tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355716.post3343450499987203372..comments2023-10-07T18:37:45.321+11:00Comments on The Truth Will Set You Free: 50 years of the Australian Unity Agreement (13)Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519210859079598351noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355716.post-22929359299201341422007-10-02T08:13:00.000+10:002007-10-02T08:13:00.000+10:00Thank you Steve. What a great "Post"... {perhaps t...Thank you Steve. What a great "Post"... {<I>perhaps this is what it means to be a "Post" Christadelphian ;-)</I>} <BR/> <BR/>Have you noticed that the word "Doctrine" rarely appears as a plural in the Bible... as in "Doctrines contained in a creed" but as singular... "Doctrine." <BR/> <BR/>To the Hebrew mind, the concept of Doctrine carries with it the idea of a persons "State of Being." <BR/> <BR/>Truly, the early Christian’s "State of Being" was one of Grace and Sharing... or "being like God" or perhaps (we might say) <B>"Modelling Jesus."</B> <I>{For an example of "Doctrine" (singular) read Deut 32:2 and other passages, using various interpretations - ie. as "Doctrine = beliefs" or "Doctrine = state of being", and see for yourself which one is the correct application.}</I><BR/> <BR/>What happens when a person <B>"models"</B> something, say clothing? They wear "the designer label" and show it off in it's best light in front of others.<BR/> <BR/>Isn't this what we Christians are called to do... <B>"Model Jesus"... wear Him like a garment?</B> He is, after all, our 'designer label'... don't leave home without Him! Wear Him everywhere, as the first Christians did, and show Him off in the best light, by sharing all things in common as they did. We are “all wrapped up in Him.”<BR/> <BR/>I love it... True Unity is based on variety and diversity... not on everybody thinking the same things as someone else was thinking 140 odd years ago.<BR/> <BR/>The Truth that saves is not found in CREEDS... it is found in Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com