If Paul Came To Your Church

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If Paul CameTo Your Church
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If Paul Came To Your Church

• Paul wanted to visit local churches of Christ to
  encourage them (1 Thess. 217 313), but also
  to hold them accountable for their actions
  (2 Cor. 1214 132)
• Pauls presence was discredited by opponents of
  his own generation (2 Cor. 1010-11)
• Paul is not present today, but his inspired words
  remain in all church buildings where the Bible is
  still present

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If Paul Came Back Today

• He would find an offer of cut rate salvation in
  a faith only message (Rom. 328 15 617
  1626 Eph. 28-9 45 526 Acts 195 Gal.
  326-27 Tit. 35)
• He would find differing views on baptism
  (Acts 2216 Rom. 63-4,17-18 Col.
  212)
• He would find a system of denominational division
  (1 Cor. 110-13 Eph. 44-6)

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If Paul Came Back Today

• He would find people claiming to speak in tongues
  and work miracles (1 Cor. 137-8)
• He would find religions teaching doctrines
  different from Jesus (Gal. 16-8 Col. 28 1
  Tim. 63)
• He would find people desiring to be justified by
  the Old Law (Gal. 51-4 Col. 214,16)
• He would find prognosticators predicting the date
  for the coming of the Lord (1 Thess. 52-4)

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If Paul Came Back Today

• He would find women preachers (1 Tim. 212) and
  women elders (1 Tim. 31-2)
• He would find unbalanced preaching in the pulpits
  (2 Tim. 42)

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If Paul Came To Your Church

• Many other religious practices would astound and
  amaze Paul
• What attitudes and actions among churches of
  Christ would trouble Paul?