How Do We Know Something Is True - aka Knowledge?
When someone asks you at work or out and about, "I know that's what you believe, but how do you know it is true?," they are asking a question easier to answer if you can see the whole range of options. Most of us Christ followers would say, "well, God has changed my life," or "I had a life changing experience." That is fine and well, it is true. But if a person has not had that yet, what would you say to them next if they still ask, and they have not had your experience? There are several ways to go. When you care about your friend, and love them, you want them to know God personally through faith in Jesus and to trust His Word to them in the gospel message. One option is to bring in testimony of others, to show that you are not the only one with that experience. But this is again still the area of experience. You can talk about self-evident truths, such as that there are other minds out there, even though you have not seen them in action i