As Christians, we want to not only understand the process of receiving the Scriptures, but also strengthen our confidence in the Bible. If we truly understand the great lengths to which God went in order to communicate His Truth to mankind, we will respond by:

1. Giving His Word our attention through reading, memorizing, meditating, and placing a high priority on its teaching and preaching.

2. Giving His Word our submission through obedience and Scriptural living.

Our faith is not a new idea or passing belief—it is a timeless truth rooted in God’s Word and confirmed through history. It has been preached powerfully through the gospel, received personally by those who have believed, and verified through the countless lives transformed by its message. Sound preaching and personal reception of truth remain essential for every believer who desires to be strong in conviction and grounded in God’s promises. The core ingredients of our faith are the foundation of the gospel itself: Christ’s substitutionary death for our sins, His secured burial that confirmed the reality of His sacrifice, and His sure resurrection that proved His victory over sin and death. These truths define what we believe and why we believe it, giving us confidence, hope, and eternal assurance in Christ.

The implications of our faith remind us that everything in the Christian life centers on the resurrection of Christ—it is the heart of our message, the basis of our forgiveness, the guarantee of our future, and the source of our joy and hope. Because He lives, we can live with confidence, assurance, and purpose. In response to these truths, Paul instructs believers to be steadfast—firmly grounded in what they believe; unmovable—standing strong through trials and temptation; and always abounding in the work of the Lord—serving with wholehearted devotion. When we live this way, we can rest in the promise that our labor for Christ is never in vain and that our faith has eternal significance.