Doctrine pertains to truth. Plainly doctrine is important. Doctrine pertains to truth. These are not the same. That part of the Christian story which is doctrine has to be held up in the face of mistakenness about God and ignorance of God and falsification concerning God and our ultimate good in him.
Plainly doctrine is important.
There is the person whose truth doctrine describes. When we speak, then, of the truth and reality of Jesus Christ we are saying that his presence is superior to and the measure of whatever else is present. He himself is the ultimate determinant, the ultimately effectual presence of the entire creation. Sin is present, but Jesus the Saviour saves us from its guilt and grip. Jesus Christ is the ultimately effectual presence of the entire creation.