Defending Our Faith - When to Keep Quiet, When to Speak - Continue

 How, then, should we respond when we are approached?  That all depends upon the circumstances. Some situations call for us to apply the principle that there is "a time to keep quiet." Especially is this so when determined opposers try to draw us into pointless arguments. We must not forget that some people simple do not want to know the truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12) Endeavoring to reason with those whose hearts are proudly fixed in unbelief is fruitless. More than that, were we to immerse ourselves in debating every false accuser who attacks us, we could become sidetracked from a far more important and rewarding activity-that of helping honesthearted one who really want to learn Bible truth. So when confronted with antagonists who are bent on spreading lies about us the inspired advice is: "Avoid them." - ROMANS 16:17, 18; MATTHEW 7:6. 

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