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Good Doctrine – Part 2

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Proverbs 4:2-4 For I give you good doctrine, forsake you not my law. For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

There are conditions given for eternal life: Come to Christ as your Saviour and Redeemer (John 6:37, 44, 45, 65). Partake of the communion – the sacrament we were commanded to follow to remind us of the work done on the cross – no festivals which are all idol-related and are all done in His name but not with pure intent (John 6:50, 51, 53, 58; Matt. 15:8-9). Labour for eternal things (John 6:27). Hate (love less) the life in this world (John 12:25; 1Jn. 2:15-17). Know God and Christ by studying His Word (John 17:2-3; Rom. 10:17; Php. 1:9). Enter by the right gate – choose the narrow way, which is lonely but walked always in righteousness (Matt. 7:13-14). Do not be a stumbling stone for others by offending them – God alone can change others, we cannot and by trying to do it, we try to do the Holy Spirit’s work for Him and cause that others will never believe (Matt. 18:8-9). Obey the Word of God – do not add to it or take away from it to suit your preferences or manipulate others (Matt. 19:17). Forsake all – no family member, spouse, loved one or friend is worth your soul – obey God, not people (Matt. 19:27-29; Mark 10:28-30; Luke 18:28-30). Live free from sin (Rom. 5:21; 6:16-23; 8:1-13; Tit. 2:11-14; 1John 3). Continue in well-doing [expected from God, not please others] and seek eternal life (Rom. 2:7). Sow to the Spirit – do all things for His glory, not your own benefit (Gal. 6:7-8). Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold on it – the fighting means to hold on to God’s truths not men’s teachings of His Word – and it is not a fight with others but one with the enemy to stay on the narrow path and believe only Biblical truths and not deceiving spirits who work through men and their own ministries (1Tim. 4:1; 6:12, 19-20; 2Tim. 4:3-4). Be sober [0% of any alcohol and/or substances] and hope to the end for it (Tit. 1:2; 3:7; 1Pet. 1:5, 9, 13 with Rom. 8:24). Endure temptations and do not sin (Jas. 1:12-16). Let the promise of it remain in you and continue in God and Christ (1Jn. 2:24-25; 5:11-20). Love everybody – treat everyone the same without allowing any defilement or worldly friendships or partnerships (1Jn. 2:15-17; 3:14-15; 2Cor. 6:14 – 1Cor 7:1). Keep yourself in the love of God, looking for eternal life (Jude 1:20-24; Ps. 91:1-2). Overcome sin (Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21). Be faithful unto death (Rev. 2:10; Heb. 12:14-15). Believe and obey the gospel, not other people’s versions of the truth (John 3:15-19, 36; 4:14; 5:24; 6:40, 47, 54; 2Cor. 5:17; Rom. 1:5). Be born again, hear Christ, and follow Him (John 3:1-36; 10:27-29).

Good Doctrine – Part 1

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Proverbs 4:2-4 For I give you good doctrine, forsake you not my law. For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 

‘Good doctrine, forsake you not my law.’ Referring to the teachings Salomon received from his father, David who followed God’s laws, instructions and commands.

‘I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.’ Salomon acknowledges Dawid and Bathsheba as his parents from whom he has learned God’s doctrines.

‘He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments.’ Dawid taught me, Solomon, in the ways of the Lord (Psalms 19 and 119) and what we are commanded by Him.

‘Live’ – That is, to have eternal life. The Greek word aionios means everlasting, unknown time, time out of mind, eternity. The same word is translated as “eternal” in John 3:15. The life itself is eternal. Man’s possession of it does not change its nature or existence. It is eternal whether man ever gets it or not. It is still eternal whether man loses it or not. It is like an eternal diamond or anything else eternal. It always remains eternal, and is only in Jesus Christ. Eternal life in Jesus Christ is the great truth of which the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, the water, and the blood bear testimony (1Jn. 5:11-12). Eternal life is only in Jesus. All who are in Him have this eternal life and all out of Him do not have it.

We get eternal life now and keep it forever if we meet Scriptural conditions, but it does not become an unforfeitable eternal possession until we enter into it (Matt. 7:13; 18:8-9; 19:17; Rom. 6:22); receive it (Rom. 6:23; Jas. 1:12; 1Pet. 1:13; Rev. 2:10); reap it (Gal. 6:7-8); and inherit it in the world to come (Matt. 19:27-29; Mark 10:28-30; Luke 18:28-30), and at the end of this life (Rom. 6:22).