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Our Faith
Our faith is built on subjection to God’s Word. Subjection is a difficult task for a Christian to adopt. It requires that one minimize their own will and desires and maximize Christ’s will and desires according to His Word. Our nature tendency is to act on our own will. By nature, we are selfish and…
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Trusting in God’s Word
We do have a relationship with Christ if we are trusting in Him and His Word. We can trust His Word since it is a consistent standard. First of all, it is divinely inspired as mentioned earlier. Secondly, God’s Word is consistent with itself. We looked at prophecies recorded in the Old Testament that were…
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Defining God’s Will
How then do we define God’s will? God’s will is embodied in the concept of love. God could have created the universe, and then reclined from any intervention in the doings of humanity. That is certainly within His right because He is God. However, God did choose to intervene out of love. First, He wanted…
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What is the Word of God?
In the simplest sense, God’s Word reflects the mind and will of God. There is no other reference available to us but God’s Word to understand the nature of God. Many have sought to conjecture who God is and how He operates, but there is no other source for this information other than God’s Word.…
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The Spirit and the Soul
For a Christian, there are two components that allow us to function in the spiritual realm as shown in the figure: a person’s spirit and their soul (Hebrews 4:12). A person’s spirit is what allows them to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. This component of a person (whether they have a relationship with Christ…