Give Attendance
to DoctrineBy David Cloud Way of Life Literature Advanced Bible Studies Series [1-58318-062-1]
CONTENTS Introduction: A Practical Book on Doctrine .. 5
The Importance of Doctrine .. 7
The Bible .. 10
Bible Inspiration .. 42
God .. 84
Holy Spirit .. 93
Jesus Christ .. 102
Man .. 133
Sin .. 144
Death .. 149
Salvation .. 153
Resurrection .. 235
Satan and Demons .. 239
Angels .. 246
Hell .. 251
Heaven .. 254
A PRACTICAL BOOK ON DOCTRINE [5-6]
THE IMPORTANCE OF BIBLE DOCTRINE [7] How Important Is Doctrine? [7]
Other Terms Which Refer to Doctrine [8]
Can We Know Sound Doctrine? [8]
Other Bible Facts about Doctrine [9]
2. The Rom. Cat. assault beginning in 400 A.D. [43]
3. The Modernistic assault beginning in the 1800s [44]
3[b]. The Evangelical assault beginning in the 1940s. [47]
New Evangelicalism....THE DECEPTION OF INS. [52]
THE CLAIM OF INSPIRATION [53]
THE EXTENT OF INSPIRATION [54]
2 TIMOTHY 3:13-17
2 PETER 1:19-21
1 CORINTHIANS 2:9-13
1 PETER 1:10-12
ACTS 3:18,21; 4:25
PSALM 12:6-7HOW MUCH OF THE BIBLE IS INSPIRED SCRIPTURE? [59]
WHAT DID JESUS CHRIST BELIEVE ABOUT THE SCRIPTURES? [59]
WHAT DID THE APOSTLES BELIEVE ABOUT THE SCRIPTURES? [60]
THE BIBLICAL EVIDENCE THAT MOSES WROTE THE
PENTATEUCH [64]THE INSPIRATION OF GENESIS [65]
WERE ADAM AND EVE HISTORICAL FIGURES? {yes} [66]
WAS THE FLOOD OF NOAH'S DAY UNIVERSAL? {yes} [69]
DID ISAIAH WRITE THE BOOK OF ISAIAH[?] {yes} [70]
WHAT ABOUT FORM CRITICISM OF THE GOSPELS? [71]
THE ENDING OF THE GOSPEL OF MARK [79]
Greek and Hebrew Words Translated Sin [145]
Key Bible Passages Dealing with Sin [145]
Other Bible Words for Sin [145]
Man's Sinful Nature Described [146]
The Flesh [146-147]
THE PLACE OF WORKS IN SAL.
POSITION AND PRACTICE
154 BIBLE WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH SALVATION
True faith changes a person's life.
True faith is based upon God's Word, the Bible (Ro. 10:17; He. 11).
What Saving Faith Is Not
[...]
156 What Saving Faith Is
1. Receiving Jesus Christ (Jn. 1:12).
[...]
6. Ceasing from one's own works (He. 4:10).
[...]
(Concise Bible Dictionary).
(Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828).
158 (B. H. Carroll, 1889).
(Lester Roloff, Repent or Perish)
(John R. Rice, What Must I Do to Be Saved?).
The Bible Words For Repentance
Hebrew Words for Repentance
SHUB or Shuv is....
NACHUM is....
159 Greek Words for Repentance
METANOEO.
METAMELOMAI.
Repentance Was Preached By Bible Preachers
REPENTANCE WAS PREACHED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST
(Matthew 3:1-10).160 REPENTANCE WAS PREACHED BY JESUS CHRIST
(Matthew 4:17. Mathew 9:13. Matthew 11:20-21. Luke 13:2-5. Luke 15:7, 10. Luke 24:46-48).161 REPENTANCE WAS PREACHED BY THE LORD'S DISCIPLES
(Mark 6:12).REPENTANCE WAS PREACHED BY PETER
(Acts 2.... Acts 3:19. Acts 5:31. Acts 8:22-23).REPENTANCE WAS PREACHED BY PAUL
(Acts 17:30. Acts 20:20-21. Acts 26:20).162 What Biblical Repentance Is Not
REPENTANCE IS NOT MERE HUMAN REFORMATION
163 REPENTANCE IS NOT PENANCE
[RCC's heresy.]REPENTANCE IS NOT MERE REMORSE FOR WRONG ACTIONS
[King Saul (1 Sam. 15:24; 24:17; 26:21) and Judas (Matt. 27:3-4).]REPENTANCE IS NOT MERE CONFESSION OF OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SIN
[Pharaoh (Exodus 9:27).]164 REPENTANCE IS NOT MERELY CHANGING FROM UNBELIEF TO BELIEF
[Jack Hyles.]REPENTANCE IS NOT MERELY CHANGING ONE'S MIND
[Curtis Hutson.]165 REPENTANCE IS NOT MERELY THE SAME AS BELIEVING
[Dwight Pentecost.]166 A Survey of the Bible's Teaching on Repentance
(Some of [the] following observations were first made by Dr. Bruce Lackey.)
