Introduction:

Today many believers in Christ are struggling to mature, advance, and maintain a personal life of integrity as well as maintain a lifestyle of holiness, simply because they fail to build their new life in Christ on a firm kingdom foundation. Luke records Christ addressing the importance of this issue in his sermon on the mount in Luke 6:47-49, also paralleled in Matthew 7:24-27, where it states: “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.” Christ himself metaphorically described the importance of building or establishing one’s life in the Kingdom of God on a rock, a firm foundation. Luke also references in his second treatise the book of Acts, what he refers to as the Apostles’ doctrine in Acts 2:42. The Apostles’ doctrine is what they taught about Jesus as a foundation for kingdom living for every kingdom citizen. A comprehensive listing of these teachings is referenced in Hebrews 6:1-2. Most writers who have addressed these principles define them collectively under the category of the Doctrine of Christ being:

Repentance from Dead Works

Faith towards God Baptisms Laying on of Hands Resurrection from the Dead, Eternal Judgments