{"id":4556,"date":"2019-03-05T16:53:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=4556"},"modified":"2019-03-14T10:47:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:47:23","slug":"sound-doctrine-through-stewardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2019\/03\/05\/sound-doctrine-through-stewardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewardship and Sound Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sound Doctrine through Stewardship<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Ronnie Barnes, Men&#8217;s Ministries Board Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the previous month\u2019s article in this series, Jake Bunn identified pride as being the greatest obstacle to remaining sound in doctrine, as it renders a person unteachable. I submit that an equal threat to the church, alongside the unteachable spirit, is the spirit which forgets the proper stewardship of God\u2019s \u201cengrafted word, which is able to save [our] souls\u201d(James 1:21 KJV). The Apostle Peter expressed the importance of preserving sound doctrine when he wrote: \u201cI consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder\u2026\u201d (2 Peter 1:13 NASB). He knew very well that his audiences were mere vessels of clay trying to keep up proper belief in an age of heresy. In the full maturity of his ministry, Peter considers himself a humble vessel whose crowning purpose is to stir up God\u2019s people by reminding them of sound doctrine. He was a good steward of the mysteries of God. It might be helpful for God\u2019s ministers to pull the reins on the lust for title and position and see ourselves more closely to how post-Pentecost Peter saw himself \u2014 a humble guardian of God\u2019s Word and His flock.<\/p>\n<p>Paul also had to his record a similar situation with the Galatians, but with rebuke in his exhortation:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? \u2026did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?\u201d (Galatians 3:1-3 NASB).<\/p>\n<p>By the wisdom given to him, Paul was able to see the doctrinal deviation this church had succumbed to as being catastrophic to their Christian walk. Since they had departed from the doctrine of the Apostles and deferred to lesser teachings from lesser men, he vigorously reminds them of what the Holy Spirit had once convinced them about concerning Christ.<\/p>\n<p>In an age of rising heresy, it becomes a significant (and more difficult) matter to hold on to sound doctrine; and that is the exhortation from the Apostles, and the Lord \u2014 to hold on. In that same vein, Paul told Timothy: \u201cPay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you\u201d (1 Timothy 4:16).<\/p>\n<p>If we truly regard sound doctrine as the foundation for sound practice and a matter of grave importance to the health of our churches, then perhaps we should follow the Apostles\u2019 examples; maybe we should expend more effort encouraging each other concerning what we\u2019re believing and confessing, and in that way, guard sound doctrine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4566,"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":[1,15],"tags":[940,16,955,941],"class_list":{"0":"post-4556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"category-mens-ministries","9":"tag-940","10":"tag-discipleship","11":"tag-ronnie-barnes","12":"tag-sound-doctrine","13":"entry"},"title_es":"Doctrina sonora a trav\u00e9s de la mayordom\u00eda","content_es":"<strong>Doctrina de sonido a trav\u00e9s de la corresponsabilidad<\/strong> <strong>por Ronnie Barnes, miembro de la Junta de Ministerios de Hombres<\/strong> En el art\u00edculo del mes anterior en esta serie, Jake Bunn identific\u00f3 el orgullo como el mayor obst\u00e1culo para permanecer en la doctrina, ya que hace que una persona sea imposible de ense\u00f1ar. Yo sostengo que una amenaza igual para la iglesia, junto con el esp\u00edritu no educable, es el esp\u00edritu que se olvida de la administraci\u00f3n apropiada de la \"palabra injertada de Dios, que es capaz de salvar [nuestras] almas\" (Santiago 1:21 KJV). El ap\u00f3stol Pedro expres\u00f3 la importancia de preservar la sana doctrina cuando escribi\u00f3: \"Lo considero correcto, siempre y cuando est\u00e9 en esta morada terrenal, para removerlo como recordatorio ...\" (2 Pedro 1:13 NASB). Sab\u00eda muy bien que sus audiencias eran meras vasijas de barro que intentaban mantener una creencia adecuada en una \u00e9poca de herej\u00eda. En la plena madurez de su ministerio, Pedro se considera un recipiente humilde cuyo prop\u00f3sito de coronaci\u00f3n es agitar al pueblo de Dios record\u00e1ndoles la sana doctrina. Era un buen administrador de los misterios de Dios. Podr\u00eda ser \u00fatil para los ministros de Dios tirar de las riendas de la lujuria por el t\u00edtulo y la posici\u00f3n y vernos m\u00e1s de cerca a c\u00f3mo se ve\u00eda a s\u00ed mismo Pedro, un humilde guardi\u00e1n de la Palabra de Dios y su reba\u00f1o, despu\u00e9s del Pentecost\u00e9s. Pablo tambi\u00e9n tuvo en su registro una situaci\u00f3n similar con los g\u00e1latas, pero con reproche en su exhortaci\u00f3n: \"Ustedes, g\u00e1latas necios, \u00bfqui\u00e9n los ha hechizado, ante cuyos ojos Jesucristo fue presentado p\u00fablicamente como crucificado? ... \u00bfRecibiste el Esp\u00edritu por las obras de la Ley, o al escuchar con fe? \u00bfEres tan tonto? Habiendo comenzado por el Esp\u00edritu, \u00bfest\u00e1s siendo perfeccionado por la carne? \u201d(G\u00e1latas 3: 1-3 NASB). Por la sabidur\u00eda que le fue dada, Pablo pudo ver la desviaci\u00f3n doctrinal a la que esta iglesia hab\u00eda sucumbido como catastr\u00f3fica para su caminar cristiano. Como se hab\u00edan apartado de la doctrina de los ap\u00f3stoles y hab\u00edan diferido las ense\u00f1anzas menores de los hombres menores, les recuerda vigorosamente lo que el Esp\u00edritu Santo les hab\u00eda convencido acerca de Cristo. En una \u00e9poca de creciente herej\u00eda, se convierte en un asunto importante (y m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil) de aferrar a la sana doctrina; y esa es la exhortaci\u00f3n de los ap\u00f3stoles y del Se\u00f1or: aferrarse. En ese mismo sentido, Pablo le dijo a Timoteo: \u201cPresta mucha atenci\u00f3n a ti mismo y a tu ense\u00f1anza; persevera en estas cosas, porque al hacer esto, asegurar\u00e1s la salvaci\u00f3n para ti y para los que te escuchan \u201d(1 Timoteo 4:16). Si realmente consideramos que la doctrina sana es el fundamento de una buena pr\u00e1ctica y una cuesti\u00f3n de gran importancia para la salud de nuestras iglesias, tal vez deber\u00edamos seguir los ejemplos de los Ap\u00f3stoles; tal vez deber\u00edamos dedicar m\u00e1s esfuerzo a alentarnos unos a otros con respecto a lo que estamos creyendo y confesando, y de esa manera, guardar una sana doctrina.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Sound-Doctrine-Through-Stewardship-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-1bu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556","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=4556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}