Hello everybody, it's me, it's tall23, back in the video. In this video I want to talk about the ignorance of Christianity, particularly biblical Christianity and biblical doctrines, and what we believe in accordance to what the Bible says.
Now this video is addressing two particular audiences, both those who are saved who refuse to read their Bible, and thus do not grow in knowledge and wisdom as a believer, but also to those who are unsaved, and those who are not Christians at all, who make up ideas about what we believe and what we practice.
Tomorrow there will be another similar video uploaded where I talk about what different denominations believe, but in this video I want to talk about the main doctrines which are laid out in the Bible, as well as give a short scriptural defense for each of those doctrines.
And in a way this is kind of a statement of faith. Now I'm not going to be going through every single thing I believe, I'm not going to be going through every single doctrine that I hold to be true, or every single thing that the Bible says, just the important things to know based on what the scripture says.
And as previously stated, the purpose of this video is to explain to those who are ignorant of Christian doctrine, because it's actually kind of disappointing to see people who have been raised as Christians, and who are Christians themselves, but because they either don't study their Bible, they don't go to church, they go to a bad church, they don't grow.
I have some friends like that, who have been saved for months or sometimes even years. They understand the gospel, but pretty much everything beyond that, they have trouble understanding, they've only heard about, but they can't explain or they don't know what the Bible says about something.
So if you're one of those people who is saved, but you don't really know that much about biblical doctrine, and what we hold to be true, don't worry.
Because this video is meant to be a help, and in this video of course I will lay out exactly what I believe personally as a Baptist, so that the people on my channel don't get confused.
And if you're new to this channel, I should of course tell you what I just mentioned, that this is from a perspective of a Baptist believer, a fundamental Baptist, that's what I am.
So I just want to quickly go through a list of the doctrines, and then I'll come back to talk more about them, and explain them, and use scripture to support these ideas.
So this is not meant to be a long video, so I'm not going to do a whole study of each of the topics, I just want to do a quick summary, just quickly go over what the doctrine means, and then the scriptures that are used to support it.
And I'm trying to, in this video I'm going to try and use clear scripture on these things. Of course these aren't the only verses which talk about them, but I'll try to use as many clear verses as possible to explain the doctrines and how it supports them.
So here are some of the things which I hold to be true based on what the Bible says. I'm going to be talking about 16 things in this video.
The first thing, the Bible is the word of God.
So these are the 16 doctrines which I'll be going over today. And again, there are a lot more, there are a lot more things I believe. Obviously the Bible is a big book, there's a lot of things which it talks about, and it could be here all day talking about minor doctrines, but I'm going to be talking about the Bible.
And over the next few weeks I'll be making similar videos going more in depth to some of these doctrines. Now I know some people stumble across my channel based on one or two videos which they might find interesting, possibly one of my older videos, and they don't understand exactly what I believe.
So let me just make this clear. I am a believer in Christ who was born again in June 2018, so about 15 months ago, and I now go to a Baptist church.
Now here are the doctrines I want to go over which I held ever since I got saved, or at least some of these I started to learn as I started to read my Bible after I got saved.
First of all, that the Bible is the Word of God. The Scriptures are written by holy men of God which are inspired by the Holy Ghost, and thus they're complete, perfect, infallible, and powerful.
And all of our faith and practice and all of our doctrines come from this book. I don't have my Bible on me right now, but it all comes from the Bible and what the Bible says, and I believe that it was preserved in the English language as the King James Version of the Bible.
And that's why on this video and on other videos I'll always use Scriptures to back up what I say, because I believe that the Bible is the perfect Word of God.
Now if I can't do that, if I can't support what I'm saying with a Scripture, with what the Bible says, then it's just an opinion.
So if I make up a doctrine or if I say something that has something to do with theology and it's not supported by a biblical verse, then it's just know that it's my opinion and it's not something which you have to hold as true, because it's not from the Bible.
So here are some verses about that. 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 16.
Isaiah 48, the grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Psalm chapter 12 verse 6 to 7, the words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times, thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever.
