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Authority: Heaven or Men

Authority: Heaven or Men. Isa 22:15-21 Matt 21:23-27. Authority: Essential and Inescapable. God’s nature possesses it (Neh 9:6; Rom 9:20-21 ) Man’s nature requires it ( Jer 10:32; 2 Thess 3:3-5; Acts 26:17-18 ) Rejecting it there is disorder ( Judg 17:5-6 )

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Authority: Heaven or Men

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  1. Authority: Heaven or Men Isa 22:15-21 Matt 21:23-27

  2. Authority: Essential and Inescapable • God’s nature possesses it • (Neh 9:6; Rom 9:20-21) • Man’s nature requires it • (Jer 10:32; 2 Thess 3:3-5; Acts 26:17-18) • Rejecting it there is disorder • (Judg 17:5-6) • Accepting it there is salvation • (Heb 5:8-9)

  3. Authority: Faulty Sources • Human Reason (Jer 10:23) • Doctrinal Statements (Matt 15:9) • Desires (Majority rule) • Long Standing Practice (Matt 15:6) • Elders or Preachers (“It’s their call”) • Silence of Scripture (1 Cor 4:6; Heb 7:12-14; 2 Jn 9) • Results (Num 20:7-12)

  4. Authority: TrueSources • God • (Gen 18:25; Heb 12:23) • Jesus • (Heb 1:1-2; Matt 28:18) • Holy Spirit • (The Spirit of Truth – John 15:26; 16:13) • Apostles/New Testament • (Luke 10:16; John 16:13; 2 Pet 1:21)

  5. Authority: TrueNature • Objective: “having to do with a known object as distinguished from something existing only in the mind…” (Webster’s). • (Jude 7; 1 Cor 1:10)

  6. Authority: Understanding & Applying It • Direct Statement or Command • (Acts 2:38; 17:31; 1 Pet 2:11; Col 3:9; Gal 5:16-21; 1 Cor 11:22) • Examples • (Phil 3:17; 4:9) • Necessary Conclusions • (Acts 15:7-21; 1 Cor 11:26; Acts 20:6-7)

  7. God’s Authority:His Word The New Testament: The basis of everything we do as individual Christians & as a church

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