Walking By His Rule

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Walking By His Rule
The Joys of Christianity A Study of Philippians
13th Annual South Florida Lectureship Palm Beach
Lakes church of Christ
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Ye shall not surely die For God doth know that
in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall
be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good
and evil.
Genesis 34-5
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Ye shall not surely die For God doth know that
in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall
be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good
and evil.
Genesis 34-5
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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God
in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless
that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 207
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Order my steps in thy word and let not any
iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalm 119133
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Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus
minded and if in any thing ye be otherwise
minded, God shall reveal even this unto you
Philippians 315-17
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Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained,
let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the
same thing...
Philippians 315-17
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Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark
them which walk so as ye have us for an example.
Philippians 315-17
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In those days there was no king in Israel, but
every man did that which was right in his own
eyes.
Judges 176
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In those days there was no king in Israel, but
every man did that which was right in his own
eyes.
Judges 176
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This people draweth near unto me with their
mouth, and honoreth me with their lips but their
heart is from from me
Matthew 158-9
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But in vain they do worship me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men.
Matthew 158-9
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Søren Kierkegaard
Non-Reason
( Meaning and Values)
Reason
( Facts and Data)
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Maxwells Equations
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ò B.ds m0.( I d/dt (e0.ò E.dA)) 
ò E.ds -d/dt(ò B.dA) 
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Albert Einstein
Emc2
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Creation of Adam Michelangelo
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Waterlilies Claude Monet
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For the first time, I think, people are really
wondering if there is such a thing as truth.
People arent quite sure anymore what grounds
there are for arguing why something is wrong.
Theres indifference, exhaustion. Its whatever.
- William Bennett Former Secretary of Education
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Søren Kierkegaard
Non-Reason
( Meaning and Values)
Reason
( Facts and Data)
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Emerging Church Movement
Since times have changed the church must follow
the timesand change.
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Those Leading the Way
Brian McLaren Stanley Grenz Tony Jones Doug
Pagitt Dan Kimball Steve Chalke Eddie
Gibbs Spencer Burke Erwin McManus Donald
Miller Leonard Street
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Those Leading the Way
Brian McLaren Stanley Grenz Tony Jones Doug
Pagitt Dan Kimball Steve Chalke Eddie
Gibbs Spencer Burke Erwin McManus Donald
Miller Leonard Street
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Emerging Church Teachings and Goals

• We have no foundation for any beliefs, therefore
  we cannot know absolute truth.
• Since we cannot know absolute truth, we can only
  experience what is true for our communities.

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Emerging Church Teachings and Goals

• Since we cannot know absolute truth we cannot be
  dogmatic about doctrine.
• Since we cannot know absolute truth we cannot be
  dogmatic about moral standards.

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Emerging Voices
We should stop looking for some objective Truth
that is available when we delve into the text of
the Bible.Tony Jones
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Emerging Voices
I dont believe making disciples must equal
making adherents to the Christian religion. It
may be advisable in many (not all!) circumstances
to help people become followers of Jesus and
remain within their Buddhist, Hindu or Jewish
contexts . Rather than resolving the paradox via
pronouncements on the eternal destiny of people
more convinced by or loyal to other religions
than ours, we simply move on . To help
Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, and everyone else
experience life to the full in the way of Jesus
(while learning it better myself), I would gladly
become one of them (whoever they are) to whatever
degree I can, to embrace them, to join them, to
enter into their world without judgment but with
saving love as mine has been entered by the
Lord.Brian McLaren
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Emerging Voices
We can not be sure that Christ ever claimed to
be GOD or the Father. I personally follow
Christs message and call myself a Christian
without believing that he was GOD. He was a
spiritual man who had a simple message which yet
is the ultimate challenge for anyone to live
by. - Blogger at Postmodern_Theology
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Life was nasty, brutish, and short 2,000 years
ago, but the issues of the day were surprisingly
modern.
- The Year One (U.S. News and World Report,
Jan. 8, 2001, p. 38)
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Kanon (Rule) signified a measuring stick, so a
standard Kanon (Rule) a gift from God to know
how to live!
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• OT Devotional Writings
• Psalm 1
• Psalm 19
• Psalm 23
• Ecclesiastes 1213

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And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and become obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.
Philippians 28
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Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by
the things which he suffered
Hebrews 58-9
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And being made perfect, he became the author of
eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.
Hebrews 58-9
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• Having a Divine Rule Means
• Joy in living wisely
• Confidence in living wisely
• Consistency in living wisely
• Basis of living wisely

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Let us walk by the same Rule
Philippians 316
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