Posted on 03/17/2021 7:39:23 AM PDT by Teleios Research
Teleios evaluated whether those who most ardently adhere to several key foundational principles of Christianity (prayer, praise, fellowship, outreach, Bible study, belief in salvation by grace and security of salvation) have better wellbeing compared to those who practice these measures less frequently. Our database included 14,422 participants. Those who most frequently did Bible study, taught and shared the gospel had statistically better wellbeing than the rest. Further, the more participants adhered to these principles the higher their wellbeing scored compared to less adherent. IN SUMMARY, our research suggests that increasing adherence to the foundational principles of Christian faith enhances wellbeing. These data offer hope to millions of people that the Bible provides truth for salvation as well as greater happiness and satisfaction in their daily life by simply adhering to the foundational principles of scripture.
This is hardly surprising.
Young fools die young...
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
But the years of the wicked will be shortened.
Proverbs 3:2
For length of days and years of life
And peace they will add to you.
Proverbs 28:18
He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
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Data is good, but it alone doesn’t do much to help Christians follow the teachings in 2 Peter 1:3ff
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
Not mentioned is worship, the essence of Christian practice, which thousands of our leaders denied us and some continue to deny us.
I mean the assembly as mandated by scripture, not personal at home worship. This has value but the mandate is the assembly. Personal. Not virtual.
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