Without Doctrine We Have Nothing!

I was raised in a social Christianity based on never judging anyone so that we could all get alone. I was once told that we should forgo doctrine for the sake of unity. Even as a new believer, I knew that couldn't be right, since God gave the doctrine, how could human unity be better than God's doctrine?

Those who desire a social club rather than yearning after truth will only bring us to a place of frustration, if we are seeking God in all things. It is very difficult to have fellowship with those whose greatest goal in life is to enjoy one another in a happy setting.

The Bible is full of doctrine, instructions from God on what to believe and how to live what we believe.

Definition of Doctrine: "Doctrine is defined as a principle or group of principles which are taught by a religion or political party." (Your Dictionary)

If we are to ignore doctrine for the sake of unity then we would have to ignore all the scriptures concerning Christ, that He is God, that He created all things and that He was crucified to pay the penalty for our sins.

If we are to ignore doctrine for the sake of unity, then we would have to accept into our gatherings those who believe in other gods and allow them to preach from our pulpits.

Since unity is paramount over doctrine to many these days, then our relationship with non-believers must be one of unity, choosing to ignore all the doctrine in the Word to be able to be friends with those who would even deny Christ.

We can see where diminishing doctrine can lead and how foolish it is to say that doctrine does not matter. The apostate church today is operating as a social club ignoring any doctrine they don't like while bringing into the body sin and evil, even embracing it as though it does not matter to God what we do as long as we are all friendly to one another.

Many churches today ignore sin in the body. There are those who are living together in sin outside of marriage because they are accepted without challenge in the body under the guise of "just loving them."

There is no love in one who would allow a brother or sister to remain in sin without correction or challenges. This is the world's love which is no love at all.

This is what comes from diminishing or removing doctrine from it's place of importance, at the very top of the list of things to uphold and seek.