“But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine” Titus 2:1
“And he gave some…pastors…for the perfecting of the saints…Till we all come in the unity of the faith…That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine…” Ephesians 4:11-16
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God…” 2 Corinthians 10:5
That which is of man is to be rooted out of a person’s thinking, and that which is of God is to be planted in its place. God’s Word is not rude and presumptuous. Clashes and repercussions occur because self-will is strong and rebellious.
People develop opinions about church that are comfortable to them, and congenial to those around them. Man savors a position on church that is “workable” with self and others.
Never has human conclusion equalled the righteousness of God. There needs to be conviction and faith on the hearer’s part, to abandon human consensus, and seek unto Divine wisdom and understanding, without becoming offended by the pastoral challenge unto doing so.
One needs not guess about the religious community’s position on establishing the Biblical truth about the New Testament Church. The plurality of doctrines, practices, and denominations full well testifies that man have chosen human philosophy over the singularity of Divine Truth.
Man finds sound doctrine unworkable and unendurable in his defined religious arena. Man wants to profess to believe enough to convince himself that he is alright. But he wants to believe in enough uncertainty, to allow the doing of what is right in his own eyes, without being prosecuted by any “absolute truths.”
Men seek to establish a general rule, that no one knows for sure. Thus they want you to think that anyone who declares doctrinal singularity is merely doing it from unfounded prejudice and bigotry.
A pastor’s role, according to the role God has for him in the church, is to overturn all opinion and philosophy, and establish everything from the Bible perspective. The identity of the New Testament Church is established on the volume of facts found in the doctrines of God’s Word, and is not left up to the threads of human speculation.
We invite you to see that the doctrines of God’s Word are non-offensive and precious to the Bible believer, while being aggressively devastating to the religious opinions of men. God’s Word is clear and straight forward, for the inclusion of men into the fullness of God’s covenant promises. Thus, God’s Word comes down clearly against all the opposites, unto the exclusion of that which deludes and deceives.
SHARING
