1 Peter 3:13-17 Know your faith, and live it.

"And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it."

1 Peter 3:15b

These verses are a call for us to be holy in everything we do, to worship Christ as Lord of our life (3:15).   It talks about doing good, so that no one can harm us, and even if they do, we know that God will reward us for our holy living.   A call for us to be ready for an explanation of our faith is also on order.   Always be ready to explain our faith that we have in Christ, and to do it in a gentle and respectful way (3:16) and to keep our conscience clear.

One of the hardest things for some Christians to do is learn how to defend our faith, that is the art of Apologetics, and learning how to deal with questions that people have for us.   We have an amazing faith, an amazing God, and a message of hope to share.   We need to be be ready for those times that will come up were people ask about the faith that we are living.

The bible is our first tool in apologetics, and then reading books that will help us defend our faith.   That is where the local Church need to be a resource in this area.   Our faith should never be blind, but should be with reason, because it is truth.   One thing that might help is to write out a testimony of what God has done in your life, because this is the greatest thing that you can say, and will have a great impact on people who are wondering about the gospel that we hold so dear too.

Be ready and able with the truth, to defend it, and to share it.