You have to actually eat a good, healthy meal. And that’s what doctrine is. It’s that good, healthy meal that helps us grow. And it shows us more of God. The adage is true that we become what we behold. And at its best, doctrine is always doxological

Doctrine Is Practical

Sometimes we can think of doctrine as being something that’s interesting to seminary students, to pastors, or just certain very intellectual people in the church. But doctrine is very practical, and it’s very practical for living a godly Christian life. Jesus said that we are sanctified by the truth, and the word is truth.

Or Paul, in Romans 12, says that we will be transformed by the renewal of our mind. So the work that the Holy Spirit does to sanctify us must not bypass the mind. That’s a mistake that a lot of Christians have made, thinking that we can just get there by having enough really strong feelings. But the lasting change—the top to bottom sanctification—is going to come through the best doctrine.

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