Thematic Studies In Bible Basics

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Thematic Studies In Bible Basics
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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Necessary Inferences
• The inescapable conclusion from 1 Cor 161-2 is
  to have a treasury into which the collected funds
  are to be placed
• Necessary because we are commanded to give and
  the funds are to be kept somewhere

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Necessary Inferences
• The inescapable conclusion from Acts 835-37 is
  the necessity of water baptism to salvation
• Necessary because of the eunuchs question would
  he have asked had not Philip taught it?
• Important because of efforts to minimize this

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Necessary Inferences
• Important point to remember
• Not all inferences are necessary
• Illustrated in Heb 1025
• Necessary inference Ù a place to assemble
• Unnecessary inference Ù actual church bldg.

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Applied To One Issue
• No single method gives all pertinent details
  re our observance of the Lords Supper
• Therefore, we must study everything revealed
  about this important topic to ensure we have all
  the truth cp. Psa 119160

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Applied To One Issue
• Authorization to partake of the Lords Supper
• Command Mt 2626-29 1 Cor 1123-25
• The actual observance is authorized when Jesus
  commanded Take, eat and This do in
  remembrance of Me.

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Applied To One Issue
• Authorization to partake of the Lords Supper
• Approved Example (Precedent) Acts 207
• The when is authorized when the inspired record
  tells us the early disciples came together to
  break bread

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Applied To One Issue
• Authorization to partake of the Lords Supper
• Approved Example (Precedent) Acts 207
• The only authorized day is Sunday
• Did Jesus command address when the Supper is
  to be eaten?

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Applied To One Issue
• Authorization to partake of the Lords Supper
• Necessary Inference Acts 207
• The frequency is authorized when the inspired
  record tells us the early disciples came together
  to break bread

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Applied To One Issue
• Authorization to partake of the Lords Supper
• Necessary Inference Acts 207
• The implication is that they came together every
  first day of the week to eat the Supper
• Paul tarried in Troas to meet, eat with them

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Applied To One Issue
• Authorization to partake of the Lords Supper
• Necessary Inference Acts 207
• The phrase break bread has to refer to the
  Lords Supperif a common meal, why would Paul
  wait 7 days to eat it?

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Applied To One Issue
• Authorization to partake of the Lords Supper
• Necessary Inference Acts 207
• An O.T. parallelThe 4th Commandment
• The wording reasoning of Ex 208 is similar to
  Acts 207 Ù implied is how often

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• What makes our approach and these methods
  Biblical is that we can see them utilized by the
  early Christiansespecially when they had to
  settle controversies that plagued the church in
  its infancy (approx. 20 years since it began)

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• First century disciples had to do what we must
  doestablish authority for whatever they did to
  be certain they were doing heavens will
• Principle Ù we can truly be what they were
  when we do what they did

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• The Issue Ù Circumcising Gentiles Acts 15
• Judaizers constantly opposed the apostles,
  their teaching cp. 138, 45, 50 142, 19
  151
• The issue eventually reached a decisive point
  brethren were troubled unsettled v. 24

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• The Issue Ù Circumcising Gentiles Acts 15
• How the early Christians, under the direction of
  the apostles, went about settling this dispute is
  precisely the focus of this lesson
• They appealed to this same 3-fold approach

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• The Issue Ù Circumcising Gentiles Acts 15
• Established by an Example vv. 7-11
• Peter discusses his work among the uncircumcised
  Gentiles
• He references his visit with Cornelius vv. 7-10
  cp. 1044-47

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• The Issue Ù Circumcising Gentiles Acts 15
• Established by an Example vv. 7-11
• The Gentiles had been saved v. 11 cp. v. 1
• This served as an example of how God had
  cleansed the Gentiles by faith without them
  submitting to circumcision v. 9

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• The Issue Ù Circumcising Gentiles Acts 15
• Established by a Necessary Inference v. 12
• Paul Barnabas discuss their mission work among
  the uncircumcised, emphasizing the signs
  wonders they did cp. 24, 43 37-10
  512-16 68 86 932-42

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• The Issue Ù Circumcising Gentiles Acts 15
• Established by a Necessary Inference v. 12
• Miracles were done among Jews Gentiles
• This infers that God was willing to accept the
  Gentiles without them submitting to circumcision

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• The Issue Ù Circumcising Gentiles Acts 15
• Established by a Command vv. 13-18
• James reminds everyone what God had earlier
  spoken through one of the prophets cp. Amos
  911-12

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• The Issue Ù Circumcising Gentiles Acts 15
• Established by a Command vv. 13-18
• If God had already spoken about bringing in the
  Gentiles with no mention of them being
  circumcised, that settled the issue

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• All 3 Methods Used By 1st Century Christians
• The Issue Ù Circumcising Gentiles Acts 15
• Establishing authority using this 3-approach
  method accomplished 2 important things
• The controversy was solved v. 19
• Unity was produced in the churches v. 31

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• Lesson 8 Ù Respecting Gods Silence
• The previous material has emphasized the
  authority of what God has said
• The following material emphasizes the authority
  of what God has not said
• Both of these are equally authoritative
• In fact, respect is especially shown when God is
  silent

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