Basic Truths of the Christian Faith - Truth 1

Reviewing the BSF "Basic Truths of the Christian Faith"

1. What above all do you need for this life and the life of the workd to come?

I need to know that God exists, that He has made Himself and this truth known and that although I am a hopeless sinner – guilty, corrupt and disobedient – He will forgive, renew and protect me as I trust in the perfect obedience, atoning death and life-giving resurrection of Jesus Christ.

John 17:3
3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Hebrews 11:6
6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Psalm 19:1
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;no sound is heard from them.

Psalm 19:7
7 The law of the Lord is perfect,The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,making wise the simple.

Romans 3:10
10 As it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one;
11 there is no one who understands;there is no one who seeks God.

Romans 3:22
22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished