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KEY SCRIPTURE:1Ti 4:6 KJV “If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.”

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Our world is filled with all kinds of teachings and informations.The social media is laden or saturated with diverse kinds of teachings.Some of the teachings are indeed very strange yet most church members across board are being bombarded with such doctrines.The pastor would do very well to establish a line of sound doctrine that helps his congregation to easily identify error, so they may stay away from such.Apostle Paul says the pastor who does that would be a good minister of our Lord Jesus Christ , who would be well nourished in the words of faith and of sound doctrine.

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I would advise that pastors learn the message that the apostles preached and held. That was the very message the Lord said: ” I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.” John 16 :12. Staying with the apostles’ doctrine is what the Lord wants evéy Christian to maintain.

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What was the doctrine of the apostles? They taught  about the divine life of God that indwells a man who believes in the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus.( 1 John 5:11-13, Gal 2:20) They gave insight into the grace of God and the fact that this grace has made us more than conquerors and champions of demons. The grace of God has made us one with Jesus( 1st Corinth 6:17) Joint heirs with the Lord Jesus( Rom 5:17) and has made us the very  righteousness of God.( 2 Corinth 5:17) Through the exceeding great and precious promises  we have become  partakers of the divine nature having escape the corruption that is in the world through lust( 2 Pet 1:4).

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Through the teaching of the apostles, we  learn that we no longer try to become acceptable  before  God ,but through the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus, we are made Holy, unbeatable, and unreproveable in His sight  . These and many more are the teachings of the apostles.

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The apostles also taught that, in the light of what the grace of God has made available to us, we must  live above the ordinary person. Sin, sicknesses should not in any way have dominion over us( Rom 6:14 , 1st Peter 2:24). Love is our nature, and so we exhibit  all the attributes of love , that is peace , joy, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness , meekness , self-control Gal 5:22).We live as people in the light without blame in a world of sin . Christ lives in us, and we manifest Him to our world as we live victoriously.

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Any kind of teaching that does not align with this teaching  of the apostles, as demonstrated by our Lord Jesus, is false, and this would assist the congregation  to know what to accept or reject.

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THOUGHT: THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE LIFE AND SUFFERINGS OF JESUS OUR LORD ARE REVEALED IN THE TEACHINGS OF THE APOSTLES

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FURTHER STUDIES

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Eph 2:20 KJV” And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.”

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Eph 3:2-3  KJV If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,”.