Those who make light of the word of God show a lack of reverence and respect in the holy things of the Lord, such fell to realize that they not only dishonor the Father but they dishonor themselves as well.
God has arranged for the student of his word certain
basic fundamental truths which he deems necessary that one first grasps before they can progresses on to the deeper aspects of the truth. If these basic truths be properly learned it will greatly aid the student from falling prey to many of the various traps and ensnarement’s (errors, false teachings and etc.), which the Adversary through his deluded servants has caused many to stumble.
The problem is that the majority of believers in their haste and desire to learn some of the deeper things of God’s word, such as end time prophecies, the times and the seasons, the second advent and etc., they have neglected to take the time to learn the “
first principle doctrines”, and so they are found fumbling about building upon the one sure foundation (their faith in Christ) with many of the wrong materials, viz. “
wood, hay and stubble” (the various errors and doctrines propagated by the professing church). It’s like watching a first year medical student attempting to preform surgery who hasn’t yet learned basic anatomy, little wonder they are in so much confusion and are led about from one error to the next.
Instead of being led by and through the first principle doctrines into “
the deep things [truths] of God” (
1 Cor 2:10) they are found floundering about in “
the deep things [errors] of Satan” (
Rev 2:24), which “
as they say” (the apostate church) are “
mysteries”.
There are several first principle doctrines which the Apostle Paul designates as the “
milk of the word”,
which he enumerates in (
Heb 6:1, 2),
these are of primary importance, and should be thoroughly studied and understood BEFORE attempting to delve into the “
meat of the word”,
but at the core of all these doctrines is one specific doctrine which if all believers had taken the time to rightfully and fully comprehend they would have avoided falling prey to many of the stumbling stones (errors) taught in the professing church today in which many are presently ensnared.
That one specific or core doctrine is the RANSOM.
The ransom is the first principle, the very foundation of all true Christian doctrine, every other biblical teaching either stands or falls as it is or is not in harmony with this one central truth. As a “
first principle” doctrine (
Heb 5:12) it is in truth a part of the “
milk of the word” and should be one of the very first lessons learned by the true student of God’s Word, unfortunately
Babylon (the professing church) has neglected this lesson, and thus it has lead them into much confusion, especially in regards to the wages of sin, hell, the immortality of the soul, the Trinity, and etc., likewise all considered first principle doctrines (
by orthodoxy).
The three most widely held teachings of orthodoxy are the doctrine of the Trinity, the immortality of the soul and eternal torment as the wages of sin. Anyone who professes a belief in any one of these “
mysteries” gives clear evidence that they do not understand the ransom, for all three of the foregoing orthodox teachings stand at variance with the scriptural teachings of the ransom.
Very few indeed have any idea what the ransom is or what it represents, true they believe that Jesus shed his blood in behalf of the sinner, “
For Without shedding of blood there is no remission” (
Heb 9:22), but this is as far as their understanding of the matter generally goes, they fell to understand
the true significance of what Christ “
paid”
in behalf of the sinner, the true cost of his sacrifice.
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A proper understanding and acceptance of the TRUE doctrine of the ransom is essential to ones calling and election, to their growth and membership in the body of Christ,
for it is the “
hub”
through which every other feature of the divine truth radiates.”
We will not here attempt to explain the doctrine as we believe we have already thoroughly done so in our blog post entitled,
The Ransom, which if carefully studied and considered would show to the unprejudiced mind that the idea of the Trinity is contrary to the divine testimony, as are the other two commonly held errors of the professing church.
