If you ever hear someone say, “Let’s not argue about doctrine,” you should ask yourself: What do you mean by doctrine?
Doctrine simply means teaching. The word comes from ‘daskalia’, meaning teaching. So when somebody says, “I’m not into doctrine,” what exactly are they saying? Everybody is being taught something. You have been taught since you were born. ABC is doctrine. A two-letter word is doctrine. “The black cat sat on the mat and wore a hat and was rather fat.” You are being taught something. Doctrine is happening.
You don’t have to learn in English for it to be doctrine. You can learn in your native language. You are still being taught.
To indoctrinate means to put teaching into someone until it affects their actions, choices, decisions and thinking. That is what teaching does. So when people say, “Don’t indoctrinate me,” where are they going to go? Life is full of indoctrination. If you are sitting in front of a television or a screen, you are being taught something.
The real question is: Who is indoctrinating you?
It had better be God. It had better be the Word of God that is putting teaching into you. Because if Satan is indoctrinating you, with time you will become like Satan.
That is why definitions matter.
People throw words around and assume everybody understands them. Someone may say, “All of you know what grace means.” No, we don’t. You cannot assume that everybody knows what a word means.
It took me years to understand what grace meant. We throw around words, but words have meaning. And if you want to know the meaning, you must go to the source.
When God said it, what did He mean?
That is the meaning. It is not what you think it means. It is not what your church group thinks it means. It is not what your denomination says it means.
Definitions matter.
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[Published On 09/09/2026]
