First Things

What does the Christian faith look like in the twenty-first century?  

We live in a crazy, complicated, and confusing world sometimes. Technology is always changing, and we can only wonder if there is anything that is going to stay the same.  Who can understand our culture as we need to have some understanding of truth and reality for today?  When I was young our culture basically believed that Christianity and the Bible are true.  But faith in God and Christian faith is all about Jesus who lived twenty centuries ago. How can we understand that Jesus is the Christ and that Christianity is true in our constantly changing and modern world?

First things first. We must understand the Christian faith through the lens of truth. Our faith doesn't stand on faith itself but upon the truth and existence of God.  The truth of God has not changed even though the cultures of man have changed.  We can know that Jesus is the Son of God, that he arose from the dead and he is alive forever more.  We can know that Jesus is the Christ and Christianity is as true today as it was twenty centuries ago through the Scriptures.  

How can we know this?  I believe Christianity and the Bible are true because they contain truths that only God can convey. The Scriptures still speak to us today.  This book resonates with my soul, as my conscience understands that I need God, I am mortal, and I need to understand who created me and who can save me from sin and death.  I also need to know what the purpose of my life is all about.  The Bible speaks of these truths in such a way that no mere man could invent. 

The truth of Scripture doesn't change with the changes of culture, it's as true today as it was two thousand years ago because it is from God. We read in Scripture that Christ is alive and has sent the Holy Spirit to us, the Spirit of truth.  And Truth is true for every generation or else it wouldn't be true.  And if God isn't true, then, 'What is truth?'  So we can find the truth to the questions of our deepest needs of salvation and the meaning and purpose in life through the Scriptures.  We can find new life in Christ because he is true. 

If Christ isn't alive and at God's right hand then everything about Christianity is false.  But Christ is alive and therefore all of the Christian faith is true and must be oriented around this great truth.  The Bible is trustworthy because it is true.  And truth exists because God exists. 

FAITH TODAY: John 14:6, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him.  You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you."