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  • “Together” is a very comforting concept.
  • The question should never be, “Do I have to assemble Sunday night or Wednesday night?”
  • Together with Jesus
    • Crucified together with Jesus – Galatians 2:20; Romans 6:4; I Peter 4:3-4
    • Buried together with Jesus – Romans 6:4
    • Raised up together with Jesus – Romans 6:5
    • Made alive together with Jesus – Ephesians 2:1-5
    • Sit together with Jesus – Ephesians 2:6
    • Suffer together with Jesus – Romans 8:17; II Timothy 3:12; I Peter 4:16; Philippians 3:8-10; Acts 5:41-42; James 2:2-3
    • Heirs together with Jesus – Romans 8:17
    • Glorified together with Jesus – Romans 8:18
  • If heaven is worth anything, it is worth everything!
  • Just think – eternally with Jesus!

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  • Many of our traditions and even days of the week and months of the year have pagan origins.
  • How should we consider religious holidays?
    • Are they evil in and of themselves?
    • Do we eschew them and totally disconnect ourselves from them?
    • Do we “straddle” the issue?
      • Participate in the secular aspects of the holiday
      • Stay away from the religious aspects of the holiday
    • Is this a matter of religious conviction? Romans 14:5-6
  • Is there opportunity where people are thinking about religion?
    • When was the church established? Acts 2:1
    • Where did Paul find Lydia? Acts 6:13-15
    • How did Paul respond to being in Athens, a city full of idols? Acts 17:16-32

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  • I Corinthians 1:20; Ephesians 4:4-9 – There is one body.
  • We are not the only ones who teach:
    • The Bible is the inspired Word of God (II Timothy 3:16-17; Jude 1:3)
    • There is a distinction between the Old and New Testaments
    • Instrumental music in worship is unscriptural.
    • The Lord’s Supper is to be observed each Sunday.
    • Baptism is immersion in water.
    • Baptism is for remission of sins.
    • The saved are to be called by a name that points ownership to heaven.
    • The saved are to live godly lives (I Timothy 5:22; Ephesians 5:27).
    • The congregation is God’s arrangement for together work and worship.
  • One who teaches and practices all of these things is a member of the one body.

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