The preface of the Lord's Prayer, which is, "Our Father, which art in heaven," teaches...
The Lord's prayer is recorded twice in the New Testament. The passage most commonly memorized is Matthew 6:9-13, often in the King James Version. The version in Luke 11:2-4 is shorter.
The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer, but the special rule of direction is that prayer, which Christ taught His disciples, commonly called the Lord's Prayer....
Prayer is an offering up of our desires to God, for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgment of His mercies. (1 John 5:14; 1 John 1:9; Philippians 4:6; Psalm 10:17; 145:19; John 14:13-14)
We should pray to the true God only, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, not to idols, saints, or anything God has created (Psalm 65:2; 1 John...
Death being threatened as the wages of sin, it is appointed unto all men once to die; for that all have sinned.
The righteous shall be delivered from death itself at the last day, and even in death are delivered from the sting and curse of it; so that, although they die, yet it is out of...
Redemption is the act of God which sets us free from the power of evil, sin, and death.
God sent the prophets to call us back to himself, to show us our need for redemption, and to announce the coming of the Messiah.
God, out of His mere good pleasure, from all eternity, having chosen a...
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, being given by divine inspiration, are the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice. (2 Peter 1:21; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Isaiah 8:20)
The Old Testament consists of books written by the people of the Old Covenant, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, to show God at work in nature and...
The first man and woman were Adam and Eve.
Adam and Eve were innocent and holy when they came from the hand of God.
The chief blessings intended for Adam and Eve, had they remained...
Man is a creature composed of body and soul, and made to the image and likeness of God.
The image of God was this:
This likeness is...
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, true God and true man.
Jesus Christ is true God because He is the true and only Son of God the Father.
We mean that Jesus is the only perfect image of the Father, and shows us the...
Yes; there is but one God.
There can be but one God, because God, being supreme and infinite, cannot have an equal.
There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory. (1 Corinthians 8:6; John 10:30; John 14:9; Acts...
