MY DOCTRINE BELIEFS
By Dennis Schmidt 6/2001
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THE DOCTRINE OF THE EXTERNAL PLAN OF GOD:
All people are created, starting from the God's creation in Genesis, in the image of God from the inception of life within their mother body & are made sacred. They are made a human soul with a body and a spirit that God puts within them. The sovereign God has an eternal plan for each person to save some & use some for destructive purposes. The elected Christian is predestine, called, chosen to be adopted to be His child according to His foreordinated plan after the counsel of His own will. God's eternal plan is unconditional, not based on man's efforts which will occur because God planned them. God is the creator, ruler of all things, and preserves His Christians for an eternal life with Him.
See my papers, in the links below, for more information on these relative subjects:
PREDESTINATION & ELECTION:
"Some Saved and Some Lost - God's Sovereignty"
"God Plans For His Purpose. Who Harden Pharaoh's Heart?"
THE NATURE OF MAN:
PRESERVATION/PERSEVERANCE:
"Preservation and Perseverance of the Elect"
THE DOCTRINE OF THE BIBLE:
The Bible is the only divinely inspired, infallible authoritative written book as the very "Words of God." His supernatural revelation of scriptures is done by inspiration of divine truth God breathed to the authors of the Bible. The Bible is a Jewish book, written by Jewish authors, about Jewish historical events, and a Jewish Messiah in the Jewish land of Israel. The Bible shows the ways God reveals Himself including ministries such as Pastors, Prophets, Teachers, etc of how He inter-relates with mankind.
See my papers, in the links below, for more information on these relative subjects:
"Bible Study & Interpretation Guideline"
"Inductive Bible Books Studies"
"Inductive Bible Study Techniques"
"Old Testament & New Testament Bible Books with Comments & Reference Scriptures"
THE DOCTRINE OF THE GODHEAD:
The words Trinity and Triunity are not found in the Bible. However, the Triunity theological doctrine or teaching is found in the Bible to support one God, one essence, one being, one nature, and one divine Spirit who is indivisible which manifests Himself eternally as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit three distinct equal substances. The three manifestations always act in unity and agreement, and they have an order of Father to Son to Holy Spirit. They are not divided since there is a qualitative unique oneness acting in three separate personalities. What is most important is God can not be divided into three persons (as humans) which is not found in the Bible. If you see Jesus, you see the entire Godhead bodily (see Colossians 2:9). He is one God eternally always Father, Son, & Holy Spirit who shows Himself in these three characteristic ways. God is seen in His creation as in Romans 1:19-20, but His unique oneness can not be compared to or conceived by observing the created or nature order. His oneness is seen by His word the Bible.
Yet here is a poor created order comparison to the Godhead. The comparison is seen in the three states of water that exist at the same time. The water represents the one Triunity Godhead. Each water state exist together and is independently in a boiling pot of liquid (state 1) water that has steam or gas coming off (state 2), and a cube of ice (state 3) is dropped in the boiling liquid. The compound mixture of H2O (water) exists together in its three states of liquid, gas, and solid.
See my papers, in the links below, for more information on these relative subjects:
"Triunity - Father, Son, & Holy Spirit"
"Entry into the Holy of Holies"
THE DOCTRINE OF JESUS THE CHRIST:
Jesus is the one single divine God Who exists forever. He is the pre-incarnate "The angel of the Lord" in the Old Testament as well as fulfilling all the Messianic prophecies. This included being born from a virgin human mother, Mary, and divine Holy Spirit father. This made Him a perfect God-man so that He would not have Adams sin nature. Jesus ministries included being a prophet, priest, king (two comings as king), death, & resurrection. At no time did Jesus sin or die spiritually even in His death. The Christian has a born-again close relationship to Jesus which is "in-Christ". The born-again relationship is from God's grace and is by Jesus imputed righteousness.
See my papers, in the links below, for more information on these relative subjects:
"Messanic Prophecies that Jesus Fulfilled"
"Jesus Life, Events, & Identity"
"Disciples & Others of Jesus Family"
"Jesus as Prophet, Priest, & King"
"Between Jesus Death & Resurrection What was He Accomplished?"
"Jesus Titles & Characteristics"
THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT:
The Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit is the third manifestation of the Triunity Godhead. He is the fulness of the Godhead & not a force Who supplies the Church with its gifts of ministry, guilds the Church, & brings the Christian to a relationship with God. Some of the gifts of the Spirit are shown in the Holy Spirit Baptism paper below. More information on the Holy Spirit is found in the Godhead papers above.
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THE DOCTRINE OF SIN:
Because of Adam's sin, as the represented man, all mankind has sinned. This is original sin (children born sinners). Sin also affected the creation order (animals, tree & etc); and the results of sin - punishment for sin (death & hell). Death is a complete separation of God from man. But God has a way to redeem the creation and man from sin & His punishment of sin that of the Jesus death and resurrection.
See my papers, in the links below, for more information on these relative subjects:
MAN'S SIN:
"Born with Sin/Father is Devil (Prior to Rebirth)"
REASON FOR SICKNESS:
"Why Do the Righteous Suffer - Book of Job"
THE DOCTRINE OF REDEMPTION:
GOSPEL: Good news, preached, of the righteousness of God through Jesus as the only saving means, without man's effort, by the life, ministry, death & resurrection of God's unique Son Jesus.
