Skeptical vs Skeptic
There is a difference between someone who is skeptical and someone who is a skeptic. A skeptic is someone who pretends to be an objective bystander wanting to know more before making a decision, but in reality they’ve already concluded that there is no God, the Bible is unreliable, and Jesus was just an ordinary man.
The skeptic has no intention of ever believing in God and want to shift focus from their unbelief to an endless string of questions. You know this person, because as soon as you answer a question, they move to another and another and another. There is no real seeking going on, it’s just a smoke screen.
Often we confuse the skeptic with the seeker. A seeker is some who asks a lot of the same questions, but hasn’t made any conclusions about God, the Bible, or Jesus. Faith is what I believe to be true, based on what I know to be true. The seeker would say, “Tell me what we know to be true and what remains a matter of faith. Then I’ll weigh the evidence and make an informed decision about who Jesus is, the reliability of the Bible and whether or not there is a God.”
