Building on the Foundation

  Do you, as a Christian, consider God to be the ultimate authority? Do you consider the Bible to be His written Word and therefore, likewise, the ultimate authority? Does your church? Does your church base all its doctrines, to the best of its knowledge, on God’s Word? Or does it instead follow the traditions of men? Worse yet, does it follow pagan traditions masquerading as Christian ones? God’s Word says, “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it” (Deut. 12:32). Jesus Christ spoke to the religious leaders of His day, quoting Isaiah the prophet, “In vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men” (Mat. 15:9). Has very much changed from that day to this? Given the differing doctrines and the many disagreements among the churches out there in this world, it logically follows that they can’t all be right. Most of them must be “teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.” This shouldn’t surprise anyone, fo...

 Among mainstream Protestants, Catholics, and even Seventh Day Adventists, the Holy Trinity continues to be one of the most sacred beliefs. This idea holds, as the Seventh Day Adventist website states , that, "There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three coeternal Persons." Sometimes this doctrine is also expressed as "three in one, one in three." How this makes any sense, no one seems to be able to explain. In fact, GotQuestions.org observes , "The most difficult thing about the Christian concept of the Trinity is that there is no way to perfectly and completely understand it." Of course, there are many things we can't grasp about the spiritual realm. For example, I can't grasp the concept of God always existing, of Him never having any beginning or any end. I can't wrap my mind around that, even though I know it's true. Other things don't make sense simply because they aren't true. Since those who hold the trin...