by Lois Delnay

Created on: September 11, 2008

POSITIVE VOLITION TOWARD BIBLE DOCTRINE

Positive volition toward Bible Doctrine is very important for the believer who wants to find God's plan and purpose for his life and to have fellowship with God. The Lord has provided everything needed to fulfill the believer's desire to get to know Him, and those grace provisions will enable the believer to receive and to perceive THE TRUTH, which is Bible Doctrine.

God has provided the mechanics of inspiration for the formation and preservation of the completed canon of scripture. He inspired certain men in both the Old Testament and New Testament days to write down exactly what was in His mind. When the canon was completed, the finish product contained the 66 books we call the Bible. Inside God's pre-designed plan, the Holy Spirit, our true mentor/teacher, enables believers to understand the mechanics or execution of that plan. Of course, the unbeliever cannot understand the things of God, because he is spiritually dead.

Why do you seem to have an easier time understanding the things of God than another believer might have? It's not because you have a higher I.Q. or had a better education, but when you are in fellowship with God and are living inside His plan for your life, you will have the ability to learn Bible Doctrine through the teaching ministry of God the Holy Spirit.

God has a special plan for Church-Age believers, the Royal Family of God, which does not necessarily involve affiliation with any denomination. God's plan provides for a right pastor/teacher for the believer with positive volition one who has been prepared to correctly feed his flock so that they may grow up spiritually. Rebound (naming our know sins to God the Father and being restored to fellowship with Him), is necessary for learning, and it results in being filled with the Holy Spirit so that we are teachable.

The first thing a new believer should do is set aside time every day to sit down and learn what God's plan is all about he should NOT sign up for special service in a local church. The local church should be a classroom where believers can gather together for the sole purpose of learning God's Word, not to stimulate emotions emotions have no thought, reason or discernment. We must have the mind of Christ dwelling within the thinking part of our soul in order to please the Lord.

There is no such thing as a self-taught Christian or one who can stay at home and learn the Bible for himself we must learn from a prepared man who has the gift of

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