Tag: AUTHORITY

ONE GUIDE, ONE ANSWER

I took a package to the post office.  The clerk checked the zip code and  scales, then gave me the charge.  I took it then to the post office in  a neighboring town and was given  the same cost, then to a small rural  post office where the postmaster  gave the same answer. They did 

REFORM OR RESTORE?

Paul warned early Christians that after  his departure a great apostasy would   come, a falling away from the truth of the   gospel. He told them this departure from   the truth would start within the church   leadership when men would “speak  perverse things, to draw away disciples  after them” (Acts 20:29-31). He called   them “grievous wolves”

SILENCE AND AUTHORITY

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

PATTERN THEOLOGY

God wants certain things to be  done in certain ways. The church  was established in the first century  according to His eternal plan. The  “pattern” was perfect from the  mind of God, just as the pattern  for the tabernacle was perfect  (Hebrews 8:5) when given to  Moses. God also gave a pattern  to Noah to

UNDERSTANDING YOUR BIBLE

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

Truth

“Sanctify them in thy truth; thy  Word is truth” (Jesus, Jn 17:17).  “I am the way, the truth and the life  (Jn 14:6).  Jesus told his disciples   that the Holy Spirit would guide  them into all truth {J n 16:13). There  has been therefore no truth revealed  since 100 AD when His last apostle died. 

TEN REASONS WHY THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IS WORTH INVESTIGATING

1. You may read about it in the Bible  (Rom 16:16).  2. Jesus is its builder (Mt 16:18).  3. It exalts Christ as the only head of  the church (Col 1:18).  4. It was purchased by the blood of  Christ (Acts 20:28).  5. It is not a denomination, but the  body of Christ (Eph 1:22-23).