{"id":4380,"date":"2019-01-30T11:47:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=4380"},"modified":"2019-05-29T14:19:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T19:19:20","slug":"developing-a-foundation-of-sound-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2019\/01\/30\/developing-a-foundation-of-sound-doctrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing a Foundation of Sound Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By: Whitney Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been a church girl my whole life. I attended summer camp, VBS, youth group, Sunday morning service including Sunday School, Sunday night and Wednesday night service, revivals, you name it, and I was there. My testimony doesn&#8217;t consist of much promiscuity or worldly, sinful living growing up. I knew Bible stories, Bible verses, I was dedicated to Bible study, and what I deemed holy living. However, I reached adulthood and realized I had very little understanding of the Bible. It all seemed like one big overwhelming book of individual stories that I could not connect into a big picture. While I believed it was the absolute truth and believed in the gospel message entirely, my grand understanding of the Big Story of the Bible was virtually non-existent. As I have tackled the mountain of understanding God\u2019s Word, I have come to believe these things.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, Christians have put their attention on their felt needs, rather than sound doctrinal truth. We focus on topical sermons and studies that meet our immediate needs, rather than seeking to study the Bible as a whole, to unleash a deeper level of understanding. In so many ways, we have focused on stories and feelings, rather than facts. We have taught children, from the lens of Christianity, the importance of having a relationship with God. However, we don\u2019t always stress biblical knowledge as being an essential foundation of truth. While our faith is relational and more than just facts and doctrines, we must be careful never to make it less than that. It is the Christian&#8217;s responsibility to learn sound doctrine, to know the truth, and discern error.<\/p>\n<p>We must know the Word of God to know sound doctrine. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 states, \u201cAll Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.\u201d Believers must be diligent about sitting under the teaching of God\u2019s Word in the local church, must make regular habits of studying and meditating on the Bible personally, and must seek out discipleship from trusted mentors to help obtain Biblical literacy.<\/p>\n<p>Parents must take on the responsibility of providing Biblical education to their children. Pastors must also bear this responsibility. Acts 20:20 urges us to teach both in public and in private\u2013 this would include within the home, small group, large group, and all settings. To teach the truth, you must know the truth yourself. We must be ready in season and out of season (2 Timothy 4:2). Paul urges Christians to teach sound doctrine and pass it on to others to ensure its preservation (2 Timothy 2:2). As we ourselves develop our foundation of Truth, we are to test all things according to the Scriptures and be willing to teach and disciple others in the gospel.<\/p>\n<p>We should commit ourselves to prayer and persistence, as we train ourselves in sound doctrine. God has provided us with everything we need to develop a deeper understanding of His Word, but we must understand this will not happen overnight. As we pray for revelation from the Lord, we must be faithful in the daily investment we make to personal study, weekly devotion, and gathering with our church and family. As we seek to pursue a deeper understanding to form the foundation of sound doctrine in our own lives, the Lord who began this work in us will be faithful to complete it (Philippians 1:6).