Paul was quite defensive in protecting the purity of the revleation God had given him for the church. Doctrine is foundational to faith. Wrong doctrine...wrong faith. Paul calls it "The Faith". There is only one true faith system of theology taught in the bible. Our passion is to search it out and hold on to it. What we know and understand we feed to our people. Paul said to Timothy, "Commit thou to faithful men, that which you have received that they may be able to teach others also.". Good mentoring and bible training is vital to sound ministry. Too often we launch people into ministry without a strong foundation. Galations was written to correct bad teaching. I & II Peter mentions false teachers. Throughout the New Testament the writers felt it necessary to protect "sound doctine" and warn the church concerning imbalances in teaching. Read someones doctrinal statement before joining them. It's important.
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