NOAH;
OBEDIENCE: NEED FOR; DOCTRINE; FAITH: DAILY WALK

The Bible gives us a straightforward message concerning Noah. It is simply this: “Demonstrate your faith in God in your everyday life!”

It is evident that God did not say to Noah: “I am depending on you to hold the proper orthodox doctrines. Everything will be just fine if you stand up for the right doctrines!” No, that is not what God demanded of Noah. Yet we have many religiously inclined people in our day who hold to an illusion that the learning of doctrine is enough. They actually think that somehow they are better for having learned the doctrines of religion.

What actually did God ask Noah to do? Just this: to believe, to trust, to obey—to carry out His word.…

I have been impressed by a statement on Christian doctrine made by Martin Lloyd-Jones, the English preacher and writer, in a published article. The gist of his message was this: It is perilously close to being sinful for any person to learn doctrine for doctrine’s sake. I agree with his conclusion that doctrine is always best when it is incarnated—when it is seen fleshed out in the lives of godly men and women.

Genesis 6:22; Psalm 119:1–2; Hebrews 11:7; James 1:22–25

Jesus, Author of our Faith, 30.

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