Charles Spurgeon was a man of weighty words. His words weighed heavy on the hearts of men while he was alive as well as today. His words continue to have the impact they did back then. True theology or Christian doctrine does not change. People and times may change but not the old message. If we attempt to set aflame a new doctrine or theology, then we’ve just lit the fire of hell and its destructive forces. False doctrine and theology have a way of dressing themselves in designer attractive clothes. Today we have “the New Perspective on Paul,” “the Emergent Church,” and “the Openness of God,” all of which appear to be offering the church a new way of thinking about God, Paul, Christ, the church, and so forth; but, unfortunately, they offer destructive views of God and His Word. To create a new doctrine about the nature of the church, Christology, theology, etc., is to make Christ “of yesterday.”  To try to refashion Christianity is to declare Christ to be some passing religion, philosophy, or movement. We must insist on the old, ever-fresh theology that has been chiseled out of the exegetical rock of the Word. There is no substitute! When we sign an authorized, notarized affidavit we are claiming that there is no falsehood on the document, and that there is no need to change anything in it. When God authorized and notarized His Word by the seal of the Holy Spirit, it claims absolute authenticity and authority of whom no man can change or alter. It is a fixed objective truth that requires the people of God to be diligent to discover its truth. Therefore, my beloved child of God, when reading and studying God’s Word, don’t get enamored with some new insight of sort but remain faithful to the old truths. Don’t wander or stray away into foreign terrain. Preachers, do the same.  Pastor Jim Cater