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1 | Labels? My church just goes by the Bible | 1 Cor 1:10 | Radioman2 | 81443 | ||
"My church just goes by the Bible." That's what they all say. If a group (church, denomination) has no theology (no distinctive doctrines, no statement of faith), how does it define what it believes? How is anyone to know with any certainty what and how that group believes? Virtually all churches claim to go by the Bible. Yet not all have the same interpretation of it. Thus, claims to go by the Bible alone are not adequate to define WHAT a church believes or HOW it interprets and understands the Scriptures. Hence the need for churches to clarify what they beilieve -- what they mean when they say they go by the Bible alone. How do they clarify their position? By a statement of beliefs, theology, doctrine. What is true of the group's definition of its beliefs applies to the individual, as well. |
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2 | Labels? My church just goes by the Bible | 1 Cor 1:10 | Reformer Joe | 81471 | ||
Very astute observations. Creeds and confessions have been a part of the church since its inception, and they have served a very God-honoring, useful role in the church. We even see examples of first-century confessions in Scripture (Philippians 2:6-12; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 2:11-13). Far from being divisive in their purpose, creeds (coming from the word "credo" -- "I believe") and confessions articulate the truth in order to guard the purity of the church against error and for the church to rejoice together by proclaiming in unison the wonderful truths revealed in God's word. "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful" --Hebrews 10:23 --Joe! |
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