The Importance of Biblical Doctrine: Covenanter Testimony Against New Evangelicalism

The importance of knowing true doctrine cannot be overemphasized. Look at it this way: what if when you stand before God at the end of time He asks why you taught your children error rather than truth on important points. You cannot plead ignorance. Certainly there are innumerable groups teaching a variety of beliefs and all claiming to be true. But if you are a serious Christian, you must take the time to search the Scriptures to find out what is true.

If you say you don't have time to do that, all you are really saying is that you don't care enough to do it. Yet the well-being of your family is at stake. Everyone finds the time to do what they think is really important. Just because you believe you are a good Christian living a reasonably good Christian life doesn't mean that you are exempt from the Biblical commands to hold to and understand true doctrine. Holding to false doctrine, even if you don't know it's false, could be disastrous to you and your family. . . .

What this means is that your relationship with God is an illusion if you neglect true doctrine. So many modern Evangelicals seem to think that doctrine is of secondary importance (at best); what is really important is your relationship with God -- as if the two could be separated. But they cannot.

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