Are we ready to argue?

Reflection

If you are a good Christian, more than likely you have many people who ask you questions about your beliefs.  Are you able to respond when they ask you about the Trinity, the divinity of Jesus, the place of Mary in your spirituality, the un-Christian things that happened during the Crusades and the Inquisition?  

We need to be ready to respond to question and arguments with good responses that we’ve thought out.  We also need to respond with the answers that come out of our hearts – our life of faith.

As we see Jesus ready to respond the arguments of others, may we be ready to respond well.

Scripture

Matthew
Chapter: 21

A Question about Jesus' Authority
(Mark 11.27-33; Luke 20.1-8)

²³Jesus had gone into the temple and was teaching when the chief priests and the leaders of the people came up to him. They asked, "What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?" 
²⁴Jesus answered, "I have just one question to ask you. If you answer it, I will tell you where I got the right to do these things.   ²⁵Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?"
They thought it over and said to each other, "We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.   ²⁶On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet, and we are afraid of what they might do to us. That's why we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize."   ²⁷So they told Jesus, "We don't know."
Jesus said, "Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do."