Second, the Trinity doctrine. That is that there is one God, but that one God eternally exists as three distinct persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
And these three are all eternal, meaning that they have existed from everlasting to everlasting, and they are all equally God, however in rank, the Son, which is Jesus Christ, is subordinate to the Father.
Psalm 83 verse 18 says, that men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.
1 John 5 says, for there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one.
John 1 says, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And then of course you compare that with John 1 14, which says the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, so the Word is referring to Jesus.
1 Timothy 3 16, without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed unto the world, received up into glory.
Acts chapter 5 verse 3 to 4, but Peter said, Ananias, why hast Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
While as it remained, was it not thine own, and after its soul was it not in thine own power?
Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
And that passage shows that the Holy Spirit is God.
The third doctrine is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came in the flesh, and was born of a virgin, and brought into this world, where he lived a perfectly sinless life.
Isaiah chapter 7 verse 14 says, Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign, behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bury son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Matthew 1 20 to 21, But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife,
for that which was conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost, and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
Hebrews chapter 4 verse 14 to 15 says, Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was at all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
The fourth doctrine, that we are by nature sinners, and that sin was brought into the world by the transgression of Adam.
Every human being who has ever lived is a sinner who has come short of the glory of God.
As a result of this, every person deserves a punishment of death and hell.
It says in Romans 3 23, For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
It says in Romans 5 12 to 14, Wherefore, as by one man's sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned, for until the law of sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned,
after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Romans 6 23 says, For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Revelation chapter 21 verse 8 says, But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters,
and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
The fifth doctrine is that Jesus Christ, after being manifest in this world, was put to death by crucifixion,
where all the sins of the world were imputed unto him, and he as the Lamb of God was a substitution for us,
and therefore by his shed blood we can have our sins forgiven.
Matthew chapter 20 verse 28 says, Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
First Peter chapter 2 verse 21 to 24 says, For even Herod too were ye called,
because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps,
who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth, who when he was reviled, reviled not again, and when he suffered, he threatened not,
but commended himself to him that judgeth righteously, who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness by whose stripes ye are healed.
And first John 1 verse 7, But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ is not cleansed thus from all sin.
Darn, my throat's starting to hurt. Hopefully I can get through this because there's still ten doctrines left.
The sixth doctrine is that after three days Christ arose from the dead by the combined work of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost,
and ascended to sit on the right hand of the Father after appearing to the disciples.
First Corinthians chapter 15 verse 3 to 8 says, For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,
how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried,
and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures, and that he was seen of Cephas,
then of the twelve, after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once,
of whom the greater part remained unto this present, but some were fallen asleep,
after that he was seen of James, then of all the apostles, and last of all he was seen of me also,
as of one born out of due time.
Revelation chapter 1 verse 7 to 18 says, And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead,
and he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, I am the first and the last,
I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen,
and have the keys of hell and of death.
The seventh doctrine is that God gives us the gift of salvation.
Our sins are already paid for by the blood of Christ so that all we need to do for justification
is to put our trust in Christ as our Savior and believe in the gospel,
and in doing so we are born again in the Spirit, and God gives to us eternal life,
meaning that we are saved and we are sealed, and that nothing we can do can separate us from God.
It says in John 3 16, For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
It says in Acts chapter 16 verse 30 to 31,
He brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Romans 3 to 28 says, Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 to 9 says, For by grace are you saved through faith,
and then out of yourselves is the gift of God, not of works thus that a man should boast.
It says in John 5 24, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word
and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation, but is past from death unto life.
John chapter 11 verse 25 to 26 says, Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection of the life.
He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live,
and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Believest thou this?
Romans chapter 8 verse 38 to 39 says, For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The eighth doctrine is that those who refuse to accept Christ as their savior
will go to hell at death and will only escape briefly
at the great white throne judgment where God will judge every man according to his works
and the sinners will be cast into the lake of fire to have their soul destroyed.
It says in Matthew chapter 25 verse 41,
Then shall he say also unto them at the left hand,
Depart from me, he cursed it into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
It says in Revelation chapter 20 verse 10 to 15,
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone
where the beast and the false prophet are
and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.
And I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it
from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away
and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God
and the books were opened and another book was opened
which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things
which were written in the books according to their works.
