John Stott in summarising the book of Ephesians , wrote,''The whole letter letter is a magnificent combination of Christian doctrine and Christian duty,Christian faith and Christian life,what God has done through Christ and what we must be doing in consequences.''As you read this how does your Christian life compare to what you read?,are we weighed in the balance and are we found wanting?,what about doctrine,there are those who say leave to the theologins.Why do we need to bother with doctrine?,we do ,and that's a fact. The Bible is Gods revealed word to us,as to His being,that He is one,and yet He is three, not three gods,but one.In the Bible and only in the Bible we are taught , that we need to be saved,because we are sinners.We are taught how we can be saved,through Jesus,whose death brings forgiveness and acceptance with God.As a Christian do we know why we believe certain things?,I believe to some extent we can all be theologians,we must not leave it to the so called professionals.Nor must we reject Godly men who are qualified to teach us and help us,that would be pride.We all have a helper when it comes to understanding Gods word,the Holy Spirit.In 2 Timothy 2 v15,we read,''Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God,approved[tested by trial] a workman who has no cause to be ashamed,correctly analysing and accurately deviding[rightly handling and teaching]the Word of God''[Ampllified Version]
A prayer.
Dear God we thank and praise you for your word,help us by your Spirit to
study it and get to understand it ,in Jesus name Amen.
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