Conversations With Crazy People

In A Good Man is Hard to Find, the misfit shows some very interesting insight when he talking to the grandma. "If He did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but throw away everything and follow Him, and if He didn't, then it's nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can." This statement holds true for us as Christians in a sense, but at the same time is also one of the most common arguments not necessarily for atheists, but simply for those wishing to live their lives as they prefer. "If He did what He said," then the misfit is exactly right. Why in the world would we do anything else if we knew that Jesus was who he said he was? On the contrary, "if He didn't," then we Christians have a serious problem.

This is where things get interesting. Science claims its victory over religion in the issue brought up by The Misfit. It does so by saying that empirically, we cannot prove that God exists or that Jesus is who the bible says He was. This thought is why we so often hear the question of "how do you know God is real?" Here is the dilemma, unless I am completely ignorant of some new evidence for God, in which case I apologize, then the simple fact is, I cannot prove the existence of God to someone else, but I know beyond any doubt that He does. Although others may never believe me, God has proved himself to me time and again. The change I have experienced in my own life is proof enough. In the same way, our very lives should be proof of who we serve. So, like The Misfit said, "If He did what He said," or in our case, if we believe that He did what He said, then we have nothing else to do but follow Him.