Monday, September 29, 2025

Alex Buabeng-Korsah

TOPIC: BACK TO THE BASICS

THEME SCRIPTURE: “Therefore, I will always remind you about these things—even though you already know them…” (2 Peter 1:12)

PREPARATORY QUESTIONS:

1. As a Christian, what does it mean to go back to the basics, and is it worth going back to the basics?

Peter, nearing the end of his earthly life, felt an urgent burden—not to unveil something new, but to remind believers of what they already knew: the gospel of Jesus Christ. The apostle, once impulsive and unsteady, now stood as a steadfast shepherd, echoing a powerful truth— faith that endures is built on repetition of the basics.

In a culture obsessed with novelty, we often mistake new for true. But spiritual maturity is not the pursuit of the obscure; it’s a deepening of the essentials. The gospel is not entry-level;  it’s everything. Jesus died, rose again, gives eternal life, and will return —this is not the beginning of faith, but its foundation and fuel.

Church Father Jerome once said, “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.”

If we drift from the Word, we drift from Christ. If we neglect the basics, we start building on sand. The early Church did not thrive on constant innovation, but on daily devotion to the apostles’ teaching (Acts 2:42).

Peter speaks like a coach in a locker room before the final game: “I will work hard to make sure you always remember…” (2 Peter 1:15). The Greek word spoudazō for 'make sure' implies urgency, diligence, and resolve. He knew that forgetting the basics could unravel everything.

Beloved, we forget not just facts but realities: that sin is deadly, grace is costly, and Christ is returning.

In forgetting, we become dull. In remembering, we become anchored.

Athanasius, the great defender of orthodoxy, reminded the Church in the fourth century that “the God who became man did not do so to make us better people, but to give us new life.”  That life is sustained by keeping the gospel before our eyes, in our hearts, and on our lips.

Precious one,  let us remember the basics—not sentimentally, but strategically. The foundation must be revisited often, not because it changes but because we do. "He who stands firm in the basics can withstand any storm.” — Augustine

God bless you more.

FURTHER READING – 2 Peter 1

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QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU MEDITATE ON THE WORD:

1. Have I become more interested in new teachings than in the foundation of the gospel?
2. What basic truths of the faith have I neglected to meditate on or apply?
3. Am I actively reminding others of the truth, like Peter did?

PRAYER

Father, return my heart to the foundation You laid through Your Son. Always remind me, Lord,  that truth is not something I graduate from but return to daily. Help me not to grow bored with the basics, but to find life and power in them. Guard me from deception and stir in me a love for Your Word. Make me diligent, like Peter, to remind others of what truly matters. In Jesus’ precious name, Amen.  

One-Year Bible Reading Plan

Psalm 109; Revelation 22; Nehemiah 2