Let's Keep The Faith(1)

'CONTEND EARNESTLY FOR THE FAITH.' JUDE 3 NKJV

Before leaving the leaders of the church in Ephesus for the last time, Paul said, 'After my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified' (Acts 20:29-32 N KJV).

Was Paul being an alarmist? No, fast forward.

Years later, speaking to the same church in Ephesus, God says: 'You have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place...He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches' (Revelation 2:1-7 NKJV). Note the words 'do the first works.' We must constantly reaffirm our scriptural foundations, and make sure we pass them on to our children.

What are these foundational truths on which the church is built? The infallibility of Scripture, the virgin birth, the sinless life, the atoning death, the bodily resurrection and the mediatorial work of our Lord Jesus Christ, our need to be saved, baptised, filled with the Holy Spirit, and to carry the Gospel to the four corners of the earth, announcing the soon return of Jesus Christ to rule and reign.

These form the non negotiable bedrock ’which was once for all delivered to the saints' (Jude 3 NKJV). So, let's keep the faith!

Amen. 

Thank you all, today's post took an exceptional chunk of my time, and I would like to thank you all  for reading and exploring your Bible with me. I thank God for your complete sense of loyalty and trust in Jesus. And I hope you get to have a deep understanding of the scriptures as you tag along with us here. 

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