The sinner can't do anything to earn any part of his salvation, maintaining salvation, Holy Spirit, blessing or growing in the Lord. Jesus has completed it all & the Holy Ghost applies it to the heart (mind, affections & will). Only Jesus righteousness imputed to the sinner is the basis for God's gospel for salvation. The man never becomes righteous in himself. All man's efforts are of unbelief, evil deeds & self righteous because he rejected the righteousness of God by grace.
IMPUTED means the merits of Christ are legally charged to the Christian, to his account. He is saved, justified, made a child and heir with Jesus. Jesus righteousness, through God's grace, entitled the Christian to all that salvation offers of eternal life both on earth and in heaven. The Christian does not have a righteousness within himself. He gains Christ's righteousness. The Christian's sins are also imputed to Christ. Christ does not have sin within Himself. Jesus bears our sins.
Other words for imputed are: reckon, count, made, charge, declare, & credit to another account.
Jesus was imputed with man's sin, but he did not sin Himself. The imputation of our sins to Jesus, and His righteousness imputed to us is the means of making the Gospel personal to us. It is not the historical facts of Jesus death, burial, & resurrection which regenerates us, but the regenerative act by God in us.
The Christian is regenerated by God. A divine act of God supplies the Christian the mental capability to enlighten him & incline his heart (mind, affections & will) to save him. God's order in natural birth is for a baby to be born then he cry's. In a Christian, when born-again, has God producing a supernatural re-birth then he confesses. Natural man, with all Biblical knowledge, will never confess God savingly.
See my papers, in the links below, for more information on these relative subjects:
GENERAL SALVATION:
"Salvation Biblical Words Glossary"
GOD'S MEANS FOR SALVATION:
"True Gospel for Salvation by the Imputed Righteousness of Jesus"
"Imputed/Reckoned/Counted Righteousness of Jesus"
"What is a Born-Again & How to Become One"
"Man's Greatest Need - Relationship with God"
"Gospel in the Genealogy of Adam"
"Justification of Faith - Old Testament Doctrine"
LAW, COMMANDMENTS, & WORKS FOR SALVATION OR BLESSINGS:
"Summary: Law versus Faith - Which was the Way to Please God? "
"Questions & Answers on Law, Faith, & Liberty"
"The Purpose of Jesus Coming (Eight "W's")"
CHRISTIAN LIVING:
CHRISTIAN RELATIONSHIPS:
"Man's Relationship with His Wife, Family, & Friends"
"Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage"
THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH:
The church is the assembly of believers and not a building used for religious services. The church is an organism, not an organization, of living people under the guidance of the Holy Spirit with Jesus as their king and Lord. The church is like a human body with each of its members in vital relationship to the others, all partaking in a common life. Membership begins with believing, in Jesus as the Christ. The believer is said to be a born again Christian & member of the kingdom of God. The church was not shown in the Old Testament. It has the Sermon on the mount as it constitution and has a purpose of ministry to each other and the unbelieving world. The church manifests the glory of God, demonstrates the grace of God in saving sinners, & exists for Christian fellowship.
See my papers, in the links below, for more information on these relative subjects:
KINGDOM:
"The Christian Position on Civil Authority & Nonresistance"
GOVERNMENT:
"Church Officers and Their Qualifications"
ORDINANCES:
"Many Baptisms Presented in the Bible"
"Baptism for Forgiveness of Sins"
THE DOCTRINE OF LAST THINGS - ESCHATOLOGY:
The doctrines of the last things includes death (physical death as a result of Adam's sin & the second death for those who are not born again Christians to the lake of fire); intermediate state (existance between death & the resurrection including the marriage of the lamb); antichrist (against Christ connected with tribulation period of 7 years - Day of the Lord & the second coming of Jesus); the second coming of Jesus (the return of Jesus to His kingdom of earth); the millennnium (1000 years reign of Jesus in Jerusalem on His earthly throne); the resurrection (of physical death both evil to their punishment in lake of fire & good to their reward in heaven of new earth); judgments (at seat of Christ & Great white throne judgment of unbelievers); the kingdom of God (Jesus as King over His creation); and the eternal state (God's plan for His creation).
See my papers, in the links below, for more information on these relative subjects:
"God's Plan and Purpose for the Ages"
"Daniel's Prophecy of the 70 Weeks"
"End Times Events - Day of the Lord"
"Judgments of Believers & Unbelievers"
THE DOCTRINE OF ISRAEL & THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN GOD'S PLAN:
The Christian worships a Jewish God (Jesus), born of a Jewish mother (Mary), who lived His life in a Jewish land (Israel), within a Jewish family (father, mother, brothers, sisters, ETC.), Jewish friends (disciples), who followed all of God's Jewish laws, who inspired a Jewish book (Bible), written by Jewish authors (Prophets, Apostles, ETC.), which is about the Jewish people, Jewish history, Jewish events, Jewish holidays, in a Jewish prospective, whose ministry was first to the Jewish people in which they formed His first converts and these Jewish converts were used to bring the gospel to the Gentiles, and His love for a Jewish city (Jerusalem) which was were He died for mankind's sins and where will be His future Jewish kingdom home throne for 1,000 years.
See my papers, in the links below, for more information on these relative subjects:
"Israel & Jewish People in God's Plan"
"Restoration of the Kingdom of God to Israel"
"Christians Are Not Under Law, But Jews Can Culturally Keep God's Commandments"
"Jewish Bible Teachings on Heaven, Hell, & Spirit Beings"
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