• Authority is specified to a certain degree

    • Example #1: Transporting the ark

      • Exodus 25:14; Numbers 4:15; 7:6-9

      • I Chronicles 13:7-14; 15:2, 12-15

    • Example #2: Strange fire

      • Leviticus 10:1-2

    • Example #3: Priesthood

      • Hebrews 7:11-16; 8:4

    • III John 9

  • “Please go buy me a dog.”

    • If you buy a cat, you did not follow the instructions.

  • Genesis 6:14 – “Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood.”

  • Singing – Colossians 3:17

    • Matthew 26:30

    • Mark 14:26

    • Acts 16:25

    • Romans 15:9

    • I Corinthians 14:15

    • Ephesians 5:19

    • Colossians 3:16

    • Hebrews 2:12

    • Hebrews 13:15

    • James 5:13

  • Work of local churches – II Corinthians 8:1-4; I Corinthians 14:26; Philippians 4:15

    • Provide for needy saints

    • Provide for worship and edification

    • Provide for preaching

  • Where is the authority for song books?

    • We must pick some method by which we sing.

  • Where is the authority for the church building?

    • I Corinthians 14:23, 26