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The first power of faith is that of Christian Liberty, the freedom that Christian experience from works and laws because of their faith in Christ. Christian Liberty makes the law and works unnecessary for a man’s righteousness and salvation. A Christian does not feel forced to do works, but will continue to do them because they help in living a Christian life. He who has Christian Liberty is free from the obligation of doing works because they are already choosing to do them. The second power of faith is that we are able to honor God by ascribing truthfulness and righteousness to him through our belief in him. This is a great honor because we cannot “ascribe to a man anything greater than truthfulness and righteousness and perfect goodness.” The third power that arises out of faith is the relationship we develop with Jesus. When we have faith, it is as though we are married to Jesus, with us as the bride and Jesus as the bridegroom, as he is referred to as multiple times in the Bible. When we come together with Jesus, our soul receives grace, life, and salvation, all qualities that Jesus possesses, as he cannot sin, die, or be condemned. Likewise, Jesus takes on all the imperfections that our soul possesses, including sins, death, and damnation. However, because Jesus is so perfect, he is not diminished in any way, despite taking on our sins as our own. His

Throughout the history of the world, God has been working to bring humanity back to him. Due to the loss of constant communion in the fall, God set forth multiple promises to eventually establish his eternal Kingdom, the New Testament, is the culmination of these promises. The Gospels are the most specific in how Jesus Christ fulfilled the covenants God made with Abraham and David. More importantly he is the fulfillment of the new covenant, which washes away sin and brings humanity back into communion with God. What is modeled in the Gospels is reaffirmed in Acts, by the way the church is to function according to the culmination of the Covenants. Acts begins to reveal the great mystery that is the inclusion of the Gentiles in God’s covenant. Paul’s Epistles take the culmination a step further and defend the idea that the fulfillment of God’s covenants does not just affect the people of Israel, but the Gentiles as well. The General epistles teach that the people are no longer bound by the mosaic covenant since the New Covenant was fulfilled via Jesus Christ. Yet practice of the law is still an important factor of the Christian life style even if superseded by the New Covenant. Revelation shows that covenants are leading up to the lord’s victory and salvation of his people. The sins of the Jews and Gentiles are washed away by Jesus the blood of the lamb so in reality the battle is already won because of the New Covenants fulfillment in Jesus. It is clear from

In order to have faith, one must accept the truth of God’s word through knowledge and understanding. Without faith it is impossible to please God, Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV 1996).In establishing the in depth meaning of faith one would first need to understand what it is not. Faith is not emotional nor is it inconsistent.

Thesis: “The Sacred Council ...[presenting an understanding of]...its teaching on the Church, and now, moved by a desire for the restoration of unity among all the followers of Christ, it wishes to set before all Catholics the ways and means by which they too can respond to this grace and to this divine call.”

A few Christians hold the possibility that faith and reason are in strife, separated by some unbridgeable gap. They imagine that one assumes control while the alternate one drops off. In all actuality, faith and reason cooperate flawlessly to help us know and love our Maker. Numerous Christians see a contention amongst reason and faith. From one perspective, God instructs us to reason (Isaiah 1:18). We are to have a justifiable reason/purpose behind what we accept, and we are to be constantly prepared to impart that motivation to other individuals (1 Peter 3:15). So we endeavor to show unbelievers that our faith in the Scriptures is sensible, legitimized, and intelligently solid. The Bible bodes well. In addition, we should have faith. We should trust God and not incline toward our own particular comprehension (Proverbs 3:5). The Bible lets us know that the "just shall live by faith" (Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11). It appears that we should trust God paying little heed to whether His words sound good to our

Hebrews 11:6, “6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh

When one thinks of revelations, most people think of the last book of the Bible. This is not what we are talking about in this precise study. We are talking about how God reveals himself to us. It is clear that God reveals himself through many means, all of which contribute to our knowledge of God

As mentioned in the preface the Council of Trent and the First Vatican council wished to write a document that expressed the divine revelation and that by hearing the message in the revelation the “world may believe, by believing it may hope, and by hoping it may love”. In chapter one Revelation Itself it explains how God has chosen to reveal himself to the world. Through Christ his flesh will be visible on earth. Christ will live amongst men and serve as both the mediator and fullness of all revelation. God will speak to the people through his son, Christ. One interesting point made was “Jesus Christ, therefore, the word made flesh, was sent as “a man to men.” He “speaks the words of God”, and completes the work of salvation which his father

God’s general revelation is powerful. However, God’s general revelation can be seen more clearly once one has experienced God’s specific revelation and has chosen to follow Him. God has revealed Himself in nature, in humankind, and in history. Yet, I can see this as my heart trusts in God as the Creator of all things who is sovereign. The longing within each and every one of us desires for more of God. He has placed within each of us a belief that there must be something more.

After reading the book of Hebrews, doubt and disobedience are the two things that will hurt one’s walk with Christ. God desires believers to have faith; however, doubt and unbelief can cancel one’s faith. Faith is the one tool necessary for believers to possess to war against the power of darkness (Satan). Without faith, one will fight harder and they will continue to war against Satan and not have rest from warring.

II) Furthermore, we are fully convinced that our Divine-calling mission and central goal of the body of Christ and to all who have ears to hear is the continual in parting of Biblical truths. Henceforth when the Word of God is preached in expository fashion and systematically taught in line with sound doctrine to the children of God, the servants of Christ become fully equipped with the truth of Scripture that is mature in sound doctrine; thus, not deceived and tossed to and fro by the wiles of the devil through the cunning craftiness of his demonic ministers who twist the plain truth about Scripture by teaching the false doctrines of demons therefore by the consistent teaching of Biblical truth the servants of God will become thoroughly equipped to do the work of the ministry, thus manifesting the fruit of the Spirit and the supernatural gifts of the Holy Ghost; whereby glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ, by exalting his death,

Enablement: as nonbelievers respond to God’s saving power, the Holy Spirit works in them to enable them respond to the gospel. This way, the Spirit strengthens faith for Christians and makes repentance possible for the non-believers. In Cor. 2: 4-5, Paul confesses that he had no superior wisdom and lacked eloquence. However, the message he proclaimed had a great demonstration of the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, the spirit illuminates the mind of Christians and consequently directs enablement to the willingness to obey God. The Spirit woos and then strengthens the will of humans to respond to God’s call. Moreover, the Spirit enables Christians to say no to sin that is present in the world and say yes to the teachings of God daily in their professional, social and Christian life (Grenz, 2000).

The Covenant’s affirmation of the centrality of the Scripture is grounded in the statement, “Where is it written?” (Covenant Affirmations: This We Believe, 4). This is a bold statement that lives in the very real tension of properly dividing the Word of God, something we, as a church, will always have to deal with.

The book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible. All of the prophecies given throughout the Old Testament, as well as those in the New Testament converge in this one single book. The total objective of Revelation was to reveal the future. Jesus is the One, who did the revealing,

Throughout history of religion, there have been men who have left an extraordinary work to the world. St. John who accepted the calling of God to be his disciple; He has written a marvelous work to the early Church. He was one beloved disciples of Jesus Christ. His profoundly spirituality could see magnificent visions and heard extraordinary messages. In this work will try to investigate why is so important the book of revelation and the background, which was the motivation for St. John wrote about it.