Why Doctrine DOES Matter part 1 clip

So, there is right doctrine and false doctrine, and so we can either have a true set of beliefs or a false set of beliefs. Either way, true or false, we put our faith and trust in these teachings, these doctrines.

The question that is of most importance to Christians should be, where does one get their sets of beliefs or doctrines from? Man's observation, man's experience, man's tradition and teaching, or God's Word.

But Houston, we have a problem. We have this problem called sin. And sin has corrupted our nature and causes man to believe falsely about God, to know and trust in that which is not God, that which is not good, that which is evil.

The Holy Spirit tells us through the Apostle Paul that no one honors God, no one understands, no one seeks for God, Romans 3, 11. And they love darkness, John 1, 19. Unregenerate men suppress the truth and do not honor God, therefore they become futile in their thinking, causing their hearts to be darkened, Romans 1, 21.

In their unrighteousness, they suppress the truth, Romans 1, 18. They believe, in essence, false doctrine. And this was us. We too were in darkness, believing false doctrine before God called us and saved us.

All men, you and I, were born with this curse to love darkness and suppress the knowledge of God. And like all men, because of our suppression, we did not seek God, nor were we able to accomplish good works, because without faith, it is impossible to please God, Hebrews 11.

But God, while we were dead in trespasses and sins in which you and I once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience, among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind, but God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.

By grace, you and I have been saved and raised up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace and kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

For by grace, you and I have been saved through faith, and this is not of your own doing. It is a gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.