biblical

What words do you use to describe your faith? Exciting? User-friendly? Evangelical? Liberal? Conservative? Moderate? Mainstream?

If you answered to any of the above descriptions, I would be interested in hearing your reasoning behind your answer. See, recently, I've been trying to find words that help describe authentic Christian faith, and hopefully words that describe my own faith in and relationship with God.

The very first word that came to mind was: BIBLICAL.

What is a system of belief without the Bible? Absolutely dead! The writer of Hebrews described the word of God as "living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword". There is great power and life in God's word! The Bible is indeed the greatest Book ever written.

Its Author is God.

Its message is universal.

Its truth is timeless.

Peter wrote that, "men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit". Paul described the Sacred Writings as "words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit".

The foundation of Christian faith resides in the words of Jesus Christ. At one time, God spoke to the fathers by the prophets, "but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world". By the words of Jesus, the world will be judged.

Any person desiring to follow Jesus must be willing to be a "doer of the word". Those who hear the word but do not practice it have "deluded themselves". If an individual's religion is not based upon the Jesus' word, the Bible, that individual has a counterfeit religion. Therefore my friend, authentic Christian faith is first and foremost, Biblical.

"THE SUM OF YOUR WORD IS TRUTH, AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR RIGHTEOUS RULES ENDURES FOREVER" (Psalm 119:160).