The Fundamentals of Our Faith I
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Genesis 35:1
Genesis 1:26-29 | Genesis 2:15-25 | Genesis 12:1-8 | Genesis 28:1-22
The call to revisit the fundamentals of our faith is a call to return to God’s original intent.
From the beginning, humanity was created in God’s image, entrusted with purpose, responsibility, and relationship. Genesis 1 and 2 reveal that faith is not merely belief but
stewardship—walking with God, cultivating what He has placed in our care, and living in obedience to His design. When these foundations are neglected, faith becomes reduced to routine rather than relationship. To examine our faith honestly is to ask whether we are still living from God’s purpose or merely remembering it.
Genesis 12 shows that faith is shaped by obedience to God’s voice. Abram was called to
leave what was familiar and follow God into the unknown, building altars along the way as markers of trust and worship. These altars were not symbolic gestures; they represented surrendered lives. The foundations of our faith are revealed not by what we claim to believe, but by what we are willing to leave behind in order to follow God. True faith demands movement—away from self-reliance and toward total dependence on Him.
In Genesis 28, Jacob encounters God at Bethel, discovering that God was present even when he was unaware. That encounter became a turning point, redefining Jacob’s understanding of worship, commitment, and identity. Foundations are often rediscovered in moments of divine confrontation, when God exposes our assumptions and calls us to realign our lives with His truth. Self-examination is essential here, because it reveals whether our worship is still rooted in reverence or has drifted into habit.
Genesis 35 brings the call to return—to rise, go back to Bethel, and put away foreign gods. This is the heart of revisiting our foundations: repentance, renewal, and realignment. God does not call us backward for nostalgia’s sake, but forward through restoration. The fundamentals of our faith require continual surrender, honest reflection, and a willingness to remove anything that competes with God’s rightful place in our lives. Only then can our faith remain living, active, and faithful to what God originally established.
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