Monday, January 11, 2010

The Goal of True Theology

1 Timothy 1:5

"But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith."

The true end of instruction -and in turn study- is not the accumulation of information; it is godliness. The content of instruction here is undoubtedly biblical theology. This instruction was to produce "love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith." True thoughts of God lead to proper, godly living. It is as Jesus said, "Out of the abundance of your heart the mouth speaks." Are you filling your heart with true theology that overflows into obedience and love towards God? This also means that proper living without proper thoughts of God are not the intention of the Christian faith. There is no place for godless, thoughtless morality in Christianity. All our doing is to be grounded in a true knowledge of God. Do you want to be godly? Fill your minds; fill it with God.

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