very often due to our failure to realize the greatness of the gospel. The apostle talks about ‘the form of doctrine delivered to you’, he refers to the ‘standard of teaching’. Now people are often unhappy in the Christian life because they have thought of Christianity, and the whole message of the gospel, in inadequate terms. Some think that it is merely a message of forgiveness. You ask them to tell you what Christianity is and they will reply: ‘If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ your sins are