This series is about following Christ and is not concerned with any human movement.

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• The emphasis throughout this study will be on
  what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.
  (Jn 828-32)

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• John 828-32 - Then Jesus said to them, "When
  you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know
  that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself
  but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.
  29 "And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father
  has not left Me alone, for I always do those
  things that please Him." 30 As He spoke these
  words, many believed in Him.

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed
  Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My
  disciples indeed. 32 "And you shall know the
  truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• This was a very difficult concept for men to
  grasp. They had become accustomed to human
  movements that existed as a perversion of Gods
  way.

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• In human movements there are positions of power
  that are created and men that desire power
  that seek to take those positions.

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• In human movements there are positions of power
  that are created and men that desire power
  that seek to take those positions.
• One can see the benefits of knowing the human
  rules and the political games that lets one climb
  the latter. (Jn 539-44)

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• John 539-44 - "You search the Scriptures, for
  in them you think you have eternal life and
  these are they which testify of Me. 40 "But you
  are not willing to come to Me that you may have
  life. 41 "I do not receive honor from men. 42
  "But I know you, that you do not have the love of
  God in you.

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• 43 "I have come in My Father's name, and you do
  not receive Me if another comes in his own name,
  him you will receive. 44 "How can you believe,
  who receive honor from one another, and do not
  seek the honor that comes from the only God?

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• The battle that Jesus fought was for the hearts
  of men. Would they be free or slaves of men and
  ultimately Satan?

10
This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• Most people found themselves unwilling to buck
  the social ties and human authority that they had
  become accustomed to.

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• Most people found themselves unwilling to buck
  the social ties and human authority that they had
  become accustomed to.
• Rather than believe in Jesus they clung to empty
  words and were encouraged by the majority around
  them to resist Jesus. (Jn 832-40)

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• John 832-40 - "And you shall know the truth,
  and the truth shall make you free." 33 They
  answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and
  have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you
  say, 'You will be made free'?" 34 Jesus answered
  them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever
  commits sin is a slave of sin.

13
This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• 35 "And a slave does not abide in the house
  forever, but a son abides forever. 36 "Therefore
  if the Son makes you free, you shall be free
  indeed. 37 " I know that you are Abraham's
  descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My
  word has no place in you. 38 "I speak what I
  have seen with My Father, and you do what you
  have seen with your father."

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• 39 They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our
  father." Jesus said to them, "If you were
  Abraham's children, you would do the works of
  Abraham. 40 "But now you seek to kill Me, a Man
  who has told you the truth which I heard from
  God. Abraham did not do this.

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• These people gladly were led by their religious
  leaders to look at the battered and
  bleeding Jesus in that face and cry crucify
  him! (Mk 159-14)

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• Mark 159-14 9 But Pilate answered them,
  saying, "Do you want me to release to you the
  King of the Jews?" 10 For he knew that the chief
  priests had handed Him over because of envy. 11
  But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so
  that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

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This series is about following Christ and is not
concerned with any human movement.

• 12 Pilate answered and said to them again, "What
  then do you want me to do with Him whom you call
  the King of the Jews?" 13 So they cried out
  again, "Crucify Him!" 14 Then Pilate said to
  them, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they
  cried out all the more, "Crucify Him!"

18
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• The grace of God is very powerful and very
  costly. (Heb 29 Titus 211-14)

19
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• Hebrews 29 - But we see Jesus, who was made a
  little lower than the angels, for the suffering
  of death crowned with glory and honor, that He,
  by the grace of God, might taste death for
  everyone.

20
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• Titus 211-14 - For the grace of God that
  brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12
  teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly
  lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and
  godly in the present age, 13 looking for the
  blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great
  God and Savior Jesus Christ,

21
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem
  us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself
  His own special people, zealous for good works.

22
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• It makes every man realize that his efforts,
  wisdom and wealth are nothing.

23
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• It makes every man realize that his efforts,
  wisdom and wealth are nothing.
• When a man is emptied of himself by Gods grace
  then everything about him becomes indebted to
  this great gift. (Rom 114-17)

24
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• Romans 114-17 - I am a debtor both to Greeks
  and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.
  15 So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach
  the gospel to you who are in Rome also. 16 For I
  am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is
  the power of God to salvation for everyone who
  believes, for the Jew first and also for the
  Greek.

25
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed
  from faith to faith as it is written, "The just
  shall live by faith.

26
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• With the true grace centered mindset one cares
  nothing for human movement and especially
  human denominations!

