Foundations of the Christian Faith - 2216 Words

INTRODUCTION In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus tells a parable of two builders. The wise builder uses a strong rock foundation and the foolish builder uses a weak sand foundation. When the rain came, only the wise man’s house survived. The meaning of this parable is that we must have a strong foundation in Christ in order to survive what this world throws at us. Throughout this paper, five foundations of the Christian faith will be explained followed by my personal testimony. GOD I believe in God the Father! He is described as compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love and faithfulness (Exodus 34:6). He is also described as sovereign (Deuteronomy 3:24)! Matthew 6:26 says that the father feeds the birds, and in verse†¦show more content†¦Men are required to work for food, because the ground will no longer produce food itself and the ground will produce thistles and thorns, making it difficult to work (Genesis 3:17). More effects are that sin is now a condition of every man’s heart (Romans 3:23, Proverbs 4:23), the human heart is now in a state of sin from birth (Isaiah 48:8), and sin affects every aspect of life. However, the worst effect of sin is death, both physically and spiritually. No one is worthy to live forever now! â€Å"The wages of sin is death† (Romans 6:23). SALVATION That last section had a really depressing ending, didn’t it? Well, there’s good news. God has made a way for freedom from sin called salvation! Salvation is liberty from sin and death. When we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, we no longer have to fear death! We should have to die, but from the very beginning of time, God knew we would screw things up and he already had a rescue plan. He loved this world so much that he sent his only Son, Jesus, to Earth (John 3:16). Jesus lived a perfect, sin-free life, which is why he was worthy to pay the price for us. 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