Note to the reader

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Next, if you do venture to read some of the writings posted here you will notice that I have a very strong negative and intolerant attitude towards false doctrine and false teachers. However, I do not harbour such a sentiment towards those who unwittingly follow false doctrine, first, because the best Christian will err in part, not only because to err is human but also because on this side of heaven we only know in part (1 Corinthians 13:9). Moreover, as J. C. Ryle rightly noted, “Just because God has sanctified your heart does not mean that He has totally sanctified your brains and taught you all the truth in one instant.” Nonetheless, every true Christian ought to strive to grow in the knowledge of God’s Word, for to know the Word is to know Him Who is the living Word (John 1:1, 14; Revelation 19:11-13). Knowing true doctrine therefore is very important because doctrine not only influences how we view redemption (e.g., are we giving God all the glory that is rightly due to Him for our salvation or are we ascribing some of the glory to ourselves?), but also, it defines the very substance of our faith. Reverend John Kennedy was thus correct in saying that Truth revealed in the Scripture about Christ as Redeemer is the only legitimate object of Christian faith. And therefore we ought to strive all the more to come to the right knowledge of that Truth, lest our faith be misplaced.

Now the second reason why my quarrel is not with the professing Christians who have been misguided by false doctrine is because I was once one of them. In fact, for a very long time I walked in darkness of prideful ignorance, until God straightened my thinking according to His Word. As an immature Christian I thought I knew and understood much of Scripture and yet I knew nothing yet as I ought to have known (1 Corinthians 8:2). For this reason also I believed many grievous heretical and pernicious errors which I now strongly condemn, and my only desire and hope in writing all these posts is that those who are presently caught in similar errors would by the grace of God come out of them.