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Now I take a text. These words were written by Paul to certain ancient Saints. In principle they apply to us:
I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. [1 Corinthians 11:18–19]
Now let me list some axioms (I guess in academic circles we call these caveats):
—There is no salvation in believing a false doctrine.
—Truth, diamond truth, truth unmixed with error, truth alone leads to salvation.
—What we believe determines what we do.
—No man can be saved in ignorance of God and his laws.
—Man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge of Jesus Christ and the saving truths of his everlasting gospel.
—Gospel doctrines belong to the Lord, not to men. They are his. He ordained them, he reveals them, and he expects us to believe them.
—The doctrines of salvation are not discovered in a laboratory or on a geological field trip or by accompanying Darwin around the world. They come by revelation and in no other way.
—Our sole concern in seeking truth should be to learn and believe what the Lord knows and believes. Providentially he has set forth some of his views in the holy scriptures.
—Our goal as mortals is to gain the mind of Christ, to believe what he believes, to think what he thinks, to say what he says, to do what he does, and to be as he is.
—We are called upon to reject all heresies and cleave unto all truth. Only then can we progress according to the divine plan.Share
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