How do we know if the gospel we have heard is true? First of all, the true gospel must conform to the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. Ephesians 2:19-22 tells us: Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. This passage tells us that we are being built into a holy temple for the Lord on the foundation of the apostles, the prophets, and the Lord Jesus Christ. "For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 3:11). The Lord Jesus Christ is the rock on which we must build in order for our faith to endure (Lk 6:48). Therefore, the church that preaches the true gospel today is the one that continues the teachings of Jesus Christ and the apostles. The church must not only hold firmly to and proclaim these teachings, but also, as the spiritual temple and the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, she must experience the power of the Holy Spirit as in the days of the apostles. The church must have the testimony of God through the gift of the Holy Spirit and various signs and miracles (Heb 2:3-4; Mk 16:20). When the church upholds the apostolic faith today, she will also have divine blessings similar to those of the apostolic church.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:46:58 +0000
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