Covenant Reformed News – October 2004, Volume X, Issue 6
This article from Covenant Reformed News examines the church's unique role as 'the pillar and ground of the truth' according to 1 Timothy 3:15, arguing that only the faithful church—not civil government, Christian families, or individual believers—holds up God's truth in the world. The author provides a practical test for evaluating church purity based on whether a congregation faithfully teaches and upholds biblical truth, offering both a high view of the church's dignity and a critical standard for assessing ecclesiastical faithfulness.
The Church, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth (3) What means does God use to hold up his truth in the world? Is it angels? No. Angels appeared to men on earth only occasionally even in biblical times, and now not at all until Christ’s return. Are individual Christians the pillar and ground of the truth? No, though individual believers do have an important role to play in witnessing of Christ. What about Christian families? They are the building blocks of the church, but they are not the...