Faith is required for the Christian life. Without faith, we cannot be saved. Without faith we cannot worship God, we cannot walk with God, we cannot work for God, we will stop waiting on God, and we will allow our weakness to overwhelm and govern us. To be sure, “ without faith it is impossible to please him ” (Heb. 11:6). How essential is faith to the Christian life? Here is the answer: “ Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleas

John the Baptist clearly understood the nature of Christ and preached it. John the Apostle writes, “ And of his fulness have we all received ” (John 1:16). Fulness  is the word plērōma , which means “to fill up, to be complete, nothing lacking.” Paul affirmed this about Christ in Colossians 2:9,  “ For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily .” That all the fulness of the Godhead dwells in Christ means that the totality of divine powers and attributes resides in

The Lord made several covenants in the Old Testament. Three of them are the Abrahamic Covenant, the Davidic Covenant, and the New...

Samuel anointed David king over Israel when David was a teen. Shortly after that, David killed Goliath. Then for the next 13 years or so,...

When a church is authorized to be an organized, constituted church, it has the authority to preach the Word, to fulfill the Great...