Why is Biblical Theology Important?
Health Nut
- If man does not live on bread alone, but on the Word of God (Matt 4:4), then whether or not we get our theology right as pastors will have an effect on the health of our churches.
- Biblical theology is like multi-grain bread - there's stuff in there that's really good for you. When we water down the theology of the Bible to avoid conflict, we bleach out the spiritual nutrients that cause growth, and begin to feed people on a white bread theology that has nearly no nutritional value.
Community Service
- When we are clear on biblical theology, it is easier for the world to see how the church is different from the culture in which she lives.
- This difference will either be attractive or repulsive. But either way, the church will be performing her function in her culture as the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one, we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? (2Cor 2:15-16)
Marital Fidelity
- One of the most important reasons Biblical theology is important is for the corporate fidelity of the Bride of Christ, the Church, in her spousal relationship to the Bridegroom.
- When we fudge on our Biblical theology in order to make it easier to swallow, we are endangering the faithfulness of the Bride to her Bridegroom by blurring the lines between what is true about God and salvation, and what is actually idolatrous for us to think and believe.