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,37],"tags":[940,993,16,941,925,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-4380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"category-womens-ministries","9":"tag-940","10":"tag-developing-a-foundation","11":"tag-discipleship","12":"tag-sound-doctrine","13":"tag-whitney-davis","14":"tag-womens-ministries-2","15":"entry"},"title_es":"Desarrollando una Fundaci\u00f3n de Doctrina de Sonido","content_es":"<strong>Desarrollando una Fundaci\u00f3n de Doctrina de Sonido<\/strong> <strong>Por: Whitney Davis<\/strong> He sido una ni\u00f1a de la iglesia toda mi vida. Asist\u00ed al campamento de verano, a la EBV, al grupo de j\u00f3venes, al servicio del domingo por la ma\u00f1ana, incluyendo la Escuela Dominical, al servicio del domingo por la noche y al mi\u00e9rcoles por la noche, avivaciones, lo que sea, y estuve all\u00ed. Mi testimonio no consiste en mucha promiscuidad o en una vida mundana y pecaminosa mientras crecemos. Conoc\u00eda historias b\u00edblicas, vers\u00edculos b\u00edblicos, estaba dedicado al estudio de la Biblia y a lo que consideraba una vida santa. Sin embargo, llegu\u00e9 a la edad adulta y me di cuenta de que ten\u00eda muy poca comprensi\u00f3n de la Biblia. Todo parec\u00eda ser un gran libro abrumador de historias individuales que no pude conectar en un panorama general. Aunque cre\u00eda que era la verdad absoluta y cre\u00eda completamente en el mensaje del evangelio, mi gran comprensi\u00f3n de la Gran Historia de la Biblia era pr\u00e1cticamente inexistente. Como he abordado la monta\u00f1a de la comprensi\u00f3n de la Palabra de Dios, he llegado a creer estas cosas. Durante muchos a\u00f1os, los cristianos han puesto su atenci\u00f3n en sus necesidades sentidas, en lugar de la verdad doctrinal s\u00f3lida. Nos centramos en sermones y estudios t\u00f3picos que satisfacen nuestras necesidades inmediatas, en lugar de buscar estudiar la Biblia como un todo, para desencadenar un nivel m\u00e1s profundo de comprensi\u00f3n. En muchos sentidos, nos hemos centrado en historias y sentimientos, en lugar de hechos. Hemos ense\u00f1ado a los ni\u00f1os, desde la perspectiva del cristianismo, la importancia de tener una relaci\u00f3n con Dios. Sin embargo, no siempre enfatizamos el conocimiento b\u00edblico como un fundamento esencial de la verdad. Si bien nuestra fe es relacional y m\u00e1s que solo hechos y doctrinas, debemos tener cuidado de no hacerlo nunca menos que eso. Es responsabilidad del cristiano aprender la sana doctrina, conocer la verdad y discernir el error. Debemos conocer la Palabra de Dios para conocer la sana doctrina. 2 Timoteo 3: 16-17 declara: \"Toda la Escritura es inspirada por Dios y \u00fatil para ense\u00f1ar, para reprender, para corregir y para entrenar en justicia, para que el hombre de Dios est\u00e9 completo, equipado para toda buena obra\". Los creyentes deben ser diligentes acerca de sentarse bajo la ense\u00f1anza de la Palabra de Dios en la iglesia local, deben hacer h\u00e1bitos regulares de estudio y meditaci\u00f3n sobre la Biblia personalmente, y deben buscar el discipulado de mentores de confianza para ayudar a obtener la alfabetizaci\u00f3n b\u00edblica. Los padres deben asumir la responsabilidad de proporcionar educaci\u00f3n b\u00edblica a sus hijos. Los pastores tambi\u00e9n deben asumir esta responsabilidad. Hechos 20:20 nos insta a ense\u00f1ar tanto en p\u00fablico como en privado; esto incluir\u00eda dentro del hogar, grupos peque\u00f1os, grupos grandes y todos los entornos. Para ense\u00f1ar la verdad, debes conocer la verdad t\u00fa mismo. Debemos estar listos en la temporada y fuera de ella (2 Timoteo 4: 2). Pablo exhorta a los cristianos a ense\u00f1ar la sana doctrina y transmitirla a otros para asegurar su conservaci\u00f3n (2 Timoteo 2: 2). A medida que nosotros mismos desarrollamos nuestro fundamento de la Verdad, debemos probar todas las cosas de acuerdo con las Escrituras y estar dispuestos a ense\u00f1ar y discipular a otros en el Evangelio. Debemos comprometernos con la oraci\u00f3n y la persistencia, mientras nos entrenamos en la sana doctrina. Dios nos ha proporcionado todo lo que necesitamos para desarrollar una comprensi\u00f3n m\u00e1s profunda de Su Palabra, pero debemos entender que esto no suceder\u00e1 de la noche a la ma\u00f1ana. Al orar por la revelaci\u00f3n del Se\u00f1or, debemos ser fieles en la inversi\u00f3n diaria que hacemos para el estudio personal, la devoci\u00f3n semanal y la reuni\u00f3n con nuestra iglesia y familia. Mientras buscamos una comprensi\u00f3n m\u00e1s profunda para formar el fundamento de la sana doctrina en nuestras propias vidas, el Se\u00f1or que comenz\u00f3 esta obra en nosotros ser\u00e1 fiel para completarla (Filipenses 1: 6).","author_name":"Whitney Davis","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Developing-a-Foundation.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-18E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}