Significance of Doctrine
Week 1
Day 1
Lesson 4
Why at Doctrines Important
- Isn’t loving Jesus enough?
- “doctrine” comes from a Latin word meaning “teaching”
- doctrine shouldn’t be just an intellectual exercise
- doctrine = “the teaching of Christ” (II John 2:9)
Significance of Doctrine
a. Knowledge enhances relationships–even relationships with God
- Think of your best friends: they are the people you know the most about
- Deep relationships are rooted in a knowledge of one-another’s deepest thoughts, feelings, motives
- relationship with Jesus, is deepened by reflection on who he is, what he did, etc
a. Belief and Experience are closely related
- “The fatter I get, the closer I get to God” - actions grew out of a view of death and the after-life
a. Doctrines fulfills a practical need
- many alternative courses of action - some are dangerous–but seemingly attractive sometimes
- examining the truth will help prepare us to discern the error.
- a small variation from the truth may have drastic consequences over time
- Doctrines in scripture have practical value – Ex 23:12 – Sabbath to provide rest for slaves and work animals – I Thess 4:13, 18 – Second coming present to comfort the grieving
a. God created us with minds and wants us to use them to his glory
– Matthew 22:37 “Love the Lord your God ... with all your mind”
- dealing with the biggest questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What’s going on? Who is Jesus? What did he do? What does he require of me?
- not a continuum: Faith – Reason but a grid:
Week 1
Day 2
Lesson 2
The Doctrine of Revelation
- dealing with God’s communication to us
- scripture opens with a picture of God talking face-to-face with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
- sin created a barrier to communication (on which more later)
- Adam and Eve told God that basically they didn’t want him - however, they now needed his guidance and counsel more than ever.
General Revelation
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Day 1
Lesson 4
Why at Doctrines Important
- Isn’t loving Jesus enough?
- “doctrine” comes from a Latin word meaning “teaching”
- doctrine shouldn’t be just an intellectual exercise
- doctrine = “the teaching of Christ” (II John 2:9)
Significance of Doctrine
a. Knowledge enhances relationships–even relationships with God
- Think of your best friends: they are the people you know the most about
- Deep relationships are rooted in a knowledge of one-another’s deepest thoughts, feelings, motives
- relationship with Jesus, is deepened by reflection on who he is, what he did, etc
a. Belief and Experience are closely related
- “The fatter I get, the closer I get to God” - actions grew out of a view of death and the after-life
a. Doctrines fulfills a practical need
- many alternative courses of action - some are dangerous–but seemingly attractive sometimes
- examining the truth will help prepare us to discern the error.
- a small variation from the truth may have drastic consequences over time
- Doctrines in scripture have practical value – Ex 23:12 – Sabbath to provide rest for slaves and work animals – I Thess 4:13, 18 – Second coming present to comfort the grieving
a. God created us with minds and wants us to use them to his glory
– Matthew 22:37 “Love the Lord your God ... with all your mind”
- dealing with the biggest questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What’s going on? Who is Jesus? What did he do? What does he require of me?
- not a continuum: Faith – Reason but a grid:
Week 1
Day 2
Lesson 2
The Doctrine of Revelation
- dealing with God’s communication to us
- scripture opens with a picture of God talking face-to-face with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
- sin created a barrier to communication (on which more later)
- Adam and Eve told God that basically they didn’t want him - however, they now needed his guidance and counsel more than ever.
General Revelation
-