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Originally Posted by A.W. Bowman
Hmmm Interesting question. Personally, I can't think of any man-made (authored by men) religious teaching that I would care to observe in lieu of, or incorporate into those doctrines authored by God. For my own reasons see Deu 4:2; 12:32)
Now, if anyone has a list of man-made (non-biblical) doctrines that they follow, and would like to share, I would certainly be interested in reviewing them.
Of course Timmy, if you are referring to the teaching of the world of God by men, that is an entirely different subject. Yet, even there, many teachers teach about the word of God, and seldom actually teach the word of God, as He gave it and intended for it to be understood and implemented in one's life.
The major problem in most of today's churches is we have the habit of lifting a sentence or two out of the Bible, even a partial sentence, and giving a 45 minute discourse of what the teacher thinks it should mean (a personal commentary generally not open to question or general discussion). Where we have ten teachers, we can expect to have at least 5-7 different interpretations and/or life applications, maybe even ten. And, yet we continue to wonder why we can't seem to achieve any degree of spiritual unity among the assemblies.
My personal opinion is that most teachers (and church goers), find much of the Bible simply too unacceptable to embrace. Therefore, such problematic passages are either lightly skipped over, ignored altogether, or discarded as no longer being applicable to God's people. Or, as sometimes happen, the scriptures are twisted around to make them day something never intended by God, but approved of by men. Ah, but this brings full circle, back to the doctrines created by and for men. |
Here's a doctrine of man that I had in mind (if it's a doctrine of God, please show me):
"Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, I & II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, I & II Corinthians, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I & II Thessalonians, I & II Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, I & II Peter, I II & III John, Jude, and Revelation are the Bible."
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