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Unauthorized Conduct

Unauthorized Conduct. “Strange” Things. Strange Things. Fire, Leviticus 10:1-2 Woman, Proverbs 2:16-17 Doctrines, Hebrews 13:9 Gods, Joshua 24:20. “Strange” (HOSEA 8:12).

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Unauthorized Conduct

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  1. Unauthorized Conduct “Strange” Things

  2. Strange Things • Fire, Leviticus 10:1-2 • Woman, Proverbs 2:16-17 • Doctrines, Hebrews 13:9 • Gods, Joshua 24:20

  3. “Strange” (HOSEA 8:12) • Hebrew (zur): “A primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane.” (Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary) • Greek (xenos): “foreign (literally alien).”(Strong’s Greek Dictionary When God’s authority is not respected His word becomes a “strange” thing!

  4. Strange Fire (LEVITICUS 10:1-2) • Not commanded by the Lord • Presumptuous sin, Psa. 19:13; Deut. 18:20 • Despises authority, self-willed and disrespectful where honor is due, 2 Peter 2:10

  5. Strange Fire (LEVITICUS 10:1-2) • Not commanded by the Lord • Presumptuous sin, Psa. 19:13; Deut. 18:20 • Despises authority, self-willed and disrespectful where honor is due, 2 Peter 2:10 “Strange” fire is being offered today in churches of Christ: - Institutionalism –Acts 14:23; Phil. 1:1

  6. Local Church is Sufficient BENEVOLENCE Local Church (elders) $ Relieve its Needy Saints Acts 2:44-45; 4:34-37 Acts 6:1-6 6

  7. Local Church is Sufficient BENEVOLENCE C $ $ Local Church (elders) $ Relieve its Needy Saints C $ C Acts 11:27-30; 1 Cor. 16:1-3 2 Cor. 8:1-4, 13-15; 9:1, 12-14 Rom. 15:25-27 7

  8. Local Church is not Sufficient! BENEVOLENCE C $ $ $ $ Relieve Needy INSTITUTION Need C $ C Scripture Please! NOT THIS! 8

  9. Local Church is not Sufficient! BENEVOLENCE C $ Albuquerque Children’s Home $ $ $ Relieve Needy C Need $ C Scripture Please! NOT THIS! 9

  10. Local Church is not Sufficient! BENEVOLENCE C $ Russian Orphanage $ $ $ Relieve Needy C Need $ C Scripture Please! NOT THIS! 10

  11. Local Church is Sufficient EVANGELISM C $ $ Preacher C Preach Gospel $ C Acts 13:1-3; Phil. 4:15-16 2 Cor. 11:8 11

  12. Local Church is not Sufficient! EVANGELISM C $ $ Sponsoring Church $ Preach Gospel Preacher C $ C Scripture Please! NOT THIS! 12

  13. Local Church is not Sufficient! EVANGELISM C $ $ Kenya Bible School $ Preach Gospel Preachers C $ C Scripture Please! NOT THIS! 13

  14. Local Church is not Sufficient! EVANGELISM C $ Bible Institute (Honduras) $ $ Preach Gospel Preachers C $ C Scripture Please! NOT THIS! 14

  15. Strange Fire (LEVITICUS 10:1-2) • No authority…Strange fire…Sin! • The local church is sufficient and able to accomplish the work given it by the Lord without adding institutions • Hold fast the pattern of sound words, 2 Tim. 1:13

  16. Strange Woman (PROV. 2:16-17) • Foreign, immoral and against God’s authorized marriage covenant • Bitterness, pain and death, Prov. 5:1-6 • Sinful pleasure that robs you of the pleasure God has given you in marriage, Prov. 5:20 (15-19)

  17. Strange Woman (PROV. 2:16-17) • God’s commandment protects us from the strange woman, Prov. 6:23-29, 32 • God authorizes purity of mind and body, 1 Thess. 4:3-7 • God’s judgment is upon those who will not repent, Heb. 13:4

  18. Strange Woman (PROV. 2:16-17) • God’s commandment protects us from the strange woman, Prov. 6:23-29 • God authorizes purity of mind and body, 1 Thess. 4:3-7 • God’s judgment is upon those who will not repent, Heb. 13:4 “Strange” woman is being accepted today in churches of Christ: - Divorce and Remarriage for any cause -Matt. 5:32; 19:9 (1 Cor. 7:9, 20)

  19. Strange Doctrines (HEB. 13:9) • Foreign to the apostles’ doctrine (Acts 2:42) • Sound doctrine is NT teaching, but… • Strange doctrine turns from God, 2 Jno. 9 • Strange doctrine rejects God’s grace, Gal. 1:6-9 • Strange doctrine does not edify, 1 Tim. 1:3-4 • Strange doctrine is not godliness, 1 Tim. 6:3

  20. Strange Doctrines (HEB. 13:9) • Foreign to the apostles’ doctrine (Acts 2:42) • Sound doctrine is NT teaching, but… • Strange doctrine turns from God, 2 Jno. 9 • Strange doctrine rejects God’s grace, Gal. 1:6-9 • Strange doctrine does not edify, 1 Tim. 1:3-4 • Strange doctrine is not godliness, 1 Tim. 6:3 Following “strange” doctrine is sin! Heb. 13:9 (Eph. 4:14-15)

  21. THE APPLICATION • It is sin to offer God what He has not commanded (“strange fire”) • Institutionalism has not been commanded • Therefore, institutionalism is sin

  22. THE APPLICATION • It is sin to take what God does not authorize (“strange woman”) • Adultery is taking an unauthorized woman • Therefore, adultery (“strange woman”) is sin

  23. THE APPLICATION • It is sin to teach what God’s word does not reveal (“strange doctrine”) • False teaching is foreign to God’s word • Therefore, false teaching is sin

  24. God’s Word • Becomes a “strange thing” when we “refuse knowledge”, Heb. 8:12; 4:6 • We must offer God what pleases Him, not what pleases us! • We must reject everything that is unauthorized -- it is “strange” to God!

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