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That it is the calling of every member of the church to promote sound doctrine, reject false doctrine and live in holiness of life is the topic of today’s post. That “sound doctrine” (I Tim. 1:10) or “good doctrine” (I Tim. 4:6) is important is evident from the fact that the word “doctrine” or “tea
Hold fast, therefore, to the antithetical word of sound doctrine, remembering the words of 2 Timothy 3:16–17: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly fu
Time and again Paul warns him to hold fast the faith and sound doctrine; and how can doctrine be sound if it is not consistent, unified, and systematic? And this, my friend, is not intellectualism, it is balanced Christian faith. Deep love and Christian living are absolutely impossibly without sound
That connection is, first of all, that sound doctrine is the foundation of the Christian life. Apart from doctrine, knowing, believing, and confessing the doctrine, there is no possibility of living the Christian life. The true doctrine must be what motivates and guides us in our everyday life in th
By sound doctrine we mean the truth about God, His attributes, His works, and His salvation. Sound doctrine also involves the truth about man, his true spiritual condition, sin, his relation to God, and his relation to the world. We sing with understanding to God when we sing the truth to Him and ab
The apostle calls orthodox doctrine "sound." "Sound" has the sense of "healthy." The Holy Spirit has quite a different view of orthodox doctrine than does contemporary Christianity. Contemporary Christianity complains of "stuffy" doctrine, "cold" doctrine, "dead" doctrine. The Holy Spirit speaks of