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I Command you to Command

1 Timothy 1:3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer
 
Are you a type-A person who likes to lead or a type B who likes to be lead? If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, in some áreas of life, we have no choice in the matter. We must take a stand and command. When false doctrines come our way, we must command the false teacher to stop! There is no place for jellyfish spines in such cases. The doctrines of the Bible are worth defending, and there are plenty of examples of people in the Bible who defended those teachings to their death. Would you know a Bible doctrine when you saw one? Would you know how and why to defend them? If not, you need to get to work and make your list of the fundamentals of the faith. Then speak with authority in their defense. 

  • Here are a few of the doctrines that you must have on your list:
  • God created everything
  • He is sovereign - He is  all-powerful
  • The Bible is without errors in the original documents
  • The Bible is God's Word
  • Jesus was born of a virgin and without sin
  • His death satisfied God's wrath and paid the price of sin
  • Sin is real
  • Heaven and Hell are real places
  • Man is depraved - sin has saturated every part of his existence
  • We cannot earn heaven without the salvation that Jesus provides. 
Think on and defend these things. To the death if need be. 
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