About Thy Word is Truth!

The main purpose of “Thy Word is Truth” is to provide a platform where believers in historic Biblical Christianity can contend earnestly for the faith (with gentleness and respect) which was once for all handed down to the saints (Jude 1:3). To define this truth I have listed the major beliefs or doctrines of the historic, Christian faith. This list answers many of the questions/ objections that arise when dialoguing either with unbelievers or those involved in a non-Christian religious belief system (i.e. cult). Every believer must be ready to give an answer and a reason for the hope that lies within them with gentleness and respect. We are commanded in Scripture to tests all things and hold fast to the good. These essential truths provide a great foundation for those who seek to define and understand the basic beliefs of Christianity as represented in the Old and New Testaments. They also provide great hope and assurance of faith to present believers in Christ. 

For the sake of brevity only the Scripture references are listed:

  1.   There is only one God - Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8; John 17:3; 1 Cor. 8:5-6; Gal. 4:8-9
  2.   God is revealed in three persons - 2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Pet. 1:2
  3.   There are no Gods before or after YHWH - Isaiah 43:10
  4.   God knows all things - 1 John 3:20
  5.   God is all powerful – Psalm 115:3
  6.   God is everywhere – Jer. 23:23,24
  7.   God is sovereign - Zech. 9:14; 1 Tim. 6:15-16
  8.   God is spirit - John 4:24
  9.   God created all that exists - Gen. 1:1; Isaiah 44:24
  10.   Spirit does not have a body of flesh and bones - Luke 24:39
  11.   God is everlasting and self existent- Psalm 90:2
  12.   Jesus is God - John 1:1,14; 10:30-33; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8
  13.   Jesus became a man - Phil. 2:5-8
  14.   Jesus has two natures: divine and human - Col. 2:9; 1 Tim. 2:5
  15.   Jesus was sinless - 1 Pet. 2:22
  16.   Jesus is the only way to God the Father - John 14:6; Matt. 11:27; Luke 10:22
  17.   The Holy Spirit is God - Acts 5:3-4
  18.   The Holy Spirit is not a force. He is alive - Acts 13:2
  19.   The Bible is inspired by God - 2 Tim. 3:16
  20.   All people have sinned - Rom. 3:23, 5:12
  21.   Man did not evolve, he was created - Gen. 1:26
  22.   Adam and Eve were real people - Gen. 3:20; 5:1; 1 Tim. 2:13
  23.   Death entered the world because of Adam’s sin - Rom. 5:12-15
  24.   Sin separates us from God - Isaiah 59:2
  25.   Jesus died for all our sins - 1 John 2:2; 2 Cor. 5:14; 1 Pet. 2:24
  26.   Jesus’ sacrifice was a substitution, for us - 1 Pet. 2:24
  27.   Jesus rose from the dead in His physical body - John 2:19-21
  28.   Those who reject Jesus will go to Hell - Rev. 20:11-15
  29.   Hell is a place of fiery punishment - Matt. 25:41; Rev. 19:20
  30.   Hell is eternal - Matt. 25:46
  31.   The unsaved go to hell forever - Rev. 21:8
  32.   Salvation is a free gift of God - Rom. 4:5; 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9
  33.   The Bible is the Word of God – 2 Tim. 3:16
  34.   Jesus will return visibly to earth - Acts 1:11
  35.   Christians will be raised from the dead when Jesus returns - 1 Thess. 4:14-17
  36.   There will be a rapture (being caught up into the clouds with Jesus) -
           1 Thess. 4:14-17
  37.   There will be a final judgment – 2 Pet. 3:7
  38.   The damned will be thrown into a lake of fire - Rev. 20:15
  39.   Satan will be cast into the lake of fire - Rev. 20:10
  40.   There will be a new heavens and a new earth – 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1

Above all, test all things and hold fast to the good!

Jim Richardson

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