Chase the Setting Sun...

I was reading Romans 3 this morning and came across this line in verse 4, "Let God be true, and every man a liar."


As I was thinking about that verse it made me think of the argument so many non-Christians have against Christians. We always here them say, "Well I've seen all of these 'Christians' doing this, that, or the other. Doesn't that contradict what your 'God' would say/do?"


What I want to say is, "What does that have to do with God?" We can't put mans' sins on God. We have nothing to do with God, God has everything to do with us. What we do, does not affect who God is in ANY way. We cannot change or manipulate God by our actions or words. I think a lot of non-Christians believe that God is just the sum of those who follow him. Sometimes maybe even Christians think the same thing.


On the contrary, God has everything to do with us. Who God is affects us on a daily basis. Now, that does not mean that we somehow become perfect. We are human beings, we are going to mess up. The fact that God doesn't change based on our actions or words means that we always have that rock solid example to come back to.


A lot of times our response to these questions is to defend Christians. In all honesty, it might work better to show that no matter how dumb, stupid or ridiculous Christians may act on this earth, God never changes. He remains the same God he was yesterday, last week, and a million years ago. Maybe we should start throwing ourselves "under the bus" for the sake of Christ. When someone asks us these questions maybe we should just say, "You know what, you are right, I/we do a lot of dumb stuff, but who I am doesn't change who God is and will be."


Let God be true and EVERY man a liar.