Doctrine leads to love--love for God that then overflows into love for others. 1 John 4:8 makes it plain: "Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love." To know God is to know love; to know God is to equip yourself to act in love. Your love for God is limited by your knowledge of him, so that you can really only love him as far as you know him. As the depth of your knowledge grows, so too does the depth of your love. This is why the study of doctrine cannot be the pursuit of dry facts, but facts that lead to living knowledge of God and growing love for God. When you know doctrine, you prepare yourself to live in ways that express love to him and to others.
Tim Challies
6 Great Reasons To Study Doctrine
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