The faithful Christian is one who, among other things, holds the Faith of Christ.
To hold the faith is to be a believer and an adherent of the faith. The one who holds the faith lives by the principles of the faith. He is a staunch believer in the tenets of the faith, obeying the gospel from his heart. He doesn’t merely have a mental assent of Christ, he lives by every word of Christ. The one who holds the faith is the one whose lifestyle has become shapened by the doctrines of the faith of Christ. Who sticks tenaciously and unflinchingly with the teachings and commands of Christ.
He is not one who merely goes to church but doesn’t have true convictions about the religion that he affirms. The one who has settled for the convictions of his heart about the word of Christ and have accepted it for absolute truths, he it is who holds the faith. Very well does the words of the beloved Apostle Paul fit in …ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister (Colossians 1:23). Not the one who would debate God’s word rather than obey it. Who would rather edit the words of Christ than live by them. Not he who is content being passive in his worship of God, and indifferent in matters of faith. Not he who wants to be in the number, but neither want the stresses, nor meet the demands of being a member. Not he who says “Lord,” “Lord” but do not those things which the Lord says. Not he who names the name of Christ, but will not depart from iniquity. The kingdom of Christ is not in words of mouth only; the hearer and the doer, he it is that is blessed in all his ways.
Royal Flock of Christ Church 