And Jesus responded and said to the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. And He said to them, “Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?” And they could offer no reply to this.
The logic of Jesus is supported by the proof of His miracles and His knowledge of Scripture. This makes His arguments airtight so that none of His opponents can even respond to Him, much less refute Him.
We have the same things available to us:
(1) The Word of God which the Holy Spirit illuminates to our minds, and which He helps us use when critics attack.
(2) The example of our lives which have been changed by a personal encounter with Jesus.
(3) The logical connection of Scripture to the situation in which we find ourselves.
But remember, we are not trying to win arguments, but we are trying to win souls! The Holy Spirit will help us engage all of the things mentioned above only if our heart’s attitude is focused on glorifying God, not glorifying our rhetorical prowess.
Check out a related post: A Christlike Response to Skeptics.
I also have several posts addressing how we can use logic in a God-honoring way.
Craig T. Owens 