HUMANS HAVE THEIR DOCTRINES, GOD HAS HIS WAY

“God Made man simple; man’s complex problems

are of his own devising.”

Ecclesiastes 7: 29

The institutional churches all have their doctrines and dogmas.  They were formed by human beings trying to understand God and what He expects from His creation.  History has shown that some of these doctrines are helpful and some are not, maybe even dangerously unhelpful.  Humans are not infallible or inerrant and neither are doctrines made by them.  At best they are merely commentaries to God’s Word. 

God’s voice is only recorded twice in the gospels.  The first time at Jesus’ baptism; “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17).  The second time on the mountain when he was transfigured and was joined by Moses and Elijah; “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him” (Matthew 17: 5).  While churches have their doctrines, God has His Way.  Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”  I have chosen to take God at His word.  I find my identity in Him as His child and His is the voice I will listen to. 

Jesus tells us that God sent him because God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).  Jesus love me this I know…

Jesus tells us that “God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” (John 3:17).

No one condemns you, go and sin no more…

Jesus tells us that “Whoever does what is true comes to the light” (John 3:21).  I once was blind but now I see…

Jesus tells us that Mary, who chose to sit at the Lord’s feet and listen to his teaching, “Chose the one thing necessary, the good portion, which will not be taken away from her” (Luke 10: 42)

Jesus said and did many more things but though many in number, they are still simple in content.  When asked to sum up the Law and the Prophets, all of what God has spoken he said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the first commandment.  And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-40).  These fundamental principals are God’s doctrine and dogma; they are simple.

“God made man simple; man’s complex problems are of his own devising.”

The institutional churches all have their doctrines and dogmas.  God has His Way.  And in the end, God always has His Way.