The Debater
Christian debate is an oxymoron. A debater seeks to win an argument by posting as much as he can without really hearing what the other person is saying nor responding to the other persons comments. They usually try to stack up a bunch of quotes or scriptures against you in an attempt to be the WINNER in their STRIVING. They feel that after ignoring what you’ve said and pasting their quotes they have TRUMPED you and EUCHRED you and WON.
The debater is always ready to speak and he is waiting for his opportunity to pounce his opponent into the ground and normally is ready to bring up something different and usually when the person trying to reason with him is trying to bring something to his attention, his attention is focused on what he is going to say next rather than hearing what this person is saying.
Isa 58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
The Reasoner
The person who is reasoning will listen to the other persons comments and he will hear what that person is saying and rather than trying to WIN an argument he seeks to understand that person and to answer that person according to what they are sharing with them rather than putting out a ton of information in an effort to confound everyone and show everyone how GREAT he is.
Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
In other words a debater is in a competition which is of the devil, they seek vainglory in their strivings they seek to be like the most high, they seek to WIN. A reasoner is someone who listens and serves and seeks to be a lowly servant like Jesus Christ. There is a BIG DIFFERENCE and every Christian needs to understand it. Let’s look at some scriptures.
Christian debate is an oxymoron. A debater seeks to win an argument by posting as much as he can without really hearing what the other person is saying nor responding to the other persons comments. They usually try to stack up a bunch of quotes or scriptures against you in an attempt to be the WINNER in their STRIVING. They feel that after ignoring what you’ve said and pasting their quotes they have TRUMPED you and EUCHRED you and WON.
The debater is always ready to speak and he is waiting for his opportunity to pounce his opponent into the ground and normally is ready to bring up something different and usually when the person trying to reason with him is trying to bring something to his attention, his attention is focused on what he is going to say next rather than hearing what this person is saying.
Isa 58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
The Reasoner
The person who is reasoning will listen to the other persons comments and he will hear what that person is saying and rather than trying to WIN an argument he seeks to understand that person and to answer that person according to what they are sharing with them rather than putting out a ton of information in an effort to confound everyone and show everyone how GREAT he is.
Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
In other words a debater is in a competition which is of the devil, they seek vainglory in their strivings they seek to be like the most high, they seek to WIN. A reasoner is someone who listens and serves and seeks to be a lowly servant like Jesus Christ. There is a BIG DIFFERENCE and every Christian needs to understand it. Let’s look at some scriptures.
