In justification, God proves Himself Just and Holy by dealing justly as well as mercifully with sinners through the cross of Christ. On the cross, our sin was imputed to Christ, and he was thereby justly condemned; His righteousness was imputed to us, and we are justified. Justification indicates a permanent change in our judicial relation to God whereby we are absolved from the charge of guilt, and whereby God forgives all our sins on the basis of Christ’s finished work. Justification is a gif...

Faith is belief in Jesus Christ as He has been prophesied about in the OT and testified about in the NT. Faith is a gift received by grace and not by works (Eph 2:8-9). On the other hand, true biblical faith produces fruit according to James 2:14-26. To put these to ideas together, God given faith will produce spiritual fruit in and through the life of the believer. A person who has been given the gift of faith can be certain of his/her salvation because God’s gifts and call are irrevocable. ...

A good Christian family is one which lines up with biblical principles and one in which each member understands and fulfills his or her God-given role. The family is not an institution designed by man. It was created by God, and man has been given the responsibility of stewardship over it. The basic biblical family unit is comprised of one man, one woman—his spouse—and their offspring or adopted children. The extended family can include relatives by blood or marriage such as grandparents, niece...

God reveals Himself, in a general way, to all peoples through His creation.[i] God also reveals Himself in a special way to the patriarchs and the Israelite community in a special way.[ii] Revelation is special when God chooses to initiate a relationship with a person or persons. Before Christ, God chose to reveal Himself through the Mosaic law and the promise made to Adam and Eve. Mosaic law clearly defined the pathway to self-sanctification. Since no man could meet God’s righteous standards, ...

The Jesus who walked this earth was in a very real sense a man. As a man, it would be incorrect to discern Jesus as being divine in some abstract manner.[i] Rather, one must “speak of His weakness, of the cradle, and of the cross.”[ii] The Incarnate Jesus is God in the flesh; therefore, He possessed the glory of God as well as fallen flesh.[iii] This unity between man and God in the person of Christ causes flesh to become a part of the God-head from that point on. But the question arises at the...

God created Adam and Eve and bestowed upon them His own image. God desires humanity to bear His image with gratitude and obedience. Though Adam and Eve fully possessed God’s image, Satan tempted them into believing that they must do something else to be like God. By choosing to disobey God, Adam and Eve chose their own way. When Adam and Eve ate the fruit on the tree of knowledge, they brought death into themselves as God had forewarned them earlier.[i] Instead of enforcing upon man the full...

According to Ephesians 2:20, prophecy is connected with the foundation of the church.Gift of apostle is no longer operative.Signs, wonders, and miracles are connected with true apostleship (2 Cor12:12); Sign gifts may not be the property of all believers.Purpose of the Tongues is to attest to new revelation (Heb 2:1-4).Tongues without attendant prophecy is absurd (1 Cor 14:6); and if there is attendant prophecy then sola scriptura is violated.