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  LAWS OF DOCTRINE
  by Frederick W. Robertson
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Summary: To understand and experience God's doctrine, one must obey the
laws of love and surrender to God's will.

Topics: "Spiritual Obedience", "Gods Will"
Scripture References: Matthew 5:5

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Frederick W. Robertson emphasizes the importance of obeying the laws
that govern our physical and spiritual beings to receive their
respective rewards. Just as there are laws for the body that lead to
health and strength, there are spiritual laws such as meekness, purity
of heart, and love that bring blessings like peace, the Beatific vision,
and a sense of God's presence. Robertson highlights that obedience to
God's will and surrendering our own will is the key to gaining spiritual
wisdom, understanding truth, and discerning God's doctrine.

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"If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine..." (John
7:17).

This universe is governed by laws. At the bottom of everything here
there is a law. Things are in this way and not that: we call that a law
or condition. All departments have their own laws. Obey the laws of the
body: such laws as say, Fix the attention: strengthen by exercise: and
then their prizes are yours--health, strength, pliability of muscle,
tenaciousness of memory, nimbleness of imagination, etc.

Obey the laws of your spiritual being, and it has its prizes too. For
instance, the condition or law of a peaceful life is submission to the
law of meekness: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the
earth." The condition of the Beatific vision is a pure heart and life:
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." To the impure,
God is simply invisible. The condition annexed to a sense of God's
presence--in other words, that without which a sense of God's presence
cannot be--is obedience to the laws of love: "If we love one another,
God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us." The condition of
spiritual wisdom, and certainty in truth is obedience to the will of
God, surrender of private will: "If any man will do His will, he shall
know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of
myself."

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/frederick-w-robertson/laws-of-doctrine/
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