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Proclamations of Faith   Trumpet2.wmf (7468 bytes)
by David A. DePra
On Faith vs. Religion
 
All religion devises a way for man to work his way up to God. The Truth
reveals a God who has come down to us.
 
Anyone can alter their conduct to conform to a list of rules. But only God
can change a person's heart to be after His own.
 
If I possess all the true doctrines, I may be quite religious. But I am only
spiritual in the eyes of God if the Truth Himself possesses me.
 
Hold fast to sound doctrine. But don't let the grip you have on it occupy
you to the point where your hands are not free enough to grip the reality
of Jesus Christ of which it speaks.
 
Beware of the danger of putting your faith in your doctrines, that is, in their
trueness, rather than in Jesus Christ.
 
Being correct in what I believe about God is no assurance that I am right
with Him in my heart.
 
An open, believing heart is the doorway to knowing the Truth, and
therefore, the doorway to knowing the doctrines which stand for it.
 
Jesus said, "If any one wills to do His will, he will know the doctrine..."
The condition of my doctrine often shows my willingness to obey the Truth.
 
Stand to the death in sound doctrine. But not because you want to win
your point of view. Stand to the death because of the One of whom it
speaks.
 
God allows for doctrinal differences as long as the common thread of
faith in Jesus Christ is present. But any doctrine which undermines the
individual's faith in Christ cannot be tolerated in the church.
 
Faith in Christ will never lead me to insist I am right. It will lead me to
insist that He is right.
 
Never allow a teacher to dazzle you with his or her knowledge of scripture.
Ask yourself where the teaching is leading you: Jesus Christ, or another.
 
Christianity is not a religion, system, or doctrine. It is the Truth.
 
There isn't a cultist alive who cannot "prove" his religion from the Bible.
Biblical interpretation is quite subjective unless God has broken through
to us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
 
Man is religious by nature -- a residual carried over from his lost relation-
ship with God. He will never feel at home until he finds his way back thru
Jesus Christ.
 
Now we see through a glass darkly, then face to face. When we finally
meet Jesus Christ, all of our religion will be swallowed up in Him.
 

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