Like you, I also believed the truth spoken in the Scriptures from the moment I accepted Christ in my heart.
Since then, I have endeavored to better understand the Word. So I have pushed myself to find the truth about things I believed but had difficult time explaining therm or leading others into the truth.
I have been blessed to be able to understand many things now, due to my ability to study the original texts in Hebrew and Koinonia Greek.
This has enabled me to delve deeply into the original meaning of texts, which in turn allows me to defend the faith with anyone who would use their limited knowledge to confuse others.
Apologetics is what all of Paul’s letters are. Defending the faith against those who would distort the truth. Like Paul, I will not back down from those who would steal the joy of my fellow Christians, by leading them down the road of heresy.
I wonder if you have ever studied the story of the young levite (false priest)in the home of Micah. Judges 18
In Judges 18:30 he is said to be Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Manasseh in the Hebrew Masorectic text and KJV.
In many modern translations, including Greek and Latin, Manasseh is changed to Moses.
I think names are very important to God in the scripture, therefore, I don’t think he would have allowed a hebrew scribe to change the name, so I don’t believe in the excuses given by scholars for this name change. Many of God’s heros of the old testament had thngs to be ashamed of and it is not left out or changed in scripture.
I believe this young man WAS the grandson of Manasseh. I have studied this a lot trying to find out the WHY?
Have you any thoughts on this?