Exodus 13:17.
167 Judges 21:1,6,14. 1 Kings 8:47-48. Job 42:6. Jeremiah 8:6. Ezekiel 14:6.
Ezekiel 18:30. Jonah 3:5-8. Matthew 3:1,8. Matthew 9:13. Matthew 11:20-21.
Matthew 12:41. Matthew 21:28-29. Luke 5:32. Luke 13:3-5. Luke 15:7-10.
Luke 19:1-10. Luke 24:47. Acts 2:37-41. Acts 3:19. Acts 5:31.
Acts 8:21-22. Acts 11:18. Acts 17:30. Acts 20:21. Acts 26:20.
Romans 2:4. 2 Corinthians 7:9-11. 2 Corinthians 12:21.
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10. 2 Timothy 2:25-26. Hebrews 6:1. Hebrews 12:17. 2 Peter 3:9.
Revelation 2:5. 2:16. 2:21-22. 3:3. 9:20-21.
175 Revelation 16:9, 11.
Illustrations of Repentance
1. Repentance is the Prodigal Son coming to himself, confessing his sin against God
and his father, and returning home. (Lk. 15:17-20).2. Repentance is the Thessalonians turning to God from idols to serve the living and
true God. (1 Thess. 1:9).3. Repentance is Zaccheus turning from corruption to uprightness. (Lk. 19:8,9).
4. Repentance is Nebuchadnezzar humbling himself before God. (Dan. 4:37).
176 5. Repentance is the Philippian jailer running from his sin to Jesus Christ and
becoming a kind helper of Christians. (Acts 16:33-34).6. Repentance is the Christ-rejecting Jews at Pentecost turning to Christ and His
church. (Acts 2:38-42).7. Repentance is a sinner raising the white flag of surrender to God.
8. Repentance is a U-Turn.
9. Repentance is an assassin laying down the knife.
177 10. Repentance is the thief returning the stolen property. [178]
Repentance and Faith [178]
To Preach Repentance Means to Deal Plainly with Sin [179]
LAW [181]
GRACE [185]
RIGHTEOUSNESS [187]
JUSTIFICATION [188]
PROPITIATION [189]
REDEMPTION [190]
ADOPTION [190]
HOPE [191]
BORN AGAIN [193]
RECONCILE [194]
IMPUTE [194]
BLOOD [194]
ATONEMENT [195]
Some Lessons About Election for Salvation [200]
Beware of Calvinism or TULIP Theology [200]
A Summary of TULIP Theology [200-201]
SOME INTRODUCTORY POINTS ABOUT CALVINISM
1. I have studied Calvinism from "the horse's mouth." [201-202]
2. Baptists must face the issue of Calvinism. [202]
3. I am convinced that John Calvin has caused great and
unnecessary divisions among God's people because of his errors, and
few things have hindered biblical evangelism more than Calvinism. [202-203]4. It is important to understand that Calvinism is an unsettled
theology. [203]5. It is not wise to follow John Calvin; he was unsound at the very
foundation of the Christian faith. [204]6. God does not require His people to choose between Calvinism
and Arminianism! [204-205]7. Some of the things that I appreciate about Calvinism. [205-206]
SOME CENTRAL ERRORS OF CALVINISM
1. Calvinism turns theology into philosophy [206-207]
2. The Calvinist system tries to reconcile things that cannot be
reconciled in this world. [207]Consider Acts 13:48 and Acts 13:46. [207]
Consider John 6:37 and John 6:40 [207-208]
Consider John 6:44 and John 12:32 [208]3. Calvinism's doctrines are contrary to the plain teaching of
God's Word. [208-211]4. Calvinism interprets Scripture by theology rather than context. [211-212]
5. Calvinism misstates what non-Calvinists believe. [212-213]
6. Calvinism confuses the church with Israel and national election
with personal (Rom. 9:9-24). [213-215]7. Calvinism goes back to the "church fathers" for authority
instead of strictly to the New Testament apostles and prophets. [215-216]8. Calvinism cannot explain the apostle Paul. [216]
THE ETERNAL SECURITY OF SALVATION
216
The Bible Teaches the Eternal Security of the Believer [217]
How Do We Know These Blessings Cannot Be Lost? [219]
Does Eternal Security Mean Anyone Who Professes Christ Is Saved,
Regardless of Whether They Give Evidence of Genuine Faith? {no} [220]Does Eternal Security Cause People to Live Carelessly? [221]
Who Has Eternal Security? [221]
Who Does Not Have Eternal Security? [222]
If the Disobedient Christian Does Not Lose His Salvation, What Does
Happen to Him? [222]Eternal Security and Problem Passages [223]
How the Book of Hebrews Teaches Eternal Security? [231]
Conclusion to the Lessons on Eternal Security [232]