Isaiah 59 verse 4 says, None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity. I don't know if you've had the same experience that I have, but the more I talk to people who claim to be Christians, the more I realize that they're really agnostics. Regardless of whether they call themselves Christian or say, I believe in God or I believe in Jesus, a short conversation asking the right questions leads me to realize that their words and profession are empty and meaningless. And what do I mean? Well, I can tell you a number of stories, but one example was when we held a men's meeting, just about a dozen or so men, and one of those in attendance was a visitor. He'd never been to our church before. He introduced himself as a believer. That's what he said. Hello, Pastor, I'm so-and-so, and I'm a fellow believer, and appreciate the invitation to join you. He had been invited by our host. This man called me pastor and referred to everyone else as brother. That's understandable since he didn't know our names. But when prayer time came around, one of the men requested prayer for a man who was living in homosexual sin and was getting legally married. The brother making the request said something like, I'm praying he repents and gets saved, but even if he doesn't, I pray that something happens and they're not able to go through with this ceremony. And before anyone else could say anything, our visitor chimes in with all the apostate buzzwords. That's not very loving or Christian. Why would God make him gay and then condemn his love and all this stuff? Now, for starters, This is why you don't evangelize by inviting unsaved people to your church or church functions, unless they're, you know, being held with that purpose in mind, evangelistic meetings or something. You're supposed to evangelize them and then invite them to church. Church is for saved people, not lost people. It just throws a big monkey wrench in the whole thing as far as fellowship and prayer and everything. But having been through this before, And seeing the disgust on the faces of the other men, I sort of stepped in and said, you know, we'll discuss this after prayer. And we went on with the prayer request and had our time of prayer. Afterward, I discussed the matter with this visitor. And when I quoted scripture to explain our position, he went right to those claims you hear all the time. There are contradictions in the Bible. That's just your interpretation. He even said that there was no way any intelligent person could believe that the Bible is infallible. That's after I had used that word in reference to the Bible. Then he'd quote the Bible, judge not, love your neighbor, do unto others, and all this sort of that. I said, but I thought you didn't believe the Bible is our final infallible authority, but here you keep quoting it. After about five minutes of that, I just ended the conversation and asked him to respect our faith in the Bible if he's going to remain there. He didn't stay long. But I did invite him to sit down with me and discuss these matters privately. We could meet at the church or meet at a coffee shop or wherever. I offered a DVD that I had, which was a debate between someone with his view and someone with our view. I gave him my little card with my email and phone. I never heard from him, and he since has died and gone into eternity, and as far as I know, he entered eternity lost. But that's how I know that he knew there were answers to his objections. He wasn't even curious or willing to look at the evidence for God and the evidence for the infallibility of God's word. And I believe that I'm gonna see that man and everyone like him. on judgment day at that great white throne judgment admitting or at least acknowledging the fact that he avoided me and ran from the information that would have challenged his unbelief because he knew that all that stuff he said to me about the Bible was a big load of lies. He was deceived and trying to deceive others. And I find no joy in that fact. We stand ready with the truth and are willing to help those who desire the truth. But Psalm 119.42 sums it up nicely saying, so shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproaches me for I trust in thy word. Amen.