THE
DOCTRINE OF
A Look
at what the Bible Says
Since God has revealed Himself to us in
Scripture, and the doctrine that He wants taught in His church is
nothing other
than what the Bible says; it should be obvious that those who refuse to
teach
what the Bible says, or affirm that it is true, do so
because another authority has replaced the authority of Scripture
in their lives.
GOD’S RECORD
OF WHAT TOOK PLACE
Luke chapter 24
45 Then he opened their understanding,
so that they might understand the scriptures,
46 And said to them, This is what is
written,
that Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead the third day:
47 And that repentance and remission
of sins
should be preached in his name among all nations, starting at
48 And you are witnesses of these
things.
49 And, I will send you what my
Father has
promised: but remain in the city of
50 ¶ And
he led them out as far as
51 And it came to pass, that
while he was blessing them, he was parted from them, and
carried up into heaven.
52 And they worshipped him, and
returned to
53 And were continually in the
temple, praising
and blessing God. Amen.
Mark chapter 16
19 ¶ Then
after the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven, and
sat down
at the right hand of God.
20
And the disciples went out, and
preached everywhere, and
the Lord worked with them, and
confirmed the word through the signs that went with it. Amen.
Acts chapter 1
1 ¶ In
my first book, Theophilus, I wrote about
everything that Jesus began to do
and teach,
2
Until
the day
that he was taken up to heaven, after
giving instructions through the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had
chosen:
3
To
whom he also
showed that he was alive after his suffering by many infallible proofs,
being
seen by them for forty days, and
talking with them of things
pertaining to the
4
And,
while he
was with them, commanded them not to depart from
5
For
John truly
baptized with water; but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a
few
days.
6 ¶ So
when they were together,
they asked him, Lord, will you restore the kingdom to
7
And
he said to
them, It is not for you to know the times or the dates, that the Father
has
fixed by his own authority.
8
But
you will
receive power, after the Holy Ghost has come upon you: and you will be
my
witnesses in
9
And
after he
had said these things, while they watched, he was taken up; and a cloud
received him out of their sight.
10
And
while they
were looking intently up toward heaven as he ascended, behold, two men
in white
apparel stood by them;
11
And
they asked,
Why are you men of
Acts chapter 2
1 ¶ When
the day of Pentecost
arrived, they were all present in one place.
2
And
suddenly a
sound like the rushing of a mighty wind came from heaven, and filled
the entire
house where they were sitting.
3
And
what looked
like tongues of fire appeared to them, and separated and came to rest
on each
one of them.
4
And
they were
all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak in other languages,
as the
Spirit enabled them.
5 ¶ Now
there were devout Jews
from every nation under heaven, staying in
6
And
when they
heard this sound, a crowd came together, and they were bewildered,
because each
one heard them speak in his own language.
7 And
they were all
amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Look, are not all these who
are
talking Galileans?
8
How
is it then
that each of us hears them in our own language, to which we were born?
9 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, residents of
10
11
Cretans
and
Arabians, we hear them declaring the wonderful works of God in our own
languages.
12
And
they were
all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What does this
mean?
13
Others
mocking
said, These men are full of sweet wine.
14 ¶ Then Peter, stood up with
the eleven, raised his
voice, and said to them, Fellow Jews, and all who are in
15
These
men are
not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but
the third hour of the day.
16
On
the
contrary, this is what was foretold through the prophet Joel;
17
And
it will
come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out my Spirit on
all
flesh: and your sons and daughters will prophesy, and your young men
will see
visions, and your old men will dream dreams:
18
And
in those
days I will pour out my Spirit on my servants and on my handmaidens;
and they
will prophesy:
19
And I
will show
wonders in heaven above, and signs on the earth below; blood, and fire,
and
billows of smoke:
20
The
sun will be
turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of
that great
and glorious day of the Lord:
21
And
it will
come to pass, that whoever will call
on the name of the Lord will be saved.
22
Men
of
23
This
Jesus,
being delivered up by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God,
you have
taken, and by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain:
24
Whom
God has
raised up, freeing him from the agony of death: because it was not
possible for
him to be held by it.
He sent the Holy Spirit to
testify of Him.
John chapter 16
7 ¶ Nevertheless I tell you the
truth; It is to your advantage for me to go
away: for
if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I
depart, I
will send him to you.
8 And when he has come, he will
convict the
world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment:
9 Of sin, because they do not
believe in me;
10 Of righteousness, because I am
going to my
Father, and you will not see me anymore;
11 Of judgment, because the prince
of this
world is judged.
12 I still have many things to say
to you,
but you cannot bear them now.
13 However when, the Spirit of truth
comes,
he will guide you into all truth: for he will not speak on his own; but
whatever he hears, he will speak: and he will show you things to come.
14 He will glorify me: for he will
take what
is mine, and reveal it to you.
John 14: 26 But the Comforter, who
is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will
teach you
all things, and cause you to remember everything that I have said to
you.
John
He lives to
make intercession for us.
1John 2: 1 My
little children, I am writing
these things to you, that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have
an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Romans 8: 34 Who
is there to condemn us? Christ who died, yea rather,
who was raised
from the dead, is at the right hand of God, and also intercedes for us.
Hebrews
We shall all account to Him.
Acts
John
1Thessalonians
2Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before
God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead
at his
appearing and his kingdom.
1John
Romans
CONCLUSION
The historical record of Christ’s
ascension is just as much a doctrine of Scripture as anything else that
the
Bible says (2Timothy
“The pure doctrine is simply
nothing else, absolutely nothing else, than the pure Word of God.” (Law
and
Gospel, page 349) “Neither ought
any doctrine be taught or heard in the
church but the pure Word of
God, that is to say, the Holy Scriptures; otherwise accursed be both
the
teachers and hearers together with their doctrine.” (Martin Luther)
Gary
Ray Branscome