DOES THE SILENCE OF THE SCRIPTURESGRANT PERMISSION

OR SET LIMITS?

Silence of the Scriptures

Bible Authority, Part 11

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COMPLETE, MATTHEW 28:18NECESSARY, COLOSSIANS 3:17INSPIRED SCRIPTURE, 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17ESTABLISHED BY:

COMMAND (DIRECT STATEMENT) APOSTOLIC APPROVED EXAMPLE NECESSARY INFERENCE

The Authority of Christ2

“SEE THAT YOU MAKE ALL THINGS ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN…” (HEB. 8:5)“HOLD FAST THE PATTERN OF SOUND WORDS…” (2 TIM. 1:13)“BRETHREN, JOIN IN FOLLOWING MY EXAMPLE, AND NOTE THOSE WHO SO WALK, AS YOU HAVE US FOR A PATTERN.” (PHIL. 3:17)

Bible Authority = Bible Pattern

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“BUT, IT DOESN’T SAY‘NOT TO’!”

Silence of the Scriptures4

ADDING TO GOD’S WORD VIOLATES THE SILENCE OF THE SCRIPTURES, DEUT. 4:2; PROV. 30:6; REV. 22:18

SILENCE RESTRAINS; IT IS NOT LICENSE, HEB. 8:5 SILENCE DEFINES THE LIMITS GOD SETS WITHIN

WHICH WE ACT – PRESUMPTUOUS TO GO BEYOND GOD’S WORD, NUM. 14:25, 40-45 (PSA. 19:13)

Silence Sets Limits8

AGAINST THOSE WHO ACTED PRESUMPTUOUSLY

(WHEN HE DID NOT TELL THEM TO ACT)

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God’s Judgments

NADAB AND ABIHU, LEVITICUS 10:1-2

AT FIRST THEY OBEYED “AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED MOSES”, LEV. 8:36; 9:2-24

OFFERED PROFANE FIRE “WHICH HE HAD NOT COMMANDED THEM”, 10:1

GOD’S JUDGMENT: DEATH (10:2-3)

God’s Judgments10

PRIESTLY TRIBE, HEBREWS 7:11-14 LEVI, SONS OF AARON, NUMBERS 3:10 JESUS COULD NOT BE A PRIEST UNDER THE

LOM, HEBREWS 8:4GOD’S JUDGMENT:

PRIESTS FROM ALL OTHER TRIBES UNDER LAW OF MOSES WAS SIN! (1 KGS. 12:30-31)

God’s Judgments11

JUDAIZERS, ACTS 15:1, 24; GAL. 2:5 “GOSPEL + CIRCUMCISION = SALVATION”

(15:1, 5) NO COMMAND GIVEN; ACTING ALONE, 15:24

GOD’S JUDGMENT: SUBVERTING SOULS / BONDAGE

(ACTS 15:24; GAL. 2:4)

God’s Judgments12

GOING BEYOND HIS DOCTRINE AND AUTHORITY 2 TIM. 1:13 (COL. 3:17; 2 JNO. 9)

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Adding to God’s Silence

MUSIC IN WORSHIP , EPH. 5:19SING + PLAY = BEYOND CHRIST’S AUTHORITY!

WATER BAPTISM:ACTION (ROM. 6:4; COL. 2:12)IMMERSE + SPRINKLE = BEYOND CHRIST’S AUTHORITY!

WHO (MARK 16:16)ADULT BELIEVER + BABY=BEYOND CHRIST’S

AUTHORITY!

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ORGANIZATION OF THE LOCAL CHURCH , ACTS 14:23; 1 PET. 5:2

LOCAL & INDEPENDENT + ALLIANCES OF CHURCHES (SPONSORING CHURCHES) = BEYOND CHRIST’S AUTHORITY!KEY TO THE KINGDOM: “A WEEKLY TV PROGRAM

PRODUCED BY THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN CANADA”

Adding to God’s Silence15

16Gospel Herald, page 20, Jan 2011

WORK OF THE LOCAL CHURCH , 1 COR. 14:26

SPIR. EDIFICATION + SOCIAL ACTIVITIES = BEYOND CHRIST’S AUTHORITY!FEED WORD OF GOD, ACTS 20:28, 32; HEB. 5:12-14NOT FEED FOOD FOR STOMACH, 1 COR. 11:22, 34PRESUMPTUOUS TO ADD ANOTHER WORK

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WORK OF THE LOCAL CHURCH , ACTS 2:44-45

BENEVOLENCE TO SAINTS + TO THE LOST = BEYOND CHRIST’S AUTHORITY!PATTERN: NEEDY CHRISTIANS WITH THE CHURCH’S

COLLECTED FUNDS, ACTS 4:32-35; 11:29-30PRESUMPTUOUS TO ADD ALL MEN (THE WORK OF

INDIVIDUALS, GAL. 6:10)

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• WE DO NOT ADD TO WHAT THEY SAY• WE ABIDE IN THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST AS IT IS REVEALED• WE HOLD FAST THE PATTERN OF SOUND WORDS

The Silence of Scriptures is Respected When…

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DIVINE BLESSINGS OF SALVATION AND FELLOWSHIP (2 JOHN 9)