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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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  • Luke 1:34ff
  • Luke 2:10-20
  • John 6:59,66
  • When Jesus grew up, what did He teach?
    • Jesus must come first in our lives – Matthew 10:34
      • Matthew 19:9 – Jesus’ teaching on adultery
    • Jesus commands denial of self – Luke 9:23
      • Matthew 5:43-45
      • Matthew 5:27-30 – Beware of lust!
      • Matthew 20:27 – We should be servants of others
    • Jesus expects us to remember Hid death every week – I Corinthians 11:24-26
      • Jesus expects obedience!

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