True Christianity: The Portable New Century Edition, Volume 1

a “rock” means a truth, and also the Lord’s divine truth. The church does not exist in someone who does not confess the truth th ...

Jehovah said to me, ‘You are my Son.Today I fathered you.’ Kiss the Son or he will be angry and you will perish on the way becau ...

categories of faith to give you an overview. This will help you under- stand more clearly not only things in this chapter on fai ...

faith, which is faith in many gods; ( 5 ) half-blind faith, which is faith in some other god besides the true one, or among Chri ...

347 As for the manner in which faith is formed,this happens by our turning to the Lord, learning truths from the Word, and livin ...

With the benefit of rain, the seeds then grow into a harvest and become useful for nutrition. The Lord says, “If you know these ...

Faith without truths is like a vine that bears a few wild grapes. Faith made of truths is like a vine that bears bunches of high ...

d. However numerous these truths are and however divergent they appear, they are united by the Lord who is the Word; the God of ...

which is on God the Creator, has parts that form its structure. The first part of that chapter is on the oneness of God, the sec ...

shrub, bush, and vegetable—in fact, every type of grass and herb—has this characteristic in whole and in part. The overall cause ...

stones mean the truths that constitute faith. One could also draw a com- parison with the beauty of a rainbow, and with the beau ...

The same is true of heaven. Although it is divided into countless communities, before the Lord it nevertheless looks like one th ...

truth is in them and they are in the light of truth because, as I said before, the Lord is the light itself and the truth itself ...

These concepts, however, never entered the minds of any apostle, as their letters make obvious. This separation and division was ...

grace on our own and by ourselves, or in spiritual matters to have our own ability to understand, believe, embrace, think, will, ...

What would be the point of these teachings if we were unable to prac- tice goodwill on our own or to acquire it for ourselves in ...

The bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives lifeto the world. (John 6 : 33 ) The words that I speak to you are s ...

Also, “Behold! I am standing at the door and knocking. If any hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and will dine with ...

within earthly goodwill. The two come together with every step we take as we progress from the physical world into the spiritual ...

becomes. This process is the source of our salvation, which is called eternal life. This human state is comparable to the things ...