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Altars of Brick. Exodus 20:25 And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it. Isaiah 65:2-3
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Altars of Brick Exodus 20:25 And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it. Isaiah 65:2-3 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick.
Altars of Brick • Mechanical Instruments In Worship • Defended By An Appeal To: • The Old Testament (2 Chron. 29:25) • Silence of the New Testament (Gal. 1:6-9) • What We, As Humans, Like (Rom. 9:20-21) • What Is Symbolically Used In Heaven (Rev. 14:1) • Rebellion to God (Isa. 65:5)
Altars of Brick • Sprinkling For Baptism • Baptism Commanded – Mk. 16:16 • Baptism Biblically Defined – Rom. 6:3-4 • This Altar of Brick Changes: • The Mode: Immersion to Sprinkling • The Subject: Believer to Unbeliever • The Purpose: Forgiveness to A Sign of Forgiveness • God Will Not Accept Man’s Ways & Means of Reaching Heaven – Matt. 7:21-23
Altars of Brick • Man-Made Creeds & Doctrines • God Condemns – Col. 2:20-23; Mt. 15:9 • God’s Word Is Complete – Jn. 16:13; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; Jude 3; 1 Pet. 1:3 • Therefore Needs No Revision – Gal. 1:6-9 • True Worshippers Worship According To The Truth – Jn. 4:24
Altars of Brick • Doing God’s Will In Man’s Way • It Is God’s Will That: • His Word Be Preached (Mk. 16:15) • Needy Saints Be Cared For (1 Cor. 16:1) • Needy In General Be Helped (Gal. 6:10) • Children Be Properly Raised (Eph. 6:4) • Brethren Exhort One Another (Heb. 3:13) • God Made Provision For These Things
Altars of Brick • God’s Has Provided: • Church & Individual To Preach • Church To Care For Needy Saints • Individual Christians To Help Needy In The World Whenever Possible • Parents To Raise & Provide For Children
Altars of Brick • Man Seeks To Improve By Using: • Missionary Societies & Sponsoring Churches To Preach The Gospel • Benevolent Homes For The Needy Both Inside And Outside of the Church • Secular Schools & Gyms For Children’s Growth • Kitchens & Gyms For Exhortation of All • All Supposed Improvements Are Hindrances • Individual Does Not Grow By Fulfilling His Duty • Church Is Burdened With Unauthorized Work and Kept From Doing Its God-Given Tasks
Altars of Brick • Offering Unholy Lives To God – 1 Pet. 1:13-19 • Clapping In Worship – 1 Cor. 14:16 • Women Leading Mixed Classes – 1 Tim. 2:12 • Denominational Speakers Teaching Classes – Col. 3:17 • Skits or Plays Used As Teaching Devices
Humbly Obey God “Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your soul” (James 1:26).