The necessity of doctrinal purity
A.W. TOZER once said, “It would be
impossible to overemphasize the importance of sound doctrine in the life
of a Christian. Right thinking about all spiritual matters is imperative
to having the right living. As men do not gather grapes of thorns nor
figs of thistles, so sound character does not grow out of unsound
teaching.”
The popular idea is that doctrine is not important; one must only be
sincere. Paul refutes that belief in our text and stresses the absolute
necessity of doctrinal purity.
Lesson text: 1 Timothy 6:3-5 |
Bobby Stafford
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The Doctrine Of Christ
By the time Paul wrote this letter to
Timothy, they had traveled together for many years. Paul had left
Timothy at Ephesus and placed a great deal of responsibility upon his
young shoulders. He was to teach the church there how to conduct itself,
how to worship, how to treat one another, and how to evangelize. But
Timothy was to accomplish this by means of sound doctrine. Paul says to
use scripture, the word of God. It was to have the foremost place in his
work.
Text: one Timothy 1: 3-7 |
Bobby Stafford
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