The Importance of Christian Doctrine in a Modern World
To God’s
elect, strangers in the world…..
Christian
doctrine is extremely important. There are some Christians today who say that
“doctrine” is not that important when it comes to subjects of “prophecy”.
Really? Then why does God warn us of “false prophets”? If studying “times and
seasons” was not important to God’s people why did Jesus condemn the religious
leaders of His time for not recognizing the prophetic-time that they
were living in?
We have other Christians who have briefly visited our
ministry and left because we talk about “dispensations” of time and that God
dispenses specific portions of time which involve covenants, special events,
and revelations. Apostle Paul commands Titus; “You must teach what is accord
with sound doctrine.” (Titus 2:1) This means that we are to understand what we
believe in before we teach it.
We read in the epistle of James: “Not many of you should
presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be
judged more strictly.” (James 3:1) Not all are “called” to teach. Sadly,
Antiochene Christians have witnessed that there are many in the denominations
and so called “non”-denominations that have no right teaching. They have no
good understanding of the simplest doctrines of Christianity. Another thing
that is missing today, in today’s Christian colleges and schools, is the true
teaching about the history of Christianity, mainly the Patristic Period of the
church.
Also, most all Christians today know nothing about St.
Martin Luther and the “Book of Concord”. This involves foundational history of
Christianity and also points to the original fights for “sound doctrine”. There
are no contentions regarding false doctrine today by most churches, thus, there
are really no longer any authentic “protestants”, those early true Christians
who exposed false doctrine.
People today have “all that they need” when it comes to
food, materiality, toys, trends, electronic gadgets, etc. etc. God has been
“left in the dust”. Thus, no real concern for proper religious doctrines and
teachings just “do what you want, no moral standard needed”. No that we are
entering the robot age we will begin to see robots replace true Humans in
relationships – behold, we have truly entered “The Land of Make-Believe”.
Our Almighty God plans things, organizes things, leads and
guides things. The Antiochene Christians understand the “Divine Plan of God”
as given to us through the teachings of the Scriptures and as understood and
handed down to us by the Apostles and Patriarchs/Matriarchs. God has always
done things at “the appointed times”. “In the fulness of time God sent His only
begotten Son.” (Galatians 4:4)
The first sermon that Jesus gave in the synagogue was
regarding proper time: “The time is fulfilled…” (Mark 1:15) To say that there
are no dispensations of time given by God throughout the Bible is to
call God a liar. There are covenants dispensed at special periods of
time all throughout the Christian Bible. The true Christian is educated
regarding, ages, dispensations, epochs, covenants,
and prophetic appointed times. Ancient Antiochene Christians have been
guarding, protecting, and ultimately properly teaching and handing down this
sacred information since the time of Jesu Christ on Earth.
Just because the majority of Christendom doesn’t care about
these important issues doesn’t mean that you should join in on their
band-wagon. The Christian church today is in the Laodicean condition. This
means that most of them have spiritually fallen asleep. Like the “ten virgins”,
five fell asleep and missed the “open door”. They got left behind.
We are saved by our “faith” [our religious understanding and
relationship] and not by “our works”. This means that just because a
non-Christian does lots of nice and neat things, this doesn’t make him or her
eligible to be a legitimate child of God. One must truly know God and have
become truly “born from above” to be a true child of God. This happens through
hearing the Word of God and then by investing faith in God and in His word. The
person of the Holy Spirit comes to live inside the spirit of the honest
believer.
To truly understand our Christian faith is to study our
faith using God’s word amongst God’s people. This means we learn about His
revealed “Plan of the Ages” and we begin to understand God’s relationship with
early humanity. We learn of the Seven Dispensations of time and how God has
been working through and in all these dispensations to manifest His ultimate
plan. You are involved whether you believe it or not.
The person who has a deep relationship with God is one who
remains in prayer, meditation, fellowship [private and group worship], and in studying daily the word of
God. To truly “KNOW YOUR FAITH” means you learn about the seven dispensations,
the three Earth ages, the seven epochs of the church, etc. We grow stronger in
our faith through proper knowledge of God. A true Christina hungers for the
pure doctrines of Jesus Christ.
The person who does not get excited about God's word is an
unconsecrated believer. As a Christian you may share all you want with such a
person and not get one response of interest. This means we still love the
person and pray for him or her. We pray because we care and love others, even
those who do not yet believe. If you love somebody you want to spend time with them. Do you love God?
Sadly, those who have lost interest in Christianity and have
“fallen away” will only understand their true condition at death. True “born
from above” Christians must understand that they are Priests & Priestesses
and that they have joined the Royal Priesthood when they accepted Jesus
Christ. Thus, it is their responsibility to truly know what they believe in and
why they believe it. They must always be ready to give an answer to those who
might enquire of the true Faith Once Delivered.
We thank you for taking time out to visit us here at “The Shepherds Way & Nugget of Truth”. Please keep us bookmarked and study your
Bible with us here every day. God bless ye.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
AACG (July 23rd 2026)
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Above: Presbyter King explains the importance of proper Christian doctrine.
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