I have heard many Christians say over the years, I've got it in my heart I just need to get it to my head. But is that the way it really works? Or should we get it into our head first and then into our hearts? Lets take a peek at Dr. John F. MacArthur's commentary on Ephesians and see what the Apostle Paul had to say about this.
"After laying down eleven chapters of doctrine in Romans Paul devotes the remainder of the book to urging Christians to live in accordance with that doctrine to present their bodies as "a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship" (Romans 12:1). In Galatians Paul devotes the first four chapters to explaining Christian liberty and the last two chapters to exhorting Christians to live by that liberty. That sort of division is found in many of Paul's epistles (see also Phil. 2:1-2; Col. 3:5; 1 Thess. 4:1). Right practice must always be based on right principle. It is impossible to have a Christian life-style without knowing the realities of the life that Christ has provided.
Right doctrine is essential to right living. It is impossible to live a faithful Christian life without knowing biblical doctrine. Doctrine simply means teaching and there is no way that even the most sincere believer can live a life pleasing to God without knowing what God Himself is like and knowing the sort of life God wants him to live. Those who set biblical theology aside also sets aside sound Christian living."
Excerpt taken from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on Ephesians by John F. MacArthur copyrights 1986 The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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