Behold the Pattern

1
Behold the Pattern

• Exodus 2540

2
We Serve A God of Patterns

• The tabernacle, the Temple, and the church are
  all build upon a pattern
• The pattern of the tabernacle (Ex.
  258-9,40 2630 278 Num. 84 Acts 744
  Heb. 85 924)

3
We Serve A God of Patterns

• Note three important things about the tabernacle
  building
• 1. Attitude (emotion) had to be joined with
  authority (pattern) 251-9 3520ff
• 2. Talent (skill) had to joined with authority
  (pattern) 3530ff
• 3. The building was examined to see if it
  matched the pattern 3932-43

4
We Serve A God of Patterns

• The pattern of the Temple (1
  Chron. 2811-12,8-19)
• Like the building of the tabernacle, both emotion
  and skill had to be joined with authority
  (pattern) 2821

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We Serve A God of Patterns

• The pattern of conversion is found in the gospel
  (Rom. 617 form pattern mold cast die)
• The pattern for the church is found in the gospel
  (2 Tim. 113 pattern outline sketch to
  delineate)
• The pattern for the world is the faithful
  Christian (1 Tim. 116 Tit. 27)

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No-Pattern Brethren

• Some, like Ahaz, are not content to abide by
  Gods pattern, but seek a worldly pattern (2
  Kings 1610)
• Some ridicule the patternist mentality or, the
  old paths mentality, or pattern theology, or
  legalistic patternists

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No-Pattern Brethren

• Brethren in the 1850s to 1900s that ignored the
  NT pattern ended up in the Christian Church and
  Disciples of Christ
• Brethren in the 1940s to 1960s that ignored the
  NT pattern ended up in the institutional Churches
  of Christ
• Brethren in the 1980s that ignored the NT
  pattern are now leaving Churches of Christ for
  denominations

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Behold the Pattern

• We serve a God of patterns! We must remain true
  to the NT pattern, or return to it if we have
  left!
• The NT pattern is
• Divine (Mt. 1618 2818)
• Complete (2 Tim. 316-17 Jude 3)
• Successful (Acts 247 514 931 165)