Why Theology? (10 of 10 notes)

Part One
INTRODUCTION: 3 WHY THEOLOGY?
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

Although it was stated earlier that the Bible is not a textbook of Theology, it should be pointed out that there are portions, especially in Paul’s epistles, which stand out as theological treatises. For example, the first five chapters of Romans treat quite fully the doctrine of justification by faith. Here Paul goes back and gathers together the facts of revelation all the way from Abraham, Moses, and David to the then present, and from those facts draws the conclusion: “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law” (Romans 3:28). Paul’s question: “What saith the scripture?” (Romans 4:3), is basic to the formulation of doctrine, and the fact that Paul himself thus formulated doctrine is further authority for our practice of the same.

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