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Common-Sense Questions a Church-of-Christ
Preacher Cannot Answer
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal
but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
casting down arguments and every high thing that
exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
bringing every thought into captivity to the
obedience of Christ, (1 Corinthians 104,5)
Lesson 3
Cannot Answer
David Martin
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Martins Unanswerable Questions

1. If as a Christian I can sin so as to lose my
   salvation, just what sin or sins will place me
   in such danger? Is it possible to know at what
   point one has committed such a sin, and become
   lost again? Please be specific and give clear
   Bible references.

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Answer
Cannot be talking to unsaved men because they
are not brothers and not in danger but already
condemned. (John 318)
Answer

• 21 "You have heard that it was said to those of
  old, You shall not murder, and whoever murders
  will be in danger of the judgment.
• 22 "But I say to you that whoever is angry with
  his brother without a cause shall be in danger of
  the judgment. And whoever says to his brother,
  Raca! shall be in danger of the council. But
  whoever says, You fool! shall be in danger of
  hell fire.
• (Matthew 521,22)

Balancing verses Mk. 35 1 Jn. 315 Matt.
2317,19 Ps. 141 Prov. 108 1215 Lk. 1220
2425 Gal. 31 1 Pet. 215 Jas. 220 Matt.
1235,36
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Martin (Baptist) Versus Jesus (Christ)

• MARTIN
• A brother cannot be in danger of judgment
• No specific sins that can cause a brother to lose
  his soul

• JESUS
• A brother can be in danger of the judgment
• Identified specific sins that can cause a brother
  to lose his soul

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Sam Morris (Baptist) Versus John (Apostle)

• We take the position that a Christian's sins do
  not damn his soul. The way a Christian lives,
  what he says, his character, his conduct, or his
  attitude toward other people have nothing
  whatever to do with the salvation of his
  soul....All the prayers a man may pray, all the
  Bibles he may read, all the churches he may
  belong to, all the services he may attend, all
  the sermons he may practice, all the debts he may
  pay, all the ordinances he may observe, all the
  laws he may keep, all the benevolent acts he may
  perform will not make his soul one whit safer
  and all the sins he may commit from idolatry to
  murder will not make his soul in any more danger
  (Sam Morris, Do A Christian's Sins Damn His
  Soul?)

The Effect of "Once Saved Always Saved"
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Sam Morris (Baptist) Versus John (Apostle)

• Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you
  know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in
  him. (1 John 315)

Do You Believe Martin and Morris or JOHN?
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test
the spirits, whether they are of God because
many false prophets have gone out into the
world. (I John 41)
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Fellowship With God

• 1 John 15-10
• God is light in Him is no darkness
• In darkness, we lie
• Living within the parameters of Gods word
• We do have sin to say otherwise is to lie
• To be forgiven, we must confess and repent
• Isaiah 591-3
• Sin is not a non-issue

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Martins Unanswerable Questions

1. If as a Christian I can fall and lose my
   salvation, is it possible to regain it? If so,
   how? If God takes away my salvation, doesn't that
   make Him an Indian Giver? How could I ever know
   for sure that I was saved or lost?

ANSWER Would a man who found his fiancé on a
date with another man be an Indian Giver because
he took back the engagement ring?
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Is It Possible to Regain Salvation?
God an Indian Giver?

• It is possible for one to have salvation and then
  lose it.
• Therefore, since a promise remains of entering
  His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to
  have come short of it. (Hebrews 41)
• As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your
  father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with
  a willing mind for the LORD searches all hearts
  and understands all the intent of the thoughts.
  If you seek Him, He will be found by you but if
  you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.
  (1 Chronicles 289)

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Is It Possible to Regain Salvation?
God an Indian Giver?

• It is possible to regain salvation after it has
  been lost.
• Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and
  pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may
  be forgiven you. (Acts 822)

SIMON
Is Simon Lost?
Was Simon Previously Saved?
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Acts 813
Then Simon himself also believed and when he
was baptized he continued with Philip, and was
amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were
done.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved
but he who does not believe will be condemned
(Mark 1616)
Belief Baptism Salvation
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Is It Possible to Regain Salvation?
God an Indian Giver?

• It Is possible to regain salvation after it has
  been lost.
• Remember therefore how you have received and
  heard hold fast and repent. Therefore if you
  will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief,
  and you will not know what hour I will come upon
  you. (Revelation 33)

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God Is Not An Indian Giver

• When he gives a saved man doom for turning away
  from Him. (Ezekiel 1824)
• When he gives a doomed man salvation for
  returning to Him. (Ezekiel 1821-23)
• HE IS GIVING THEM EXACTLY WHAT HE PROMISED!

