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NASB | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ. |
Bible Question: Are there any simple methods of convincing an athiest or agnostic in a 12 step program of the existance of a higher power and then eventually the fact that it is God? |
Bible Answer: Hi, There is no "easy" way to "prove" the existance of God to an athiest or agnostic. These people tend to make things much more complex than they have to be. They attempt to intellectualize every little matter and in the process end up confusing themselves. Not everything has to be complicated. You will find that when someone doesn't believe in some kind of God it is related directly the fear of actually admitting they are not perfect and need help from another source to overcome the inheirant corruption of the flesh. You don't need to argue over the existance of God. The first chapter of Romans states that the existance of God is evident even in nature so that all men are without excuse. If this person is in AA, then he has got problems and most likely wont make it past step 2. Step 2 requires you to admit that "we came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." That would be God. If you can get a hold of an acurate history of AA, you will find that it was created by two christian gentleman and all twelve steps are biblical principals taken directly from the bible. Of course secular agents of AA will deny this vehemently. When secularists got a hold of AA, the first thing they did was remove the name of Jesus Christ and in doing so they removed all the power. Like taking the batteries out of a flashlight. Hey, that's a nice flashlight, but it's junk 'cause it don't work. AA has a documented 3 percent recovery rate while Judao-christian programs based soley on the Word of God like teen-challenge and some others have an average recovery rate of 83 percent... Big diffence huh? In Christ, Chad K. |