Originally Posted by
dmatic
Cary, Remember what the verse was? Just curious. Also, what does "Nickels, noses, and numbers." mean?
I think I hear you, Wiskey. At least, I think I hear your 'heart', about character, or 'fruit'. It seems you have discovered the Father's heart in all this. Congratulations! Some of the parables and doctrines of the Bible refer to God's interest in 'harvesting a crop' or fruit of the kingdom. I had a teacher many years ago who referring to his teacher said: "Character is more valuable to nature than wealth" (By "nature", I understood him to mean, God)
To simplify, May we just talk about love as being the character quality God is most interested in? If so, how is the character quality of love formed best in His creatures? Not sure turditions is the best way, but doctrine or teaching would seem to be very important. Even the doctrine of self examination being important.
I am coming to believe that doctrine is very important. We are warned not to be deceived. Warned of the leaven of the Pharisees, their "false" doctrine? warned of the many false teachers 'out there'. If actions are from thoughts, it would seem important to have right thoughts, in order to inspire right action. Knowing how to think about stuff, inspired by proper teaching or doctrine, is what helps, in my opinion, form good character. No?