Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ASC105@psuvm.psu.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Doctrine vs. the Bible Message-ID: Date: 6 Nov 90 03:20:46 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Penn State University Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu It seems as if though many, naturally, are saying things unsupported by the bible (Word of God). What I mean is this: When a pastor teaches a doctrine opposing what the bible says, the people listening will believe the pastor rather than the bible. This is the reason that the lives of the Christians will lack signs, wonders, and miracles. The bible says that signs, wonders and miracles will follow up WHEN the Word of God is preached... NOT church or denominational doctrine. See the last chapter of Mark. I was saved in a denominational church, but I had to come out.... They taught the teachings of this particular denomination instead of the word of God. These were just the traditions of men,--made up. It seems like too many people are trying to make the Bible fit the into the natural world. It should be the other way around. Miracles don't happen as a result of discrediting the bible. For example, if a person gets sick and dies of cancer, many say, "it's the will of God." But that's opposite of what the bible says. The bible says that Jesus Christ carried out sickness so that we don't have to carry it ourselves. I know this for a fact, so when I get sick, I just say "Satan, you don't put that on me! Sickness, Get off me in the name of JESUS!"--and it goes. It had to go because I knew that as a believer in Christ this was part of God's redemptive plan. In Jesus's Name, Allen S. Cheung (JESUS IS LORD)