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not give them the courtesy of fair and respectful attention. Prejudices, vicious habits of thought, pride of opinion and of denominational belief, ignorance, suspicion, bigotry, blind following of religious and denominational leaders so becloud and benumb the mind that it cannot and will not see its own errors, or the truth of others when with a little unprejudiced examination the truth could be seen. To cling to a doctrine which we know to be false is sin. God hates false doctrine, and as Christians, we cannot take neutral ground respecting the things that God hates. With God, there is no neutral ground. The doctrine of original sin has corrupted Christian theology and spawned a false teaching of inability that excuses sin in the Church of Christ. It is difficult to find a Christian today who believes it is possible to live without sin. "The key of knowledge" has been taken away by this doctrine. Ministers "have not entered in themselves" and they have "hindered them that were entering in." Matt. 23:13, Luke 11:52. With this grossly false doctrine men have been taught that they can never expect to fully obey their Lord until they die and go to heaven. They have been taught that they will live more or less in rebellion against God as long as they are here on earth. What a low opinion this doctrine permits men to have of God's power and sanctifying grace! The church's idea of the grace of God is only that it forgives us while we continue in sin. God hates this Nicolaitan doctrine! Can we go on giving place to such a God dishonoring doctrine? Can we accept a doctrine that allows men to believe that they will go to heaven without holiness? Can we coddle a doctrine that excuses sin in the churches and that stumbles professing Christians into hell? Can we any longer embrace a doctrine that God hates? Return to the Index 13 Footnotes 1. Charles G. Finney, Lectures on Systematic Theology, Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, 1953, p. 249. 2. Morris Kline, Mathematics in Western Culture, Oxford University Press, New York, 1980, p. 123. 3. Charles G. Finney, Lectures on Systematic Theology, Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, 1953, p. 252. 4. See Appendix A, The Nature and Attributes of Sin, p. 165. 5. Henry C. Sheldon, System of Christian Doctrine, Jennings & Graham, Cincinnati, 1912, pp. 313-314.
6. See further commentary on Romans 5:12-21 in the anthology. 7. A. H. Strong, Systematic Theology, Fleming H. Revell, Old Tappan, 1969, p. 597. 8. Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, Vol. II, Wm B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1946, pp. 223-224. 9. L. Berkhof, Systematic Theology, Wm. B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1972, pp. 241- 242. 10. L. Berkhof, Systematic Theology, pp. 198-199 11. Strong, Systematic Theology, pp. 615-616. 12. Hodge, Systematic Theology, Vol. II, p. 308. 13. Strong, Systematic Theology, p. 618. 14. Henry C. Sheldon, System of Christian Doctrine, pp. 320-321. 15. Finney, Lectures on Systematic Theology, p. 252. 16. Albert Henry Newman, Manual of Church History, Vol I, The American Baptist Publication society, Philadelphia, 1942, p. 362. 17. Adolf Harnack, History of Dogma, Vol V., Russell & Russell, new york, 1958, p. 102. 18. Newman, Manual of Church History, Vol I, p. 197. 19. Harnack, History of Dogma, Vol V., p. 211. 20. Harnack, History of Dogma, Vol V., p. 212. 21. Harnack, History of Dogma, Vol V., pp. 212-214. 22. Harnack, History of Dogma, Vol V., p. 78. 23. Harnack, History of Dogma, Vol V., p. 310. 24. Harnack, History of Dogma, Vol V., p. 310. 25. See Appendix B. The Age of Accountability, p. 169. 26. See Appendix C. The Rational Moral Nature of Man, p. 173.
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