WHY SHOULD A CHRISTIAN BE ABLE TO DEFEND THEIR FAITH ? 
WHY SPEAK OUT AGAINST THOSE CHURCHES WHICH ARE CULTS?

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Often I have heard people from Cults and Christianity alike tell me that they did not feel that it was right for them to debate the gospel with anyone. Their thought is I have the truth and if the person is willing to listen and accept what I have to say then I will tell them, otherwise forget it. It is my opinion that whether you be a Mormon, or a member of another Cult, or a believer in Historic Christianity  a response, such as this is not very well thought out. Obviously Mormonism and Historic Christianity are not both right yet both believe they have the truth. People from both religions can offer you a very sincere testimony. So where does that leave you? If a persons eternal destiny really depends on the truth of your religion, isn't it worth pursuing at least to a point where you both agree to disagree? I am not saying that you should have heated arguments that only develops animosity. Many people are willing to listen to your side of the debate if you will listen to theirs also. If a Mormon believes they have the truth and accepts what the believer in Historic Christianity has to say concerning God, Jesus and salvation without searching the scriptures and other sources of fact, that person was not stable in their belief and will probably soon be carried off by some other teaching. The same is true if the rolls are reversed. The common ground between these two religions is the Bible and any book that both people may consider note worthy such as a dictionary. Of course leaving you with this thought as my opinion is not enough so, the following is some scripture that you should consider.

2 Tim 2:15  (KJV) 
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

(1) What can we do to help us rightly divide the word of truth?
(Verse 15)
(2) Was this just a suggestion or an instruction?

Jude 1:3-4 (NAS)
3  Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common
salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you
contend earnestly for
the faith
which was once for all delivered to the saints.
4  For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand
marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into
licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Contend according to Webster's College Edition New World Dictionary.....to strive in
debate or controversy; argue; dispute.
(3) What does it mean to contend earnestly for the faith? ( Jude 1:3)
(4) Was this just a suggestion or an instruction?