- The Bible teaches us that unavoidable conclusions authorize, continued:
- Genesis 2:24
- Notice some unavoidable conclusions in Scripture:
- Acts 8:35-36- Preaching Jesus includes preaching baptism.
- Matthew 26:17- Unleavened bread to be used in the Lord’s Supper.
- How to be saved:
- Hebrews 11:6
- Acts 17:30
- Romans 10:10
- Part 2: All authority is specified to a certain degree.
- “Please go buy me a dog.”
- In order to do what is authorized, I need to comply to the degree at which things are specified.
- “Son, I want you to mow the lawn on Monday.”
- In order to do what is authorized,the sonneeds to comply to the degree at which things are specified.
- Genesis 6:14: “Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood.”
- In order to do what is authorized,Noah needed to comply to the degree at which things were specified.
- Musical worship in the New Testament
- Matthew 26:30- singing authorized
- In order to do what is authorized,we need to comply to the degree at which things are specified.
- Work of the local church
- God authorized the church to provide for:
- Needy saints (II Corinthians 8:3-4
- Worship and edification
- The preaching of the gospel
- In order to do what is authorized,we need to comply to the degree at which things are specified.
- God authorized the church to provide for:
- “Please go buy me a dog.”
DW
May 29, 2013
For further study, see also:
baptism
general authority
instrumental music
Lord's Supper
necessary inference
singing
specific authority
unavoidable conclusion
unleavened bread
worship
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