Doctrines to Develop Christian Character

In the Beginning

The Bible teaches doctrines. Doctrines are to teach us how to change ourselves from what we are to what we should become. We should become in the character likeness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

The universe, life, and human existence all testify to the power and wisdom of God, our Creator. Our Responsibility to the Creator delineates our consequent responsibility to him.

Trusting the Righteousness of God examines the Book of Romans to show us how our consciousness of personal sin should prompt us to repentance, and to patience with others.

How the Lord’s Promise to Abraham Should Change Us emphasizes that God swore to the blessings which are yet to come to all peoples; so now we should bless and not curse.

The Ten Commandments remain a reliable standard of Christian practice today, as we are reminded in Holy, Just, and Good.

Christ Died Once for All, and Our Gratitude outlines justification by faith from the dark ages to the present, and how grateful we must be to God and Christ.

Jesus is even today the pattern to which we are to conform Christian character. Two practical approaches are given in Jesus’ Example, Our Character, and How Christ’s Example Should Change Our Character. We must learn to love our enemies now if in Christ’s kingdom we are to bless them.

While the faithful church has no merit to add to the sin-offering, personal and cooperative self-sacrifice now can qualify us for joining with Christ in the Millennium in offering his ransom merit to cancel sin for the whole world. That is the message of The Sin-Offering and Christian Sacrifice.

Resurrection and Faithfulness unto Death calls to our attention there is one cure for all our woes, and for those of the whole world of mankind. That cure is the resurrection. Thereby faith trumps fear!

A doctrine is not an intellectual concept to separate us and our friends from “bad people.” Doctrine is to be applied, and applied to self. Let every one of us seek out the application of each doctrine, and then do it.