27
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• With the true grace centered mindset one cares
  nothing for human movement and especially
  human denominations!
• It is in this kind of heart that the things that
  religious men glory in that are falsely
  attributed to God become nothing to the child of
  God. (Phil 33-9)

28
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• Philippians 33-9 - For we are the
  circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit,
  rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence
  in the flesh, 4 though I also might have
  confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he
  may have confidence in the flesh, I more so 5
  circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of
  Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the
  Hebrews concerning the law, a Pharisee

29
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• 6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church
  concerning the righteousness which is in the law,
  blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me,
  these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet
  indeed I also count all things loss for the
  excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my
  Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all
  things, and count them as rubbish, that I may
  gain Christ

30
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• 9 and be found in Him, not having my own
  righteousness, which is from the law, but that
  which is through faith in Christ, the
  righteousness which is from God by faith

31
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• It is in this very heart that the only glory that
  matters is the glory that is placed in the cross
  of Christ. (Gal 614)

32
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• Galatians 614 - But God forbid that I should
  boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus
  Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to
  me, and I to the world.

33
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• This stand will bring great conflict with the
  religions of the world.

34
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• This stand will bring great conflict with the
  religions of the world.
• The empty traditions of men make no impact on a
  heart built on the grace of God.

35
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• Why did much of the traditions of the Pharisees
  come about? (Mt 235-13)

36
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• Matthew 235-13 - "But all their works they do
  to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries
  broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.
  6 "They love the best places at feasts, the best
  seats in the synagogues, 7 "greetings in the
  marketplaces, and to be called by men, 'Rabbi,
  Rabbi.'

37
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• 8 "But you, do not be called 'Rabbi' for One is
  your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all
  brethren. 9 "Do not call anyone on earth your
  father for One is your Father, He who is in
  heaven. 10 "And do not be called teachers for
  One is your Teacher, the Christ. 11 "But he who
  is greatest among you shall be your servant.

38
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• 12 "And whoever exalts himself will be humbled,
  and he who humbles himself will be exalted. 13
  "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
  hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven
  against men for you neither go in yourselves,
  nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

39
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• The heart of grace knows that the traditions of
  men are for men and have no impact on the kind of
  walk God desires. (Col 28, 23)

40
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• Colossians 28 - Beware lest anyone cheat you
  through philosophy and empty deceit, according to
  the tradition of men, according to the basic
  principles of the world, and not according to
  Christ.

41
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• Colossians 223 -These things indeed have an
  appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion,
  false humility, and neglect of the body, but are
  of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

42
The people of God are a product of the grace of
God.

• There is a standard that the man moved by the
  grace of God will stand in. He will personally
  seek it and not let someone else do it for him!

43
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• The focal point of the people of God is God. They
  want someday to be face to face with Jesus
  Christ. (Eph 15-7)

44
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Ephesians 15-7 - having predestined us to
  adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself,
  according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to
  the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He
  has made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In Him we
  have redemption through His blood, the
  forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of
  His grace

45
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• The blood of Christ and redemption that Jesus
  provides is the confidence Christians have that
  they have a relationship with God.

46
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• The blood of Christ and redemption that Jesus
  provides is the confidence Christians have that
  they have a relationship with God.
• The blood of Christ is the sacrifice that men
  could not make! It is a perfect propitiation for
  our sins. (Rom 323-26)

47
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Romans 323-26 - for all have sinned and fall
  short of the glory of God, 24 being justified
  freely by His grace through the redemption that
  is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a
  propitiation by His blood, through faith, to
  demonstrate His righteousness, because in His
  forbearance God had passed over the sins that
  were previously committed,

48
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• 26 to demonstrate at the present time His
  righteousness, that He might be just and the
  justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

49
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• We cannot earn our salvation it is a free gift
  through Jesus Christs blood.

50
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• We cannot earn our salvation it is a free gift
  through Jesus Christs blood.
• God has made the reception of His grace
  conditional. It is through faith.

51
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• We cannot earn our salvation it is a free gift
  through Jesus Christs blood.
• God has made the reception of His grace
  conditional. It is through faith.
• Here is where Christians break away from the
  popular theologians of history.

52
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Faith is a choice and men are called on to act in
  faith. (Acts 237-40)

53
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Acts 237-40 - Now when they heard this, they
  were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the
  rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what
  shall we do?" 38 Then Peter said to them,
  "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in
  the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
  sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy
  Spirit.

54
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• 39 "For the promise is to you and to your
  children, and to all who are afar off, as many as
  the Lord our God will call." 40 And with many
  other words he testified and exhorted them,
  saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation.

55
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• A living faith is never alone, it acts with the
  promises of God throughout our lives. (James
  224-26)

56
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• James 224-26 - You see then that a man is
  justified by works, and not by faith only. 25
  Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified
  by works when she received the messengers and
  sent them out another way? 26 For as the body
  without the spirit is dead, so faith without
  works is dead also.

57
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Here is a major historic battleground that the
  Christian must fight to see. The conditions
  of pardon to become a Christian are the point
  where faith saves a man.

