Are We There Yet?

   No. We have a few more thoughts before we begin this series next Monday.

   We left off on Wednesday with the impression this won't be about doctrine. But doctrine is important. We believe that we grow by learning doctrine and striving to know our God. 

   Paul told Timothy to, command men not to teach false doctrines...nor devote themselves to endless genealogies...meaningless talk and controversies. Rather, Paul promoted God's work...by faith...love...a pure heart and a good conscience...by proclaiming the original faith as taught by Christ and the apostles. 

   A.W. Tozer said the supreme goal is not Bible knowledge in itself, but a moral transformation expressing itself in love, purity of heart, a clear conscience and faith without hypocrisy. Teaching and learning is not primarily to impart knowledge, he wrote; it is to produce holiness and a righteous lifestyle. 

   The late Adrian Rogers, a Baptist, taught that the Bible is the Logos, the Word for our minds, speech which God then uses by means of the Spirit to speak to our hearts. God speaks to everyone, he claimed, though many refuse to receive it, and "are guilty of the worst sin, unbelief." 

   Meanwhile, in Revelation the apostle John passed on to us the Lord's urgent call: Long for His presence and His return. 

Tomorrow: Tribulation    😨