"My Doctrine"
Deuteronomy 32:2
Attempting
to cast one of God's servants in what they imagine is an ugly light, men will
some times say, "He is a doctrinal preacher," failing to realize that
to people who read their Bibles, that is not a detraction but an attraction.
All gospel preachers are doctrinal preachers. "Doctrine" is not an dirty word. It simply means "teaching". The
doctrine of Christ is the teaching of Christ. The doctrine of the Bible is the
teaching of the Bible. The Bible has much to say about doctrine. Read II
Timothy 3:1-4:6 and Ephesians 4:11-16. Doctrine is vital to any true gospel
ministry.
It is the
business of every gospel preacher to give himself wholly to prayer, the study
of the Word, and doctrine. And it is the duty of every gospel preacher to
establish his hearers in sound doctrine, so that they be
not tossed about with divers and strange doctrines. That preacher who labors in
the Word and in the doctrine, Paul says, is "worthy of double honor"
(I Tim.
All true
doctrine is described in the Word of God as "pure doctrine" (Job 11:4),
"good doctrine" (I Tim. 4:6), and "sound doctrine" (I Tim.
Don Fortner