Examples:Do examples authorize? Yes.Do examples bind? No.Do examples exclude? No.Examples illustrate a right way to do a thing, but they are not binding and exclusive.Jesus said, “go.” (Matthew 28:18Paul went by ship, a right way to go.But not binding nor exclusive.Jesus said, “teach.”Paul taught privately (Acts 2.This is a right way, but it is not exclusive.The example itself is not binding, but the command of Galatians 6:10, and like passages, do make it binding that we teach privately.Congregational benevolence:Examples: Acts 2:44-45Statement: Romans 15:25-26Command: I Corinthians 16:1-3A local church is not authorized to relieve non-saints by way of command, statement, example, nor necessary inference.But the examples do not exclude local church relief of non-saints.If another passage authorized local church relief of non-saints, it would be right.Local church relief of non-saints is wrong because no passage in the Word of God authorizes it, not because the examples exclude it!
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