This I Believe

After being a pastor, evangelist, missionary, teacher, and director of Bible Schools, I have some definite, clear opinions on doctrine in the local church and the individual believer. Any church body that rejects doctrine as the basis of fellowshipping is building a congregation on a foundation that will cause the local church body to crumble. Any church body that has no certain acceptable beliefs will shortly have deception and false doctrine as its daily companion. (Gal 5:9) A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. Such is false doctrine. Any church body where the members do not have the defense of doctrinal truth will soon have false doctrine pervasive in their church. THE CHURCH MUST TEACH DOCTRINE (1Ti 4:13) Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. (2Ti 3:16) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (2Ti 4:2) Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. OR EVERY MEMBER WILL ESTABLISH DOCTRINE IN THEIR OWNSELF. After a lifetime of over 60 years teaching the church, I have seen the result of failure to establish the church body, corporately and individually in doctrine. I present to you twenty-five doctrinal positions that I came to in my personal life. This is not all there are, but I had to stop somewhere. I will complete the list, God willing, if He grants me the time, for now this will suffice. In this book I both lay out what I came to as a settled place in God with each of these truths until there was no doubt, only a certainty as these scriptural truths and their dependability and spiritual anointing. I commend these points of belief to you. I believe them, so should you.