripture to help them. When they're hurting, they want, they want, they want answers. How many times I sat in a public place and found somebody, sorry, I said, do you mind if I just pray for you right here with people walking around? If they're hurting, they don't care. They're beyond being embarrassed. They just want to know. So here's the deal. You tell Bob, okay, Bob, let's get together next Thursday, okay? And he says, okay, guess what happens between now and next Thursday for the first time of your life? Perhaps Bible reading takes on a whole new set of meaning. Nobody's going to have to tell you to get on your knees and seek God. Nobody's going to have to tell you to get in the Word. In fact, the Word's not going to be enough. You're going to be looking at that concordance in the back. And probably you have to say, you know, I better get a bigger concourse. I better go, cool, I'm going to get a strong concourse, a great big one. You're going to get started studying. Now all of a sudden, you're looking for treasuries, you're digging for it and finding it out and you're learning. Guess what? Over those next few days, you will have a growth threat. You will not believe. I mean, that's the exciting part. And then you write it down. And then you meet with Bob on Thursday and you share the Word of God with them. And you pray with them. And you see the look in their face and most of the time, tears. And their thing is, you cared enough to share your faith with them and to find these kernels in their spirits. The Word of God is more than just your words. We can comfort you. But the Word of God comes like a two-edged sword right to the point of their need. And when you get involved in that process, it changes everything. And not only will it thrill them and bring them closer. God will bring you closer to God. And so those tough questions, don't be afraid of them. Embrace them. Don't be afraid. And don't be embarrassed. And don't say, you know, well, and don't give them an answer, you don't understand. Just say, hey, let me look it up. Let me go study and bring it back to you. And that way, you rich your Bible, say, and make an experience like you never had before. 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