Why defining the Fundamentals of the Faith 
is so important?

by Missionary David Cox (c) 2003

Some may laugh at this attempt to define the Fundamentals of the Faith as being frivolous, impossible, and ridiculous, or even being unnecessary and dangerous, but this is very important. The Christianity who does not understand and hold clear and firm what is important and essential will easily "lose focus" and slip off of these Fundamentals. Moreover, Satan will constantly challenge these Fundamentals in his life and church and ministry by slyly positioning people, ministries, opportunities and events with people that do not hold to the Fundamentals so that the faithful Christian will "slip".

Moreover, Satan is very smart. He does not attack everything and every point. All he has to do is to gain on one of the most essential points of Christianity, and the person, church, ministry, or group no longer has a true Christianity but a false pretend Christianity which is exactly what Satan wants.

The Fundamentals of the Faith need to be clearly defined, supported by Scripture, and expressed in such a way that when Satan attacks them, even simple laymen can refute these attacks. This is very necessary because many times these attacks will be outside of the church where only "simple laymen" are involved, in a family setting, at work, or elsewhere. What happens is that that person is lost to a cult or false religion because these essentials were not clarified sufficiently for them to defend themselves on that point.

Last Updated on 10/08/08

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