“Do Not Go Beyond What Is Written” (I Cor 4:6). This command was written to the church in Corinth. They had trouble with division because some did not hold their teaching, their behavior, their worship to the “pattern of sound words” (2 Tim 1:13). Unity among Christians is only achieved and maintained by “speaking the
What God HAS said is important. Of equal importance is to respect what God HAS NOT said. Notice: Jeremiah 19:5-15 speaks of the children of Israel sinning by worshiping in ways “which I commanded not.” The prophet repeats their sin of Baal worship “which I commanded them not” (32:35). When God gave commands in the
Many things are commonly practiced among churches about which the New Testament says nothing: song books, microphones, pews, printing machines, P.A. systems, videos, etc. There is a realm of freedom for Christians to use modern conveniences. An expedient is “that which benefits or helps one in keeping specified instructions.” When God gives a command to
Thank you for your letter last week. You say the Catholic Church was founded by Christ and then gave us the Bible. If that be true, is it not strange that the Roman Catholic Church is never mentioned in the Bible? Nor any pope, hierarchy, ecumenical council, unmarried bishops or clergy, infant sprinkling for baptism,
Colt McCoy, star UT quarterback, told about his teammates asking how to receive the Holy Spirit and why he thinks baptism is important. He phoned his grandparents ahead of time to pray for him and the 15 guys that agreed to meet at 8 pm in the athletes’ lounge. About 10 pm the phone rang
You may never know who the preacher was. You can preach these 3 points! 1 “Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of FAITH, having our bddies washed with pure water.” God is all around us, but we must “tune in” to the right frequency to know His presence
Believers in the Bible must decide: (1) Does God permit everything which He has not specifically condemned, or (2) is all that He has not specifically authorized forbidden? Silence limited in the Old Testament: (1) Moses was commanded to kill a red heifer; silence excluded ant or horse (Num. 19:2). (2) Noah was commanded to
The expression “in Christ” is at the very heart of Christianity and yet a phenomenal blinding has overcome many teachers of the Bible who give nothing to their students on its great truth. This expression or its equivalent is used no less than 169 times (according to John McKay). Being in Christ is a new
Jim, a reader in Keller, sent us this question: “An Inmate on death row accepted Jesus, but his warden won’t allow a water baptism. Is his faith sufficient? He then gets executed for bis crimes.” In 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer, learned the way of salvation while in prison, but was murdered by an
Some people do not read their Bible until they have made a tragic failure in their lives. Then, when in desperation they open it to look for help, they do hot know where to look or how to find their answers. 1. The Bible covers 4,000 years of history. The Old Testament starts with creation