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1 Bible Doctrines Beliefs That Matter by MARK G. CAMBRON, Introduction by Herbert Lockyer, 2 FOREWORD Paul distinguished between the simplicities of the Word and its more profound truths. When writing to the Corinthians he said, I have fed you with milk, and not with meat (I Cor. 3:2). Certainly, newborn babes in Christ thrive on the sincere milk of the Word. With spiritual development, however, the meat of Scripture is masticated. One wonders whether the prevalent carnality among religious people would have been prevented if only they had consistently listened to doctrinal preaching in their churches. We fear that much of the present-day preaching is not only simple but superficial.

2 The surface of the Bible is skimmed, but its depths are ignored. How grateful to the Lord we are for fundamental seminaries and Bible institutes all over the land, in which young people are taught to handle the great Doctrines of the Word! The Tennessee Temple Bible School is one of the outstanding training schools of this kind in the land, and is fortunate in having a gifted teacher like Dr. Mark G. Cambron as its Dean. Dr. Cambron s monumental work, Bible Doctrines , reveals how he has launched out into the deep of God s Word, and is able to present, in a clear and concise manner, those glorious Doctrines of which God in Christ is Author, Matter and End. We bespeak for Bible Doctrines a wide circulation among pastors, students and Christian workers in this and other lands!

3 DR. HERBERT LOCKYER, , 3 PREFACE God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you (Rom. 6:17). All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works (II Tim. 3:16,17). The crying need of the Church today is the knowledge of the Word of God. The Church is cold, indifferent to the one purpose for which God has left it here and that purpose is to win the lost to Christ. But it seems that some of God s choicest leaders are falling into the different isms of today; the cause: the lack of the knowledge of the Doctrines of God s Word.

4 God s children are backsliding into sin; the cause: the lack of the knowledge of the Doctrines of the Word of God. Christians must feed upon the Word of God to grow thereby. Thus, the Truth of God will act upon Christian lives and conduct. The fact that man will not heed sound doctrine is a sign of the times a sign that Christ is soon coming. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and Doctrines of devils (I Tim. 4:1). There is not a field of service anywhere but which demands of its pastors and ministers the right dividing of the Word of Truth. Souls are saved, yet these souls depend upon the Word for growth.

5 The Truth will shape them, and error will misshape them. There is a vast difference between a person holding the Truth, and the Truth holding the person. Therefore, in the study of the Doctrines of the Scripture, may the student pray that not only shall he know the Doctrines , but that they shall become a reality to his soul and spirit. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THEOLOGY .. 4 (The Doctrine of God) II. CHRISTOLOGY .. 40 (The Doctrine of Christ) III. PNEUMATOLOGY .. 86 (The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit) IV. ANTHROPOLOGY .. 116 (The Doctrine of Man) V. HAMARTIOLOGY ..134 (The Doctrine of Sin) VI. SOTERIOLOGY ..145 (The Doctrine of Salvation) VII. ECCLESIOLOGY.

6 169 (The Doctrine of the Church) VIII. ANGELOLOGY .. 185 (The Doctrine of Angels) IX. ESCHATOLOGY .. 203 (The Doctrine of Last Things) 5 Chapter 1 THEOLOGY - The Doctrine of God 6 THEOLOGY (The Doctrine of God) 7 OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER I THEOLOGY I. The Names and Titles of God. A. Elohim. B. Adonai. C. Jehovistic Combinations. D. Eloistic Combinations. II. The Existence of God. A. False and True Systems of Theology. B. Evidence of the Existence of God. III. The nature of God. A. Definitions of God. B. Spirituality of God. C. Personality of God. D. The Trinity of God. E. The Self-existence of God. F. The Infinity of God. V. The Attributes of God A. Omnipotence.

7 B. Omniscience. C. Omni-sapience. D. Omnipresence. E. Eternity F. Immutability. G. Love. H. Mercy. I. Grace. J. Faithfulness. K. Holiness. I. The Fatherhood of God. A. Old Testament Teaching. B. New Testament Teaching. 8 Chapter I THEOLOGY The word theology comes from the Greek word theos, meaning God. Thus, theology is the doctrine of God. To begin the study of the many Bible Doctrines we must begin with the Source of all things - God! We must begin with God there is no one, nothing, before Him. Before anything came into being, He was: in the beginning (Gen. 1:1); God, who at sundry times and in divers manners ( :1); In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1).

8 The first things we shall study are: I. THE NAMES AND TITLES OF GOD The name of a person, place, or thing is that by which it is known. The names of God are those by which He is known. They denote His character. Yes, the names of the Lord are those by which He is known to His people; Save me, 0 God, by thy name (Ps. 54: la); They that know thy name will put their trust in thee (Ps: 9: 10). The King James Version distinguishes the names of God by the use of printer s type. Thus, when you read in the Bible the word God, you know that it is translated from the Hebrew word Elohim; the words LORD, GOD, LORD GOD, LORD God are from the Hebrew word Jehovah; and the word lord is from the word Adonai.

9 Each of these words, Elohim, Jehovah and Adonai, describes the character of God and of His actions toward mankind, distinguishing between the saint and the sinner. A. Elohim. The word Elohim, which is translated as God, is found more than twenty-three hundred times in Scripture. Yet this is not a personal name of God, but it is God s official title what He is, God! Elohim! The word Elohim is not only used for God, but for men ( I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High Ps. 82:6 with John 10:34, 35) and for idols ( Thou shalt make thee no molten gods Ex. 34:17). It is the title of God just as the word president is the title of an office.

10 The President is the official title of the chief executive of the United States. It is not his name, but his title. And likewise, there are many kinds of presidents: of companies, missionary societies, etc. God s official name is Elohim His office. Elohim is a plural noun. At once we say plural means two or more. This is true in English, but not so in the Hebrew language. We have two numbers in English: singular, meaning one; plural, two or more. In the Hebrew, however, we have three numbers: singular, meaning one; dual, equaling two; plural, denoting three or more. Thus, Elohim is a plural noun three or more. Genesis 1:1 states: In the beginning God [three or 9 more] created the heaven and the earth.