HOLD FIRM TO SOUND DOCTRINE

Friday, 5TH AUGUST, 2022.

Topic: HOLD FIRMLY TO SOUND DOCTRINE 

MEMORIZE: “He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.” Titus 1:9 NIV

SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

EXPOSITION: 

Paul had left Titus in Crete to, among other things, appoint elders in each town. And Paul gave Titus some criteria to use in this selection. And that included the doctrinal integrity of potential leaders within the church. They should hold firmly to what they had been taught so that they could faithfully pass it on to others. As well as to refute those who were teaching contrary to sound doctrine.

So just what is sound doctrine? Doctrine is a word that means teaching. For the church of Paul's day, sound doctrine was teaching that conformed to what Jesus and his apostles had taught them as well as the Scriptures they had. It is no different for us today except that the teachings of Jesus and the apostles have been written down and collected together in our New Testament. We must hold on to it and teach it undiluted and hand it over to the next generation unpolluted. Though it is a pity that many occupants of the altars are already adulterated and their preaching is polluted, to this effect, they only produce half-baked (undone) followers; those that have never experienced Calvary. We must repent and return to the sound doctrine of the Scriptures.

PRAYERS POINT:

Lord, help all your ministers to hold on to the sound doctrine of the Scripture in order to produce heavenly candidates in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Isaiah 22-24.

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