Hebrews 8:4,5

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Hebrews 84,5

• make all things according to the pattern shown
  you on the mountain..

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The Pattern
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Old Testament Declares a Pattern for Work of
Gods People

• Exodus 259,40
• Pattern structure by implication, a model,
  resemblance similitude
• Numbers 84
• Pattern a view (the act of seeing)
  appearance, visage, vision

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Noah Building the ArkGenesis 613-16

• Gopher Wood Genesis 614
• Rooms Genesis 614
• Pitch in out Genesis 614
• Exact Measurements Genesis 615
• Single Window/ Three Story Genesis 616

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Noah Building the ArkGenesis 613-16

• Instructions Exact, Clear Constituted a Pattern
  for Noah to Use in Building the Ark
• What was the result?
• Genesis 622 Thus Noah did according to ALL
  that God commanded him, so he did.

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Exodus Chapter 25

• Exodus 259,40 Pattern
• Exodus 2510-22 Ark of the Covenant
• Exodus 2523 Table, Shewbread, Candlesticks,
  utensils

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Joshua Chapter Six

• March around city wall once a day for six days.
• Seven priests carry the ark
• On day seven, the men priests march around the
  city seven times, blow long blast on rams horns
• People did ALL of these things

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Joshua Chapter Six

• What Happened?
• The Walls Fell FLAT!
• Joshua 620 when the people heard the sound of
  the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great
  shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the
  people went up into the city, every man straight
  before him, and they took the city.

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New Testament Teaches a Pattern for The People of
God

• Greek word tupos
• A prototype, pattern. Particularly of a pattern
  or model after which something is to be made.
• A type as a model of some reality which was yet
  to appear

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English Language Usage

• Example-
• 1 Corinthians 106,11
• Philippians 317
• 1 Thessalonians 17
• 2 Thessalonians 39
• 1 Timothy 412
• 1 Peter 53

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English Language Usage

• Type (Figure KJV)-
• Romans 514
• Form-
• Romans 617
• Pattern-
• Titus 27
• Hebrews 85
• Acts 744

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Use of Hupodeigma in NT

• A sign suggestive of anything, delineation of a
  thing, representation, figure, copy 2) an
  example for imitation 2a) of the thing to be
  imitated 2b) for a warning, of a thing to be
  shunned.

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Use of Hupodeigma in NT

• Example-
• John 1315
• Hebrews 411
• Hebrews 85 (KJV Example)
• James 510
• 2 Peter 26
• Copies-
• Hebrews 923

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Other NT Passages Teach There is a Pattern

• Matthew 2818-20
• Apostles Commanded to teach what Jesus taught
  them those disciples in turn would do likewise
• 2 Timothy 22
• There were TRUTHS that Paul had taught to Timothy
  which he was required to pass on to others

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Other NT Passages Teach There is a Pattern

• Christians are NOT to look to the words of Men
  over the words delivered from God
• 1 Corinthians 46
• Christians will be judged by the words of Christ
• John 1248
• IF the words of Christ will judge, then there are
  particulars that are binding

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Other NT Passages Teach There is a Pattern

• Christians are not to go beyond or change the
  truth of Gods Word -- 2 John 9-11
• IF there is no pattern, there is no doctrine to
  NOT abide in!
• Revelation 2218,19
• IF no pattern, how could we be commanded to not
  ADD or TAKE away from the Word?

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Consequences of Not Continuing in the Pattern

• Necessary for Faithful Brethren to Cut Ties of
  Fellowship with Erring Brother Romans 1617
• Cuts us off from blessings of God- Galatians 16-9

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This Teaches

• 1. Paul taught a pattern for their adherence
• 2. Strict adherence was necessary for Christians
  to receive the continued blessings of God
• 3. Abandonment of the pattern meant loss of
  salvation

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Consequences of Not Continuing in the Pattern

• Causes men to be deceived by false doctrine-
  Ephesians 414,15
• 1) Potential of being deceived by false doctrine,
  implies a true pattern for religion
• 2) Deceived when abandon Gods pattern
• 3) Continuing in the truth guarantees being
  pleasing to Christ

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What Have We Learned?

• There was a Pattern for Gods people under the
  Old Law
• There is a pattern for Gods people today.
• We are not pleasing to God today if we stray from
  the pattern given in the New Testament for the
  church of Our Lord.

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1 Timothy 416

• 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine.
  Continue in them, for in doing this you will save
  both yourself and those who hear you.