Faith & Christian Living

Why Is Faith So Important? Faith is not a movement, which some Christians may opt to join. Neither is it supposed to be a characteristic that only defines certain kinds of Christians or denominations. Without faith, you can’t even be saved to begin with (Ephesians 2:8, Acts 16:31 ) and there is no way you […]

A Practical Definition of Faith from Scripture A very direct definition of biblical faith is found in Hebrews 11:1, where we read, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. Hebrews 11:1 distinguishes between faith and hope. To have faith, you must first have hope.  Hope is an

WHAT IS FAITH? The Greek word translated faith (Pistis) also means conviction of the truthfulness of God. Thus, when we talk about having faith in God, we invoke God’s integrity; how truthful He is to keep His Word and how convinced or persuaded we are that God is indeed truthful. Concerning God’s truthfulness or His

We are told in Scripture to behold both the kindness and severity of God (Romans 11:22). Therefore we are deceived if we know God only as kind or severe. He is not kind at some point in time and severe at some other time. He is perfectly both all the time. Even so, which aspect

The Bible describes godliness as a mystery (1 Timothy 3:16). It being a mystery means that unless you are let in on the secrets that constitute it, you will fail to recognize what it really is. Thankfully, the Scriptures solve this mystery for us: “By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who

None of us alone makes up the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12, 14), and none of us individually possesses the whole mind of Christ. It is what each member supplies that keeps the entire body and all its members healthy and well (Ephesians 4:16), so that when we are not actively engaged in the

“Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus… and to Archippus our fellow soldier (Philemon‬ 1:1-2‬) Christians are called to be soldiers of God (Philemon 1:2, 2 Timothy 2:3). When you believed in Christ, you were thrown into a raging battle. If this were not so, you will not be told to put on the whole armour

“Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus…. to Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker (Philemon 1) Aside being prisoners of Christ we are also called to be fellow workers: fellow workers with God (1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Corinthians 3:9) and fellow workers with one another (Ephesians 4:15-16). Firstly, we are called to be fellow workers with

“Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus…” (Philemon 1). As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called to be prisoners of our Lord Jesus Christ (Philemon 1, Romans 6:15-18). This is one of our privileged identities in Christ. Prisoners don’t have a will of their own but serve their master’s. Neither do they do what they choose