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- Authority, Part 8
- Conclusion
- That Bible authority is derived by statement of fact, command, example, and necessary inference is not a church of Christ formula, not even a religious formula. These are the ONLY ways that one in authority can make his wishes known to one who is under authority in ANY relationship
- In family
- In business
- In government
- In school
- Ad infinitum
- Authority, how to establish:
- Introduction
- A local church must have Bible authority for all it teaches and practices. The question is not “how long have we been doing it?,” or “does it seem right?,” or “do we think good will come of it?,” but DOES GOD AUTHORIZE IT? A thing must be authorized in the gospel or God’s people must leave it out (II John 1:9.
- Two extremes as to how Bible authority is established:
- A thing must be specifically commanded.
- A thing has to be specifically forbidden.
- It is a sin to bind where God has loosed and it is a sin to loose where God has bound:
- Pharisees bound washing of hands (Matthew 15:1-2
- They loosed “honor father and mother” (Matthew 15:3-4
- God said it made their worship vain (Matthew 15:8-9
- Christ has all authority (Matthew 18:8
- He gave binding and loosing authority to the apostles (Matthew 18:18
- The question is: “Is it from heaven or man?” (Luke 20:2-4
- How then is Bible authority established?
- A thing is authorized by:
- Command: Lord’s Supper (I Corinthians 11:25
- Example: First day (Acts 20:7
- Necessary inference: How often (Acts 20:7
- There is generic and specific authority:
- Command: Build ark
- Generic: Wood
- Specific: Gopher wood
- Command: Praise
- Generic: Music
- Specific: Sing
- Things that help expedite the command without adding another coordinate element are authorized:
- Command: Water of cleansing (Numbers 19
- Generic: Heifer
- Specific: Red heifer
- Expedient: Breed, age
- Command: Praise (Hebrews 13:15
- Generic: Music (Colossians 3:16
- Specific: Vocal
- Expedient: Alto, tenor, bass, soprano
- Command: Preach gospel collectively (I Corinthians 9:1-14
- Generic: The saved
- Specific: Local church
- How large, number of elders
- NOTE: For a thing to be expedient, it must be lawful. To observe the Supper on the first day of the week is lawful, any hour of that day is expedient. But observe it one hour before or one hour after the first day and it would not be lawful; thus, not expedient.
30 min - O Death, Where Is Your Sting?
- I Corinthians 15:50-58
- “The dead will be raised… Your toil is not in vain in the Lord.”
- I Corinthians 15:52
- John 5:25-29
- I Corinthians 15:12-19 - If there is no resurrection, our faith means nothing. Since there is a resurrection, our labor for God is not in vain.
- “We will all be changed”
- I Corinthians 15:50-53
- I John 3:2
- Earthly body vs. heavenly body
- Don’t stress too much about the physical body (I Timothy 4:7-8
- Look forward to a better existence!
- “O Death, where is your sting?”
- I Corinthians 15:54-57
- Psalms 116:15
- I Corinthians 10:12
30 min - 30 min
- Authority, Part 7
- Bible authority comes to us in one of four forms (continued):
- Command (Acts 2:38
- Example (Acts 20:7
- Necessary inference
- Acts 19:28
- Genesis 12:10 - shows that Lot went into Egypt with Abram
- Acts 20:7 - shows that the saints gathered every first day of the week
- Examples do not bind, they illustrate a right way to do a thing:
- Why is the first day of the week bound for the Lord’s Supper, but not the upper room?
- There is a brackground command for the day for the Supper (Matthew 26:29
- Not only is there no background command for the place for worship but there a statement that the place is of no significance (John 4:21.
30 min - Why Did God Create Man?
- Genesis 1:26-28
- God had an eternal purpose for man. Ephesians 1:3-6
- How did God choose who would be adopted as sons?
- He chose the characteristics that those He would call would have.
- We can decide whether or not to be children of God.
- Those characteristics: be holy and blameless in love - I Peter 2:9-10
- How should we worship God?
- Ephesians 5:15-17 - We must understand the will of God, which requires us to study the Bible.
- When you do something for someone, keep it quiet.
- Attendance at the assembly shows that you want to serve God.
- Matthew 7:21
30 min - 30 min
- 30 min
- 30 min
- Only Stand and Wait
- Poem by John Milton (Paradise Lost)
- Is is scriptural?
- Omnipotence - Job 41:1-2
- Promises - Hebrews 6:18
- Standing - I Corinthians 15:1
- Waiting - Isaiah 40:21-31
- Acts 17:24-25
- So what?
- God does not NEED you, therefore:
- Stop worrying about talents you have lost.
- Stop trying to invent better ways of getting God’s work done.
- Stop worrying about the effects your mistakes will have on God’s kingdom.
- Do stand where God has put you.
- Do wait with hope for the Lord to be faithful.
- Isaiah 43:13
30 min - Why Are We Here?
- Classes - Titus 2:3-4
- Prayers - James 5:13
- Reading - I Timothy 4:13
- Sermons - Acts 20:7
- Singing - James 5:13
- Collection - I Corinthians 16:1-2
- Visiting - Acts 2:46
- Lord’s Supper - Luke 22:15-16
- Why the Supper?
- I Corinthians 11:23-26 - Jesus institutes the Lord’s Supper
- It serves as a memorial of Jesus’ death on the cross.
- Matthew 26:26-29
- Mark 14:22-25
- Luke 22:19-20
- Everything else we do goes back to Jesus’ sacrifice
- I John 3:16 - We give because of Jesus’ sacrifice
- Colossians 3:13
- Romans 15:9-12
30 min
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