The Effect of Doctrines in Practice
1 God exists and we can have a personal relationship with a God we know.
Practicing The Presence Of God
Giving All
2 God is a personal being.
Faith In Prayer
Be Like God, Manifest His Image In Your Body And Life
Inspiration To Dynamic Living
3 God created all things.
Respect For God's Word And His Creation
Joy And Praise
Faith
Watch Our Behaviour
Labour
Perceiving The Value Of Persons
No Idolatry
Obedience
Humility
4 God sees and knows all things, being omnipresent by His Spirit.
No Secret Sins
Openness With God
Our Words
Honesty In Business
Motivation In Preaching
Mindful of God
5 God is from everlasting to everlasting
Really Believe That We Will Also Truly Live For Ever
Don’t Judge Others
God Predestinates
Humility And Grace
Don't Be Vindictive
6 There is only one God, and one Lord Jesus
A Demand For Our All
No Idolatry
Faith
Prayer
Unity
7 God's Name is Yahweh / Jehovah / Yahoovah.
The Reason For Praise
Motivation To Labour
Repentance
No Idolatry
The Manifestation Of God
Unity
Faith In Prayer
Endless Inspiration To Seek The Father
8 The Bible is God's inspired, infallible word.
Use The Word With Others
Obedience
Personal Response To The Word: Feeling The Word Speaking To Us
Personal Relationship With God
Our Speech
Truthfulness
Materialism
True Sensitivity
Self Examination
Bible Reading
9 The Kingdom of God will come. We must live as if it is imminent. It will last for ever. By God's grace, we really will be there.
Strength Against Materialism
Separation From The World
Making Sense Of The WorldNow
Watching For The Return
Humility
10 The judgment seat will come. All the responsible will come before it. The rejected will gnash their teeth in anger against themselves.
Motivation To Preach
No Anger
Living Daily Life In The Knowledge Of Judgment To Come For Our Actions
11 Christ will come and judge this world.
Separation From The World
Self-Examination
Don't Worry About How Man Judges You
Our Words
No Secret Sins
12 We are to understand that Jesus is coming soon
Loving Our Brethren
13 Through baptism, the promises to Abraham and David apply to us; we really do have the hope of salvation in the Kingdom; we are spiritual Israel, and therefore the people of God and separated from this world. Abraham becomes our spiritual father. The New Covenant means that the Old has been done away.
Separation From The World
Motivation To Commitment
Living The Kingdom Life Now
Unity Amongst Us
Faithfulness To Each Other
Strength Against Materialism
Inspiration To Forgiveness
Personal Relationship With God
Repentance
Humility
Joy
14 Without baptism there is no Biblical hope of salvation
Motivation To Powerful Preaching
15 Baptism is vital for salvation. Through it we enter covenant relationship with God. By baptism we enter the body of Christ, becoming one with Him.
Don't Continue In Sin
Separation From The World
Strength Against Immorality
Be Gracious
Motivation To Be United
16 Forgiveness of sins and salvation really has been received by us, through absolute grace. We have been saved, as Israel we have been constituted in embryo God's Kingdom, although this will only be physically manifested at the Lord's return.
The Responsibility Of Freedom
Unfeigned Love
Confidence And Desire For Christ's Return
Generosity
Fearing God
Being truthful
The Works Of Repentance
17 There is one body
Unity
Being Truthful
18 Death is total unconsciousness; hell is the grave.
Responsibility
Preservation Of Others
Preaching
Not Being Materialistic
Zeal
Maturity In Behaviour
Humble Attitude To Others
Faith In God
19 The devil is a common figure for our own nature; sin and temptation originate from within. The real arena of spiritual conflict is the human heart.
Battle For The Mind, Not Blaming Others
Self-talk control
20 The Holy Spirit works through God's word. The Bible was written by inspiration and is therefore God's word.
Read The Bible And Let It Guide Your Prayer Requests
Freedom From Guilt
21 The Lord Jesus shared all our temptations; He was a man of our nature, He didn't pre-exist.
Bold Prayer And Witness
Love
The Reality Of Judgment
22 Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
The Life Of Love
Defend The Faith
Confidence
23 Jesus never sinned
Giving To The Poor
24 Jesus is the Christ
Preaching Him
Generosity
25 The Lord Jesus died and rose again, and was made Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36)
Hope
Living For Others
Quitting The Life Of The Flesh
Humility
Unity
Separation From The World
Faith
Love For Jesus
Preaching Him
Obedience
Not Being Materialistic
Control Of Our Words
26 Through His resurrection, forgiveness of sins became possible for all men.
Preaching
Confession Of Sin
Labour For Him
Forgiving Others
27 The Lord's blood was shed for our redemption. Christ died the dreadful death He did for us
Looking For Christ's Return
Preaching
Loving Our Partner
Service To God
Loving Our Brethren
Self Examination
28 Because of the suffering entailed in the putting to death of our sins by the Lord's cross, we should respond in likewise mortifying them.
Generosity
Living Like Jesus
Preaching
29 Human nature / the flesh cannot be atoned for, or a sacrifice offered for it; it must be cut off.
Transform Our Lives
30 The basis of our salvation is that we are justified, counted righteous, by our faith and baptism into the representative sacrifice of the Lord Jesus. His righteousness is thereby counted to us.
Disregarding Others' Judgment Of Us
Not Pleasing Men
Positive Self Image
Positive About Others
Gripped By Grace
Humility
Joy
31 Despite being saddled with our nature, the Lord Jesus Christ died and rose again for me, for my justification and salvation. His life and death were a surrender of all to the cause of my redemption, to God's glory.
Freedom From Sin
True Faith
Preaching
Note how often humility and preaching the Gospel are the result of believing true doctrines!
