The Old Paths

1. The Old Paths Jeremiah 6:16

2. “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” Jer. 6:16

3. “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” Jer. 6:16 I. “Stand ye in the ways, and see,”

4. Consider the way in religion • “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”Prov. 14:12 • Matt. 7:21-23

5. “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” Jer. 6:16 II. “ask for the old paths, where is the good way”

6. Old Paths ??? • Not just old • The old Truths found in God’s Word • There were many “ways” • Today there are many ways • 2 Pet. 1:3 • Old Paths of Christianity

7. “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” Jer. 6:16 III. Need to Return to the Old Paths

8. Men have left old Paths • Jews left God’s way • Today men have left God’s way • Twisted - Distorted Christianity • Doctrines of men • Denominationalism • Subjectivism = my own way

9. “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” Jer. 6:16 IV. How We return to the Old Paths

10. Restoration • Back to Simple, plain Christianity • Go back to New Testament truth • “Speak where the Bible speaks and remain silent where the Bible is silent”

11. Restoration • Baby Baptism • Sprinkling for baptism • Original Sin • Special election - predestination • Religious titles

12. Restoration • Lord’s Supper • Biblical terms for church • How we are saved • Walter Scott • Steps to salvation FRCB • Zeal to be true to God’s word • Restoration is ongoing

13. “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” Jer. 6:16 V. “and ye shall find rest for your souls.”

14. Rest in the Old Paths • Matt. 11:28-30 “Rest unto your souls” • Ps. 38:3 • Rest can be found only in walking in the old paths

15. “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” Jer. 6:16 VI. “But they said, We will not walk therein.”

16. “We Will not” • Men in that day rebelled • Same problem today • Men think their way is right • No regard for God’s way

17. The Old Paths Jeremiah 6:16 "The good way"

18. Rest in the Old Paths • By Arthur Pigman • Evans Church of Christ • Evans, Georgia • Sunday Morning – 5 December 2004