• Lesson 1, continued:
    • New Testament church – its creed (source of authority)
      • We must of necessity put aside all creeds that have begun since the days of the apostles (continued):
        • Augsburg Confession of Faith (1530 A.D.) – over 1400 years too late
        • Westminster Confession of Faith (1550 A.D.) – over 1500 years too late
        • All others of a later date
      • Paul tells us that their source of authority was the inspired Scripture (II Timothy 3:16-17)
        • II John 1:9. The Scripture makes the man of God complete and furnishes him unto every good work. Therefore, the teacher is fully equipped with the Scripture. He needs nothing more.
      • See also II Peter 1:3 and Jude 1:3.
    • No one who really believes the Bible is the all sufficient Word of God will feel a need for human creeds.
    • Conclusion: Regardless of what good traits a church may have, if its practice in whole or in part, is based upon the creeds of man, it is not the local church as described in the New Testament.
  • Lesson 2