"The Doctrine which is according to Godliness (1 Tim. 6:3) at once defines the nature of Divine Doctrine intimating that its design or end is to inculcate a right temper of mind and deportment of life. It is pure and purifying. It is very much more than a series of intellectual truths intended for the instructing of our brains. The Doctrine which is according to Godliness is the enunciation of spiritual facts and holy principles for the warning of the heart and the regulating of our lives. The objects which are revealed in Scripture are not bare abstractions which are to accepted as true or even sublime and lofty concepts to be admired. They are to have a powerful effect upon our daily walk. There is no Doctrine revealed in Scripture for a merely speculative knowledge but all is to exert a powerful influence upon conduct. God’s designs in all that He has revealed to us is to the purifying of our affections and the transforming of our characters. It is absurd to conclude that if my creed is sound then it matters little how I live. Therefore it is possible to deny the faith through contact as well as by words. A neglect of the performing of our duty is as real a repudiation of the truth as is an open renunciation of it. The Doctrine of grace teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly, righteously, and Godly in this present world (Tit 2:11-12). By far the greater part of the Doctrine taught by Christ consisted not of the explication of mysteries but rather that which corrected mans lusts and reformed their lives. Everything in Scripture has in view the promotion of holiness." - A.W. Pink
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