Marriage Counseling...

steven · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: Marriage Counseling...

Marriage Counseling Was Shipwrecked Right Out of the Harbor

In our Christian experience, most Christians have rightly learned that doctrine comes out of the Scriptures; not that they always follow these principles, but that most of Christendom has excepted the fact that the Scriptures determine doctrine. The major sects Baptists, Nazarines, Assembly of God, Calvary Chapel, Foursquare and Lutherans also would agree, in principle at least, that Scripture does determine all doctrine.

There are many in-house debates in modern christendom: whether someone should be dunked, partially dunked or whether there should be sprinkles; but, all doctrine, being like batter, must be dunked into the hot oils of the Scriptures, which purifies the end product, or, like gold, refined in the refiner’s fire, which pulls out from the molten mass the dross.

In our modern theology, we find an eclectic mix of supposed doctrines that cannot be supported from Scriptures, often backed up by passages taken completely out of context. For example: modern christianity’s contempt towards smoking; the Scriptures do not specifically address someone who smokes. Not that I advocate smoking, there is just no place in Scripture that addresses this issue. This Scripture: "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" (1 Corinthians 6:19) is often used to back up this abhorrence of smoking, but taken in context this passage instead speaks of believers being commanded vehemently not to unite themselves with prostitutes, or engage in any type of lascivious acts: (1 Corinth. 6: 12-20)

"15. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

16. What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

17. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

18. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

19. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"

These doctrines often appear very innocent and helpful even.

There are some in modern christendom who hold strongly to nutrition principles or certain dietary practices, which is fine, until they begin to espouse that the Scriptures somehow supports their new doctrines about food. The New Testament does not support these doctrines, but leaves it up to a man’s own conscience about whether he should eat healthily or be Krispy Kreme number one customer.

These are just some of the examples of how in order to justify the modern culture’s proclivities, these people try to adjust certain passages of Scripture, trying to validate the coinciding with societal opinions and fads. As the societal trends get more crazed, so do the yearnings to follow them.

Due to its length, you can read the rest of the article here:

http://www.informationgospel.net/forum/index.php?topic=55.0
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