Thought On What I believe.

 I am a protestant. I was saved, and I am saved, by faith, in Christ alone. No saints, no rituals, no vain traditions. Save by grace through faith. God is not an idea or a theology or a concept. Christ is risen from the dead and He is making intercession for me in Heaven.

We are not Catholic in our structure or our liturgy at our church. We strive to follow the Biblical guidelines, as ancient and archaic as they are. We rely on church history to fill in the gaps that Acts never thought to include.

We have no Pope, or priests, and we call no man father as a title of respect.

We see the Holy Spirit in action in our lives and in our assembly.

We do not care what the other pseudo-Christian religions do or believe. We do not care what another Jesus says or does. We contend for the faith once and for all delivered to the saints.

Doctrine is a way to understand what we believe. Pastor Mitchell taught us Bible doctrine in the early days. He taught us what to believe and he taught us how he studied the Scriptures. This is a pastor's job; to rightly divide the word of truth, not just to preach another sermon on the same topic.

One last thought today. It is important to know what you believe and why you believe it. It is important not to let yourself be carried about by winds of doctrine. It is important to read the Bible yourself.