Sunday Morning Servcies Day Of Pentecost

Colossians 2:6-8

Acts 2.38

Galatians 1:7-9

2 Timothy 4:2-4

Matthew 13:20-22

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Isaiah 55:10-11

OCTRINE IS LIKENED TO THREE THINGS IN SCRIPTURE:

1. DOCTRINE IS LIKE LEAVEN

· Matthew 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

2. DOCTRINE IS LIKE WIND

· False doctrines can uproot believers like strong winds can uproot trees (Psalm 1:4).

· Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

3. DOCTRINE IS LIKE RAIN

· Deuteronomy 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

WHAT GOD WANTS US TO KNOW ABOUT DOCTRINE:

1. DOCTRINE MUST BE SOUND

· Sound doctrine alone preserves from error, bringing spiritual health and development.

· 2 Timothy 4:2-4 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

2. DOCTRINE MUST BE PURE

· The only true test for the purity of teaching is the purity of life it produces.

· Job 11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

3. DOCTRINE MUST BE SCRIPTURAL

· All things must be tested by the Word of God, which must be interpreted by proper principles.

2 Timothy 3:14-17 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 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 furnished unto all good works.

4. DOCTRINE DETERMINES CHARACTER

· What a person believes affects what he is. Believing affects being, and being affects doing.

· If we follow Bible doctrine, it develops the Divine nature in us, dividing us from the world.

· 1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

· Titus 2:10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

5. DOCTRINE AFFECTS FELLOWSHIP

· 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

6. DOCTRINE DETERMINES DESTINY

· Your destiny hangs on Pilate's question in Matthew 27:22 ... “What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?” Outside of obedience is darkness and death; inside is light and life!

7. DOCTRINE MUST BE HANDLED WITH LOVE

· Though all our doctrine is exactly right, if we do not have love we are nothing in God's sight.

· 1 Corinthians 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

· However, the highest degree of “love” will never negate the need for obedience to doctrine!

8. DOCTRINE MUST BE OBEYED

· We never really understand truth until we obey truth! Doctrine is lifeless until is it practiced.

· Bible doctrines have no effect on your life whatsoever unless they are obeyed!