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Martins Unanswerable Questions

1. After becoming a Christian, are there any sins
   that will put me beyond the point of no return so
   that I cannot regain salvation? What sin or sins
   will put me in such jeopardy, so that, after
   becoming a Christian, I would be doomed to hell
   without any recourse? Please be specific and give
   me clear Bible references.

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Answer

• If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which
  does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will
  give him life for those who commit sin not
  leading to death. There is sin leading to death.
  I do not say that he should pray about that. All
  unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not
  leading to death. (1 John 516,17)

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Martins Unanswerable Questions

1. If I committed some sin--whether in thought,
   word, or deed--one minute before a fatal car
   crash, would I go to hell if I did not have time
   to repent of it? And, please, don't just say that
   it's up to God without giving me a specific Bible
   reference.

Answer If David had Uriah killed one minute
before David himself died in a fatal chariot
crash, would David have gone to heaven since
eternal life was not abiding in him (1 John
315)? And, please, dont just say that its up
to God without giving me a specific Bible
reference.
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Martins Unanswerable Questions

1. Why does the Church of Christ insist that its
   name is scriptural when it cannot be found
   anywhere in the Bible? The church is referred to
   as the church of God eight (8) times in the
   Bible, but never is it called the church of
   Christ. The verse they use is Romans 1616, but
   it doesn't say church of Christ. Where does the
   Bible call the church the "church of Christ"?

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Answer
CHURCH OF GOD
PLURAL (explicit)
For you, brethren, became imitators of the
churches of God which are in Judea in Christ
Jesus. . . . (1
Thessalonians 214)

• Was there a church of God in Judea?
• Even though we do not find the singular church
  of God explicitly applied to any church in Judea
  in the Bible, we know they were there!

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Answer
CHURCH OF GOD
SINGULAR (explicit)
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of
God which is at Corinth. (2 Corinthians11)

• There were churches of God in the first century.
• When addressing one congregation, Paul called it
  a church of God.

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Answer
CHURCH OF CHRIST
PLURAL (implicit)
For you, brethren, became imitators of the
churches of God which are in Judea in Christ
Jesus. . . . (1
Thessalonians 214)

• These churches of God were in Christ Jesus
• Therefore they were churches in Christ as well
  as churches of Christ.
• Christ owned them.
• They existed and operated in Christ.

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Answer
CHURCH OF CHRIST
SINGULAR (implicit)
Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the
flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you
overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He
purchased with His own blood. (Acts 2028)

• He purchased the church of God with HIS own
  blood.
• Therefore, the church of God is the church of
  Christ because Christ is the one who purchased
  it with His Own Blood.

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Answer
CHURCH OF CHRIST
PLURAL (explicit)
Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches
of Christ greet you. (Romans 1616)

• Explicitly teaches there were a plurality of
  churches of Christ.
• Implicitly teaches that local congregations were
  called church of Christ. (cf. 1 Thessalonians
  214 1 Corinthians 11)
• Res church of Christ and is approved
  designation

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My Challenge to David Martin
Solid Rock Baptist ChurchHow Solid?

• Why does David Martin insist that Rock Solid
  Baptist Church is a Scriptural name when he
  cannot find it in the Bible?
• Where does the Bible refer to the church as the
  Rock Solid Baptist Church?
• How can it be rock solid when the Lord nowhere
  referred to the church as Baptist?
• The Scriptures use numerous terms to refer to
  Gods people, but Baptist Church is NOT one of
  those terms!
• No literature written prior to 1600 AD mentions
  the Baptist Church!

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ROCK or SAND
Matthew 724-27

• "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine,
  and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who
  built his house on the rock and the rain
  descended, the floods came, and the winds blew
  and beat on that house and it did not fall, for
  it was founded on the rock. But everyone who
  hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do
  them, will be like a foolish man who built his
  house on the sand and the rain descended, the
  floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that
  house and it fell. And great was its fall."

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ROCK or SAND
Matthew 724-27

• "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine,
  and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who
  built his house on the rock and the rain
  descended, the floods came, and the winds blew
  and beat on that house and it did not fall, for
  it was founded on the rock. But everyone who
  hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do
  them, will be like a foolish man who built his
  house on the sand and the rain descended, the
  floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that
  house and it fell. And great was its fall."

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Matthew 724-27
A man who builds his house on the rock (obeys
Jesus word) stands solid through the storm. A
church that builds upon the rock (obeys Jesus
word) stands solid through the storm. A man who
builds his house on the sand (disobeys Jesus
word) falls, A church that builds upon the sand
is anything but rock solid. One may be a stone
church in name but actually a sandy church in
practice!