And I see gave up the dead which are in it
and death and hell delivered up the dead which are in them
and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire.
The ninth doctrine is that our Christian life is not over when we are saved
but only beginning and that if we walk in the Holy Spirit which God gave us
we will fulfill the will of God and be sanctified
or made holy in our walk with God.
In other words we progress and we grow in our faith
as we follow and obey the commandments of God
which are still in place and expected to be followed by the believers.
Although disobeying the commandments will not send one to hell
it will result in God's chastisement
and a lack of inheritance in the kingdom of heaven.
It says in Romans chapter 7 verse 18 to 25
For I know that in me that is in my flesh
dwelleth no good thing for to will is present with me.
But how to perform that which is good I find not.
For the good that I would I do not
but the evil which I would not that I do.
Now if I do that I would not. It is no more I that do it
but sin that dwelleth in me.
I find then a law that when I would do good
evil is present with me.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man.
But I see another law in my members
warring against the law of my mind
and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this debt.
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord
so then with the mind I myself serve the law of God
but with the flesh the law of sin.
Galatians chapter 5 verse 16 to 18 says
This I say then walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh
for the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh
and these are contrary the one to the other
so that you cannot do the things that you would
but if you be led of the spirit you are not under the law.
First Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 3 to 7
for this is the will of God
even your sanctification that you should abstain from fornication
that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel
and sanctification and honor
not in the lust of concupiscence
even as the Gentiles which know not God
then no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter
because that the Lord is the avenger of all such
as we also have forewarned you and testified
for God hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto holiness.
The tenth doctrine is that when somebody is born again
and believes in Christ
the first commandment which they are to obey is that of baptism.
Baptism is only for believers and should be done by full immersion
in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Baptism is a picture of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ
and adds one into a church.
It says in Matthew 3.16
Jesus when he was baptized went up straight way out of the water
and lo the heavens were opened unto him
and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him.
It says in Matthew 28.20
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you
and lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world.
Amen.
I don't know why verse 19 is not in my notes but it should be.
He said make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
And then there is verse 20 which says
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you
and lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Anyway Romans 6 verse 3 to 4 says
Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized unto Jesus Christ
were baptized unto his death?
Therefore we are buried with and by baptism unto death
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father
even so we also should walk in newness of life.
The eleventh doctrine is that a church is a local congregation
of saved and baptized Christians
who meet together for the purpose of worshipping God.
Growing in their faith and doing the work of God such as evangelism
every congregation is headed by Christ as their supreme leader
and there exist two offices the pastor and the deacon who oversee the local church.
There is no universal church or earthly head of the church.
It says in Hebrews chapter 10 verse 24 to 25
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as a manner of some is
but exhorting one another in so much the more as ye see the day approaching.
First Corinthians chapter 14 verse 26 says
How is it then, brethren, when ye come together every one of you
hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation,
hath an interpretation, let all things be done unto edifying.
Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 to 16 says
And he gave some apostles and some prophets and some evangelists
and some pastors and teachers for the perfecting of the saints
for the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ
till we all come in the unity of the faith
and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man
unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ
that we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro
and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the slight of men
and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive
but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things
which is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body
fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplyeth
according to the effectual working and the measure of every part
maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
The twelfth doctrine is the Great Commission
that after Christ's ministry Jesus charged us with going into the world
and winning people to Christ by preaching the gospel
and this should be the main goal of Christians
to share the gospel with others to try to convert them
that they might be saved.
It says in Mark 16 verse 15
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world
and preach the gospel to every creature.
Acts chapter 1 verse 8 it says
But you shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you
and ye shall be witnesses unto me
both in Jerusalem and in all Judea
and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Romans chapter 1 verse 16 says
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ
for it is the power of God unto salvation
every one that believeth to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Now the thirteenth doctrine is that
every believer has the ability to come directly to God
through prayer and worship.
No priest nor any saint nor any angel
is needed to come directly to God
but Christ alone is the mediator between God and man.
And it says in I Timothy 2.5
For there is one God and one mediator between God and man
the man Christ Jesus.
