One of the things I have observed over my years of teaching the Bible is that a great majority of people simply do not follow Bible doctrine. They read it, they hear it and even understand it but just can not aceept it. The question then must be WHY????
The word "Doctrine" simply means instruction, as it applies to how we live. Doctrine then means in everyday language...…...teaching given to us by a source of authority.
1 Timothy 3:16 tells us...……..
"The Bible says of that it is “profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” .
Bible doctrine helps us to know :
1). The will of God.
2). The character of God.
3). The way we can be saved from our sin.
4). How to operate the church.
5). What does God expect from us.
So then, when God has said something, and we read it, we understand it, why do we then reject what God said and do what we want to do and what we want to believe???? Why do we change the doctrines of God???
The answer is that our sinful natures do not easily submit to God’s decrees. The fact is that we as human beings do not like to be told what to do.
That is why we often pick and choose the parts of the Bible we are comfortable with and discard the rest. Or we replace what God says with a man-made doctrine or tradition.
Example":
God said that we shall not murder!
But we say, Abortion is not murder, it is freedom of choice.
You see, we as people tend to change the name and apply what we want to do instead of what God says we should not do.
Example:
God said in Lev. 20:13...….
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination:"
But we say, it is called GAY. That sounds better and acceptable.
2nd Timothy 4:3...……..
“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.”
My point is that the time Paul told us would come in that Scripture is now HERE!
The word "Doctrine" simply means instruction, as it applies to how we live. Doctrine then means in everyday language...…...teaching given to us by a source of authority.
1 Timothy 3:16 tells us...……..
"The Bible says of that it is “profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” .
Bible doctrine helps us to know :
1). The will of God.
2). The character of God.
3). The way we can be saved from our sin.
4). How to operate the church.
5). What does God expect from us.
So then, when God has said something, and we read it, we understand it, why do we then reject what God said and do what we want to do and what we want to believe???? Why do we change the doctrines of God???
The answer is that our sinful natures do not easily submit to God’s decrees. The fact is that we as human beings do not like to be told what to do.
That is why we often pick and choose the parts of the Bible we are comfortable with and discard the rest. Or we replace what God says with a man-made doctrine or tradition.
Example":
God said that we shall not murder!
But we say, Abortion is not murder, it is freedom of choice.
You see, we as people tend to change the name and apply what we want to do instead of what God says we should not do.
Example:
God said in Lev. 20:13...….
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination:"
But we say, it is called GAY. That sounds better and acceptable.
2nd Timothy 4:3...……..
“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.”
My point is that the time Paul told us would come in that Scripture is now HERE!
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