- 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.
- Jesus said, “go.” (Matthew 28:18
- 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!
JJ
April 10, 2013
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