In I Peter chapter 2 verse 5 Daniah says
He also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house
and holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture
Behold I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone
elect, precious, and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Unto you therefore to believe he is precious
but unto them which be disobedient
the stone which buildeth disallowed
the same is made the hand of the corner
and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense
even to them which stumble at the word
whereunto also they were appointed.
But ye are a chosen generation
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people
that ye should show forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
The fourteenth doctrine is
that those who are born again become the sons of God
and are collectively chosen to be part of a
holy nation and God's people
which is the spiritual and not the physical nation of Israel.
And going back to I Peter 2
which I just read from
but focusing mainly on verses 9 and 10
it says but ye are a chosen nation
a royal priesthood, a holy nation
a peculiar people that ye should show forth
the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness
into his marvelous light
which in time past were not a people
but are now the people of God
which had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
It says in Romans 2 28-29
For he is not a Jew which is one outwardly
neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh
but he is a Jew which is one inwardly
and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit
and not of the letter, whose praise is not of men
but of God.
In Romans chapter 9 verse 6-8 it says
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect
for they are not all Israel which are of Israel
neither because they are the seed of Abraham
are they all children
but in Isaac shall thy seed be called
that is they which are the children of the flesh
these are not the children of God
but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Galatians chapter 3 verse 28-29 says
There is neither Jew nor Greek
there is neither bond nor free
there is neither male nor female
for you are all one in Christ Jesus
and if ye be Christ then are ye Abraham's seed
and heirs according to the promise.
The 15th doctrine is that we are to be separated
from the world meaning the wicked
sinful influences of our society
although we live in the world
we should not walk with the unsaved
or with the wicked.
It says in 2 Corinthians 6 14-17
Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers
for what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness
and what communion hath light with darkness
and what concord hath Christ with Belial
or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel
in what agreement hath the temple of God with idols
for ye are the temple of the living God
as God hath said I will dwell in them
and walk in them
and I will be their God and they shall be my people
wherefore come out from among them
and be ye separate saith the Lord
and touch not the unclean thing
and I will receive you
and ye shall be my son and daughter
saith the Lord Almighty.
Ephesians 5 verse 11 says
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works
of darkness but rather reprove them.
And the final
the 16th doctrine
is that one day Jesus Christ
will return in the clouds
first the dead will be raised and then the saved who are still
alive will be taught
in the clouds and this precedes the wrath of God
and the millennial reign of Christ.
It says in Matthew 24
verse 29 to 31
immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give
her light and the star shall fall from
heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken and then shall appear the sign
of the son of man in heaven and then shall all
the tribes of the earth mourn and they shall
see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory
and he shall send his angels with the great sound of a trumpet
and they shall gather together his elect from the
four winds from one end of heaven to the other.
First Corinthians
chapter 15 verse 52
to 53 says in a moment in the
twinkling of an eye at the last trump
for the trumpet shall sound and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall
be changed for this corruptible
must put on incorruption and this
mortal must put on immortality.
First Thessalonians chapter 4 verse
14 to 15 says for if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again
even so them also which sleep in Jesus
will God bring with him. For this
we say unto you by the word of the
Lord that we which are alive and remain
unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them
which are asleep for the Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout with the voice
of the archangel and with the trump of God
and the dead in Christ shall rise first
then we which are alive and remain shall
be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet
the Lord in the air and so shall we ever
be with the Lord. So those are
the 16 main doctrines
which I tend to focus on on this
channel of course I also talk about other
things but when it comes to
Christian doctrine biblical
Christianity you know that which is actually based on
the Bible and not on tradition
or false prophets and things like
that that which is based on
God's word these are the main
doctrines which the Bible teaches
and as
a Baptist these are the things that I believe
so don't
mistake what I believe
or don't mistake what Christians believe
now again there are people
out there both actual Christians
who just don't understand the word of God
who don't who refuse to read
the Bible who don't go to church and
who really all they know is the gospel
or just people who are outside
of Christianity
who aren't Christians or
call themselves Christians but who aren't
saved who misunderstand what we believe as
Baptists here's a video kind of
explaining it or summarizing
it at least so thank you everybody for
watching and goodbye