A principle, as defined for our consideration, is an understanding from the Bible of how God feels about different subjects, and why he feels the way He does. Principles are an understanding of what God loves and what he hates, and why. As we come to recognize ever more clearly that God is good, and always holds our best interest as dear, our heart (if good) will compel us to be guided by those principles. Bible principles help us understand: It is always to our advantage to be obedient to the one who gave us life. (Exodus 23:22 ; Exodus 19:5 ; Romans 6:16)
Bible principles can greatly increase our love for our Creator through our appreciation that everything he does is good. (Deuteronomy 32:3-4) Understanding He is good means we know He always holds our well being (as well as everyone else's) as very important. (Isaiah 48:17 ; Zechariah 10:8)
To help us understand and remember Bible principles, many are associated with word pictures: Little stories or illustrations that stick in our mind and come up at the mention of that principle or Bible term. An example is the woman who was brought before Jesus as an adulteress as they asked him to judge her worthy of death. (John 8:1-11) Jesus said the person who was without sin should cast the first stone and they all retreated. That principle should come to mind whenever we consider being judgmental of others. (1_Cor_4:3-5; Romans_14:1-4; Mat_7:1-5)
If you are to understand God's word, two important Bible terms you should be familiar with are being noble minded and being a Doeg. Those two terms illustrate principles which might be considered opposites. Understanding them, along with recognizing the great apostasy of the dark ages, can help us put the Bible in perspective as it relates to the day in which we live. It is important to recognize: Being guided by Bible principles is very different from being under laws and rules. Love given freely through our faith in Bible principles means our very life. Trying to obey laws can never help us. (Rom 3:19-21) If we learn the principles that help us understand what God loves and why, we will come to love those same things; because it is good and right. Our doing so will also benefit us beyond what we can imagine!
Being Noble Minded.
The process of using the Bible to define and understand principles, also helps us understand how to answer all or at least most of life's questions; through the application of God's principles. Jesus came to teach us that as recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
