Archive for the ‘Authority’ Category

How To View The Bible

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

How we view the Bible will determine whether or not we join in the general apostasy of the church. Therefore we must view the Bible as the perfect revelation from the perfect God.

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#2 Does God’s Authoritative Word Provide A Pattern? click here

#3 Arguments Of Those Who Reject The Limits Of God’s Authoritative Word click here

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Saul’s Substitutes (1 Samuel 15)

Monday, December 21st, 2009

If any man had reasons to be a success it was King Saul; he had many apparent advantages, and yet his life was an utter failure (1 Sam 28, 31). How do we explain this? Saul failed because he lived on substitutes; there are five substitutes that ruined his life.

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Remembering Jesus

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Most people assume that even though it was NOT a custom of the early church under the direction of the apostles, even though we reading nothing about it in the Scripture, how could the customs surrounding the worship of the Christ child be wrong? Shouldn’t the Lord have something to say on this matter? How does the Lord want us to remember Him?

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Does Culture Alter Commands?

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Did you ever read a command or an instruction in the Bible and wonder if it applied to you? Did you ever wonder if you were doing everything God expects you do? Do you ever feel like you’re leaving something undone? First of all, we can know exactly what God expects from us. His commands are not mysterious or vague. We may have to work at it, but we can understand every command that God has directed specifically TO US (cf. 2 Tim 2:15; 3:15-17; Eph 3:3-4, 8-9).

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The Authority Of Scripture

Monday, February 16th, 2009

They are legion who want nothing more than to tear down our confidence in the authority of the Scriptures. But if it can be determined that the Bible is authored by God, then its authority over us will speak for itself - it is, then, the Holy Scriptures. The time has come for Christians to hold fast their confidence in the authority of the Scriptures.

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Internal Claims, Historical Accuracy click here - slides click here

Scientific Foreknowledge, Uniqueness click here - slides click here

Predictive Prophecy click here - slides click here

“He Added No More” (Deut 5:22)

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

No one, since the apostles of Jesus Christ, has had a revelation from the mind of God. No one actually hears God speaking to him. Therefore, no one has the ability to improve or to add to what God has already said. We must therefore be content to accept His word in the way He has revealed it unto us.

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Trusting God’s Record Of The Flood

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

There is not a subject in the Bible that has been ridiculed more often than the Noahic Flood. Noah’s ark has born the brunt of more jokes than any other Biblical icon. The events recorded in Genesis 6-9 are held in great derision by many in our modern times. Before anyone can accept the Biblical account of the Flood, he must accept that there is One Omnipotent God, because there are six areas where supernatural power was required.

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#2 Authority: From Heaven or Men?

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

This lesson is an expanded version of a lesson by the same title presented the previous Sunday.

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Authority: From Heaven or Men? (Matt 21:23-27)

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

As the stage is set for the Olympic Games, and as the world travels to Beijing to watch the various athletic events, there will be one thing on the minds of most people - AUTHORITY! The Chinese government retains absolute authority over everyone in their nation (to the extent that God will allow), and no one dares do anything that would put him in jeopardy of displeasing the officials of that nation.

Why can’t people have that kind of fear and respect for God Who holds true absolute authority over everyone?

The study of authority lies at the foundation of everything we believe, teach and practice as individual Christians and collectively as a local church. Every religious question is fundamentally a question of whose authority is recognized - man’s or God’s.

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Don’t Cut Before You Measure (Eph 5:15-17)

Monday, July 7th, 2008

“Measure twice and cut once” is advice you would get from a carpenter. The meaning of this saying is that the more important the action, the more carefully it needs to be thought out. In this lesson we will show three ways in which people cut before they measure (or act before they consider God’s pattern for their lives).

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