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Re: The deep things of God Posted by caf (lw) - February 17, 2005 at 3:41:42pm 1280x1024x32 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 In Reply to: Re: The deep things of God Posted by Kevin LW - February 17, 2005 at 7:47:41am:
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I'm being repetitious, and you certainly know this, but one of the things to remember about any particular doctrine, such as the example of various millenial schemes, is that doctrines do not stand alone. The dispensationalism promoted by Scofield that gave rise to modern permillinialism affects one's whole approach to scripture, how it is interpreted and what the foundation of solid Biblical understanding is. The various millenial doctrines are not religiously neutral, they shape and reflect one's view of Biblical prophecy, what Jesus has or has not accomplished, the very nature of God, what the church is or is not, whether or not Christians will stand before the judgment seat of Christ, whether sinners will have a second chance, the role of Israel, whether or not Christians will face great tribulation, and a myriad of other doctrines are all different in the context of different millenial approaches. Themes of the judgment, the second coming, the universal resurrection experience, the end of the physical cosmos and related teachings are not treated as incidental by Jesus, nor by the apostles in their letters. These things have to do with the very character of God and the work of Jesus, what the gospel is, and what truly matters; and again, no doctrine (including the various factional topics such as communion cups and musical instruments) stands alone, but is part of a whole Biblical perspective and interpretive methodology. Regarding premillnnialism, again for example, I can accept brethren in the church who err on that subject as brethren, but I'm going to be wary of their teaching, and I'm not going to be willing to have them teach their misunderstandings, because those errors are too far reaching and ultimately destructive. The same can be said for many other doctrines, on many subjects a brother wouldn't necessarily be excluding for believing in error, but should be prevented from teaching the error either in public or in private, and the misunderstanding corrected with careful study and teaching, if it is only a misunderstanding. Church leaders, whether evangelists like Timothy or elders, have a responsibility to stop that kind of teaching in the church, and counteract it, even if the ones teaching are believers, hopefully without needlessly alienating anyone. Love as we should, and try as we might, there is such a thing as "sound teaching" and such a thing as "false doctrine." The one must be embraced, and the other refuted, and neither is limited to the basic message of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. 1 Tim 1:3-7 Titus 1:9-12 2 Tim 1:13-14 2 Tim 2:2 1 Tim 4:1-3 1 Tim 4:6 2 Tim 4:3-5 Titus 2:1
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