This month we’ve been looking at why it’s important to put our theology into practice, and we’ve posed questions to ask ourselves how we can do just that.
Remember, first, we need sound theology, then we can have a sound practice. The aim of the Christian walk is to become like Jesus!
So, how can a Biblical, doctrinally accurate theology be applied in relation to God, self, and others? Our posts examined answers to these questions.
Posts from Our Series
What is the connection between our worship and our theology? And how does our view of God’s character affect the way we worship? This post discusses what worship really is, and examines six characteristics of God and tells how they can practically affect our worship.
We need to be in the Word, think about the Word, and “do” the Word! Jaime says, “Jesus said when we follow his commands and apply what we’ve learned, we are like the wise man who built his house on the rock (Matthew 7:24
), prepared for and safeguarded against the storms of life. Poet William Blake wrote, ‘We become what we behold.’ Continuously reading the Bible changes our hearts because it changes our minds.”
When you can’t help all, help one! Have you ever thought, “The problem is too big. And I am too small. If I can’t make a big difference—and I can’t—why make an effort at all?” As Lisa says, our theology shapes “what we think about ourselves, what we think about others, and what we think about our mission here. And what we think affects what we do. …the truth is this: God is indeed God of the many, but He also is God of the one.”
In Cheli’s post, she reminds us to go Deeper Still – With Jesus. She writes, “Jesus instructed His disciples, ‘Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch’ (Luke 5:4, NIV). In the same way, Jesus always leads me to deeper knowledge, deeper commitment, deeper faith— deeper water.” When we know and follow the Son, we know and experience the Father! “Jesus asks me to follow Him into deep places, so I can experience God’s active engagement and presence.”
The point of our sound theology is to become doers of the Word:
As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Luke 11:27-28
We pray our series this month has blessed you as you draw near the Father and practice Christian beliefs.
In Him,
Ali
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