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NASB | Jeremiah 6:16 ¶ Thus says the LORD, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 6:16 ¶ Thus says the LORD, "Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is; then walk in it, And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it!' [Matt 11:29] |
Subject: Theological Term: Orthodoxy |
Bible Note: When I use the word orthodoxy within the context of theology I am not loading it as some have surmised. By orthodoxy I mean adherence to the accepted, historic Christian faith (essential doctrines) as expressed in the ecumenical creeds which include the Nicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, Chalcedonian Creed, Canons of the Council of Orange, etc. These core beliefs were reaffirmed in the Reformation through various public professions like the Book of Concord (Lutheran), Canons of Dort (Reformed), Westminster Confession (Presbyterian), Thirty-Nine Articles (Episcopalian), Savoy Declaration (Congregationalist), the Baptist Confessions of Faith 1644 and 1689 (Baptist), etc. All of these creeds and confessions are rooted in the Holy Scriptures, "the supreme judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined." These essential doctrines form a traceable line through history from the apostles of our Lord in the primitive church, through later great (though uninspired) churchmen like Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitfield, R. L. Dabney, Charles Spurgeon, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, down to the present time. All of the creeds, confessions, and writings of the church and these faithful and godly men are fully accessible to anyone with any interest in reading them. They are not infallible nor inerrant. They are simply based on Scripture since the doctrine of sola scriptura is fundamental to all of them. True Christians are extremely explicit about their beliefs being open and clear to everyone. Nothing our Lord did was done in secret, but all of it was done openly. Orthodoxy seeks to emulate that pattern of our King, to His glory. In Him, Doc |