by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 6, 2016 | Weekly Words
God’s Word is the means by which He speaks to us, and offers us grace through revelation. In order for us to receive the value of Scripture, we first have to believe that it is valuable. Not just valuable, but we have to trust that the Bible is truly...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 30, 2015 | Weekly Words
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 17, 2015 | Catechism
Q17 // Into what state did the fall bring mankind? A // The fall brought mankind into a state of sin and misery. Genesis 3:16-19, 23; Romans 3:16; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1 Q18 // What is the sinfulness of that state into which man fell? A // The sinfulness of the...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 10, 2015 | Catechism
Q15 // What was the sin by which our first parents fell from the state in which they were created? A // The sin by which our first parents fell from the state in which they were created, was their eating the fruit that God had forbidden. Genesis 3:6 Q16 // Did all...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 3, 2015 | Catechism
Q13 // Did our first parents continue in the state in which they were created? A // Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the state in which they were created by sinning against God. Genesis 3.6-8; Genesis 3.13; 2 Corinthians 11.3...
