QUESTION: Are we to obey church doctrines or Bible doctrines?
ANSWER: If the doctrines of your church are different from the doctrines of the Bible, then you are in the wrong church! If they are different from the Bible, it follows then that they are of man and not of God. Jesus said that the doctrines of men constitute vain (empty) worship (Matthew 15:9). Surely, we will not be judged by their (church) doctrines in that day, but, rather, by the words of Christ (John 12:48). Therefore, “we ought to obey God (the Bible) rather than men” Acts 5:29).