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1. What is likely to happen to a church or denomination that gives up learning systematic
theology for a generation or longer? Has that been true of your church?
Systematic theology can be said to be a method of studying the word of God that opens
believers to see God’s well order, His consistent, and His unchanging system of doctrines.
A church or a denomination that practices systematic theology does not impose their own
believers to the scripture but rather makes the believers understand and also be able to
articulate the system of doctrine. Systematic theology also acts as a solution to some of the
shortcomings of some of the Biblical theologies. A church or a denomination that does not
practice systematic theory does not have a clear understanding of the system of doctrine. It
also leads to the wrong attitude about the word of God. Due to the wrong attitude that
believers may possess the word of God it may lead to unbelief. Also if the church neglects
systematic theology false teachings will find their way to the church and people will lose
their faith in God. This has been evident in my church where systematic theology has been
neglected hence allowing false prophecies and false teachings. Most believers in our church
have turned their faith from God and have projected their faith on materialistic things like
money, property, and fame.
2. Pray for God to make this study of basic Christian doctrines a time of spiritual growth and
deeper fellowship with him, and a time in which you understand and apply the teachings
of Scripture rightly.
Heavenly Father, I thank you for your everyday blessings, your unconditional love, and the
gift of life. I thank you for this study that I am undertaking; the Christian doctrine. I pray
that this lesson is of great significant impact to my life and to the lives of those who
undertake it. I pray that the Christian doctrines I learn help me in applying the teachings of
the scripture in a rightful manner. Let this Christian doctrine be of spiritual nourishment in
my life and in the lives of those I interact with. I pray this In the name of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen
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3. Do you think you would pay more attention if God spoke to you from heaven or through
the voice of a living prophet than if he spoke to you from the written words of scripture?
Would you believe or obey such words more readily than you do Scripture? Do you think
your present level of response to the written words of Scripture is an appropriate one? What
positive steps can you take to make your attitude toward Scripture more like the kind of
attitude God wants you to have?
Yes, I will pay more attention to God if He spoke to me from Heaven or through the voice
of a living prophet. This is because the scripture does not do a good job in trying to
convince people of the existence of God. It is more of an authoritative script than a
convincing book to believing in God. The scripture has so many questions that are
unanswered and many of the people who want to believe seek the answers to this questions.
If God was to speak to us directly, people would get the chance to have all their questions
answered. A school of thought argues that the scripture was written by human beings like
us and as it’s in the nature of all human beings, we are subject to manipulation and
misunderstanding. Hence, what is written in the scripture are not necessarily Gods words
but the understanding of a human being. I would believe in the words of a living scripture
or the voice of God than the scripture. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and my
Own opinion seeks to see the scripture to be untrue or unreliable. The positive steps that I
should take in believing in the scripture include; believing the scripture to be God’s will to
all mankind, having faith that what is written in the scripture is true and portrays God’s
intention to human beings, reading the scripture more often to try get a deeper
understanding of the things articulated, and creating a positive energy to want to believe in
something greater than us.
4. When you think about the many ways in which God speaks and the frequency with which
God communicates with his creatures through these means, what conclusions might you
draw concerning the nature of God and the things that bring delight to him?
God speaks to his creatures through so many ways which include through the Bible,
through natural occurrences, through prayers, through miracles, and some might argue
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through visions and dreams. We can, therefore, draw a conclusion about the nature of God
based on His means of communication to creatures and the frequency of His
communication. God is loving. He cares about the troubles that His creatures go through
and hence this portrays His loving nature to his creatures. God is powerful. He speaks to
his creatures through miracles which in human nature are impossibilities in our normal life.
He intervenes in situations in life that many of his creatures may find it impossible hence
making Him all powerful. God is omniscient. He knows everything including all our
troubles and our happiness. Through this nature, God is able to communicate to his creature
about the problems they might be facing. God is immutable. He speaks
anthropomorphically. This means he uses human terms to be understood and this may
include the visions and dreams people have or through a prophet. God delights when we
make prayers to him, He delights when we avoid the way of sin when we obey His
teachings and commandments, when we give thanks to Him for all He has provided, when
we do justice, and when we love each other as we love ourselves.
5. Have you had doubts or questions about the canonicity of any of the books of the Bible?
What caused those questions? What should one do to resolve them?
Yes I have had questions about the canonicity of the books of the Bible. The canonicity of
the books of the Bible refers to the standards that books had to meet to be appreciated or
recognized as scriptures. The Roman Catholic Bible has 73 books while the Protestant
Bible has 66 books. This is because there are some books that for the Protestants do not
meet the standards to be called a scripture while for the Roman Catholic they do meet the
standards. What caused me to question the canonicity of the books of the Bible is that why
are there extra books in the Roman Catholic Bible called the Apocrypha and not in the
Protestant Bible, who witnessed the creation of the world to write about it, who decided
which books were truly inspired by God. To resolve the canonicity of the books of the
Bible one should ask themselves the following...