The study of the word: sure antodoto against doctrinal error
Dr. Roberto Miranda
SUMMARY: Spiritual leaders must prioritize systematic education for parishioners, and believers must invest time in studying the Word of God. The Church cannot rely solely on passionate sermons or supposed supernatural experiences. The Church needs the solid food of the Word administered day by day to become a stable and blessed community. There is too much foam in the teaching that a great part of the people of God currently receive, and it results in a falsely anointed church, frequently intoxicated with the self-deception of disorderly and hysterical cults. It is necessary to maintain a biblical balance, keeping the intellect and emotions, doctrine and anointing, order and spontaneity in healthy tension. The systematic and disciplined study of the Bible leads to a healthy and sober spirituality, and it becomes a solid foundation for life and service to the Lord. We must treasure the Word and learn to love the systematic knowledge of the Scriptures.
It is important that spiritual leaders place great importance on the systematic education of our parishioners. At the same time, it is important that each believer is interested in studying the Word of God, and that they invest time in knowing the great themes, characters and principles of the Scriptures. A church cannot live alone from passionate sermons, enthusiastic praise, or supposed supernatural experiences. It requires the solid food of the Word administered day by day to become a stable and blessed community. As the apostle Peter points out, to virtue we must add knowledge. If not, what we have is a failed and fragile spirituality, open to deception, exposed to every wind of doctrine that blows in the cultural sphere.
The accelerated growth of the Church in Latin America and other parts of the Third World will sooner or later have to enter the discipline of greater theological and biblical rigor. There is too much foam in the teaching that a great part of the people of God currently receive, too much doctrine of men that has very little to do with the sound instruction of the word of God. This results in an emotionally and falsely anointed church, frequently intoxicated with the self-deception of disorderly and hysterical cults that create the false impression of a true visitation of the Holy Spirit, or of effective progress against the hosts of darkness, but in reality they do not greatly affect either the spiritual or the material world.
The accelerated growth of the Church in Latin America and other parts of the Third World will sooner or later have to enter the discipline of greater theological and biblical rigor. There is too much foam in the teaching that a great part of the people of God currently receive, too much doctrine of men that has very little to do with the sound instruction of the word of God. This results in an emotionally and falsely anointed church, frequently intoxicated with the self-deception of disorderly and hysterical cults that create the false impression of a true visitation of the Holy Spirit, or of effective progress against the hosts of darkness, but in reality they do not greatly affect either the spiritual or the material world.
