On Tuesday night Pastor Bruce shared with us about the importance of doctrine. Phillip Cary shares in the last chapter that much of what we based our faith on is our experience is with God. This unfortunately leads to bad doctrine because sometimes our experiences are good and sometimes they are not. For instance, if your life and what you are experiencing makes you feel like God is far away and distance from you, you could create a doctrine in your own mind that says "sometimes God leaves me" or "God has abandoned me". That is what our experience is teaching us. But we need to base our doctrine or what we thinking about God on His Word. In Joshua 1:5 God speaks to Joshua and says, "I will not leave you or forsake you." That is comforting news, especially when God "feels" far away. While we may feel like God is far away, He is actually is very close because he has said he will not leave us. Cary makes the argument that eventually all of the doctrines are lost when we base our faith on experience. We must dig into God word, so that when we do experience hard times, we know who God is, and that he is always with us. Jeff
Setlist
For Who You Are - Hillsong
Your Name High - Hillsong
Hosanna - Hillsong
You Alone Can Rescue - Matt Redman
Came To My Rescue - Hillsong
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