58
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Here is a major historic battleground that the
  Christian must fight to see. The conditions
  of pardon to become a Christian are the point
  where faith saves a man.
• Is confession and baptism an addition to being
  saved by grace through faith?

59
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Does John 316 exclude baptism? No, because it
  would also by the same reasoning exclude
  repentance. (Acts 319 Lk 2447)

60
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• John 316 - "For God so loved the world that He
  gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
  in Him should not perish but have everlasting
  life.

61
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Acts 319 - "Repent therefore and be converted,
  that your sins may be blotted out, so that times
  of refreshing may come from the presence of the
  Lord,

62
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Luke 2447 - "and that repentance and remission
  of sins should be preached in His name to all
  nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

63
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Did the jailer just believe? (Acts 1630-31)

64
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Acts 1630-31 - And he brought them out and
  said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" 31 So
  they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
  you will be saved, you and your household.

65
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• He had to be taught what to believe! What did he
  do immediately? (Acts 1632-33)

66
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Acts 1632-33 - Then they spoke the word of the
  Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33
  And he took them the same hour of the night and
  washed their stripes. And immediately he and all
  his family were baptized.

67
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• When the jailers actions were described, what
  had he done? (Acts 1634)

68
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• Acts 1634 - Now when he had brought them into
  his house, he set food before them and he
  rejoiced, having believed in God with all his
  household.

69
The people of God are saved by grace through faith

• This stand has caused a necessary separation from
  the denominational world.

70
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• The same stand to find the grace of God continues
  with all of Gods will. (2 Thess 215-17)

71
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• 2 Thessalonians 215-17 - Therefore, brethren,
  stand fast and hold the traditions which you were
  taught, whether by word or our epistle. 16 Now
  may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God
  and Father, who has loved us and given us
  everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,
  17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every
  good word and work.

72
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• The grace of God causes a man to gladly walk a
  very narrow road!

73
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• The grace of God causes a man to gladly walk a
  very narrow road!
• He takes the same attitude of Jesus to the Father
  by completely yielding to His thoughts. (Jn
  1248-50)

74
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• John 1248-50 - "He who rejects Me, and does not
  receive My words, has that which judges him --
  the word that I have spoken will judge him in the
  last day. 49 "For I have not spoken on My own
  authority but the Father who sent Me gave Me a
  command, what I should say and what I should
  speak.

75
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• 50 "And I know that His command is everlasting
  life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the
  Father has told Me, so I speak.

76
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• By walking in Christ Alone we make sure our
  paths are found in Him.

77
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• By walking in Christ Alone we make sure our
  paths are found in Him.
• The stand of having Book, Chapter, and Verse
  for our teaching a practice is a tribute to
  Christs complete work and our desire to glorify
  Him. (Col 317 1 Pt 411)

78
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• Colossians 317 - And whatever you do in word or
  deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
  giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

79
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• 1 Peter 411 - If anyone speaks, let him speak
  as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let
  him do it as with the ability which God supplies,
  that in all things God may be glorified through
  Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the
  dominion forever and ever. Amen.

80
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• Under this motivation in years past Christians
  were know as walking Bibles.

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The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• Questions to Consider

82
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• Questions to Consider
• 1. How do human movements fight the real path of
  discipleship to Christ?

83
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• Questions to Consider
• 1. How do human movements fight the real path of
  discipleship to Christ?
• 2. How is real freedom in Christ found?

84
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• Questions to Consider
• 1. How do human movements fight the real path of
  discipleship to Christ?
• 2. How is real freedom in Christ found?
• 3. Why does the grace of God change and motivate
  us?

85
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• Questions to Consider
• 1. How do human movements fight the real path of
  discipleship to Christ?
• 2. How is real freedom in Christ found?
• 3. Why does the grace of God change and motivate
  us?
• 4. Why does the blood of Christ have anything to
  do with our salvation?

86
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• 5. Does salvation by the grace of God exclude
  repentance? confession? Baptism?

87
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• 5. Does salvation by the grace of God exclude
  repentance? confession? Baptism?
• 6. Does salvation by faith exclude repentance?
  confession? Baptism? Explain!

88
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• 5. Does salvation by the grace of God exclude
  repentance? confession? Baptism?
• 6. Does salvation by faith exclude repentance?
  confession? Baptism? Explain!
• 7. How does salvation in Christ Alone cause us to
  carefully follow His Word?

89
The people of God are committed to follow Jesus
alone

• 5. Does salvation by the grace of God exclude
  repentance? confession? Baptism?
• 6. Does salvation by faith exclude repentance?
  confession? Baptism? Explain!
• 7. How does salvation in Christ Alone cause us to
  carefully follow His Word?
• 8. Why would we insist for authority for our
  teaching and practice?