The Doctrine Of The Christian Church

After reading “Everyday Bible Study, chapters 6-9” I found that God wrote the Bible. The Bible is made up of 66 books and was written over a large time span and has many different Authors like Peter, Matthew, and Timothy to name a few, and all were from various parts of the world. Given that technology was nowhere near what it is today, communicating with each other or to conspire was not possible during their time; they all corroborate the same thing, that God wrote the Bible through Man. Man was inspired to create the Scriptures from God through the influence of the Holy Spirit; Scripture was not created by any human being, rather it was translated by God through the Holy Spirit to Man (2 Pet. 1:20-21 New International Version). “If Men Are Involved, How Are There No Errors?”

Unlike Mythology, The Bible’s narratives are actual events that took place dating back to the beginning of time. The beginning of The Holy Bible’s compilation started thousands of years ago in the land of Egypt. The Old Testament Scriptures were written in Hebrew and were later translated into the Greek, however, The New Testament writings were first constructed in the Greek language. Over forty men transcribed what was told to him by God and as a result, sixty-six books make up the entire Holy Bible. The Holy Scriptures explained the creations, formation of the world, who God is, who God’s chosen peoples are, sin, and the plan of salvation as well.

In Romans 1-8 Paul is writing to teach the doctrine of Christ. Although Paul goes into much more depth in these eight chapters, his message ultimately boils down to the following sentence. We have all sinned and deserve death, however, through the redemption and sanctification of Christ we have been saved and should now lead, Christ centered lives of faith.

Paul’s letter to the Roman’s was an occasional epistle as opposed to a systematic theology. However, Paul did present the Gospel in a systematic way. He was writing to an unknown audience of Christian’s, so he made sure to explain himself thoroughly in all areas, more so than if he was writing to those who knew him or had heard him speak before. He wanted to give the Roman’s a good foundation to work from. In doing so he has given Christian’s of today a good foundation for their biblical worldview. While one certainly cannot extract their entire worldview from the book of Roman’s, it is certainly a good basis. Paul covers several areas that are important to one’s worldview in this letter. They will be discussed in this essay. They are creation, sin, salvation, eschatology, ethics and theology. Each topic will be given a closer look as we proceed.

As a Christian, I see the bible as the inspired word of God. In the context of the Scriptures, the word “inspiration” means “God-breathed”. 2 Timothy 3:16 “ All scripture is given by inspiration of God”. 1. 2 Peter 1: 21 “ For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of men, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit”.

The definition of inspired in the Meriam-Webster Dictionary is outstanding or brilliant in a way or to a degree suggestive of divine inspiration. Many Christians believe that there is a God, and the Bible was inspired by his Holy Spirit speaking to men. These men, in turn, wrote down what they heard in a way that they felt was accurate. Also that the men who decided which of the writings of the prophets, kings, Apostles, and other authors should make it into the final copy of the Bible were inspired by God as well to make the right decisions. Men and Women of God also believe that the inspiration of the Bible is proven by the way that parts of the Bible were written many years apart but still flow so perfectly together. Also that many verses

Paul’s Epistle to the Romans is perhaps the most theologically saturated book in the entire Bible. Paul discusses and mentions some of the most difficult to grasp and controversial topics in all of scripture. This specific chapter in Romans has been the climax and central point to many arguments and theological debates since its conception. The letter to the Romans is not only the longest letter written by Paul, but it is also the weightiest. Though every letter of Paul is authoritative, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and must be deemed as necessary, the circumstances of the writing of the letter to the Romans seems to be one of more care than the rest.

History lists, Greek theology and philosophy are present in Christian writings of the first and early centuries. The importance of Christian describes the distinctive points of Christian teaching in a way that people whose habits of thought raised a barrier to understanding would come to realize a clearer meaning. But at the same time the Apologists were bound to indicate both Christian teaching from other points of view, current or traditional, and how it was superior to them. Justin shares his view of Christianity as a philosophy, this is not to say that it is primarily a set of speculative ideas, but that it offers what philosophy only promise: the bringing together of man to God.

The word of God is inspired, inerrant, and is considered being infallible. Scripture is clear that men were inspired by the agency of God's spirit. New Testament has twenty-seven books

The author of Matthew asserts that Jesus ' final instructions to his disciples included the practice of baptizing "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." This is an explicit indication by Jesus of the Trinitarian nature of God. Throughout scripture, God is working gracefully in a loving, distinctive, and yet undivided, relationship. It is out of the tension created by this unified distinctiveness that we derive our understanding of the Trinitarian nature of God and embrace it as United Methodists. We believe it reflects "the biblical witness to God’s activity in creation, encompasses God’s gracious self-involvement in the dramas of history, and anticipates the consummation of God’s reign."

In my opinion, without any previous knowledge, my assumption would be that the earliest civilizations created the Bible to a certain extent to explain the teachings of a higher being. I believe that we are all born with a mindset to survive and grow as a civilization, that being said I feel the Bible has provided a way to understand how to live and coexist with the dangers around us. As the text stated, the Bible was wrote by the Church and those stemmed from the Apostles, however, my prior knowledge always lead me to believe that the Apostles wrote what I have learned to be the New Testament. Unfortunately, I’m unsure how the Old Testament came to be and am looking forward to finding this

The Catholic faith is based on this central figure, Jesus, who teaches them how to live in a manner according to the ultimate creator: God. There are ways to view Jesus in the modern day through different means of interaction. One way of interaction with Jesus is achieved when people attend church on Sundays to ensure that they are live according to God through their daily activities. Another way Christians see interaction with Jesus is through Mary and the saints because Mary and the saints are ideal examples of Jesus. These interactions are essential to the Catholic faith, but the most important “reappearance” of Jesus is through the Sacraments. Essentially, the Sacraments are a way of getting inside of the Bible by committing to the same actions that Jesus performed in the Bible. By conducting the sacraments, a person is considered to be transformed by doing the same things Jesus did. The reappearance of Jesus is best viewed through the Sacraments, more specifically in An Introduction to Catholicism through the explanation of the concept of sacramentality, which encompasses baptism, confirmation, and the Holy Eucharist.

In his hardback titled The Church: Contours of Christian Theology, Edmund P. Clowney writes a systematic presentation about concerning the doctrine of the church. In chapter eight of his book, he describes the Marks of the Church. Clowney writes about the marks of a true church of Christ, which include the true preaching of the Word of God; the proper observation of the sacraments; and the faithful exercise of church discipline.

The bible was written as an account of what many viewed that God had accomplished so his actions and words could be passed on for generations. Some believe it is a literary account and some believe it is a historical account. The word of God in the bible comes in many forms and is left up to interpretation by the reader. Some believe that the word of God should be the only word and should be strictly followed. Some believe that the words are meant as a guideline to help us through life. Whatever your belief is you can always seem to find the meaning behind your belief through the word of God in the Bible.

There are going to be times in our lives when we disagree with what someone says or another person’s opinions on a particular matter. It’s unlikely that we will agree and be content with everything that happens in our lives as we do not live in a utopian world. It is also inevitable at one time or another that we will disagree with what the Church is teaching us especially when it comes to moral issues such as divorce, birth control, and abortion. This is called non-reception. When non-reception ensues in the Church, the teaching in question is ineffectively expressed or judged to be unbelievable by a large population of good, faithful Catholics (Kennedy).