• 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 28:18
      • Paul 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 2:44-45
    • Statement: Romans 15:25-26
    • Command: I Corinthians 16:1-3
    • A 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!