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Welcome!. Bibles and copies of sermons are available Please silence your cell phones. Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 P M. Grace – Unity Movement. Lesson 8: Murch Witty Unity Movement.
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Welcome! Bibles and copies of sermons are available Please silence your cell phones Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM
Lesson 8: Murch Witty Unity Movement A desire to repair the division between the Lord’s church and the Christian church denomination H. Leo Boles – the only means of Unity is doctrinal agreement
God’s Desire For Unity John 17:20-23 But what is “unity” in Christ? Ephesians 4:1-6 I Corinthians 1:10 Unity is doctrinal
God’s Desire For Unity Fundamentally it cannot tolerate error I Corinthians 5:1-5 Revelation 2:14, 20
God’s Desire For Unity And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. Ephesians 5:11
God’s Desire For Unity And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. Ephesians 5:11
Grace Unity Movement Ecumenicalism: cooperation Cooperation with difference doctrines Carl Ketcherside Leroy Garrett Edward Fudge
Grace Unity Movement Distinguish between Gospel & Doctrine “Preach the Man, not the Plan” Reinterpreting II John 9-11 Galatians 1:6-9 Romans 6:17 verses Romans 1:16?
Grace Unity Movement Doctrinal purity is impossible “No one can understand the bible alike” Ephesians 3:3-5 II Peter 1:20-21
Grace Unity Movement Doctrinal purity is Legalism “The great sin is legalism, not error” John 14:23, 15:10 I John 3:4; 3:24; 5:2-3
Grace Unity Movement Imputation of perfect obedience “I can sin so that Grace abounds” Romans 6:1-2 Galatians 5:19-21
Grace Unity Movement Continuous Cleansing (I John 1:7) “I am accounted forever sinless in Christ” I John 1:5-9
Grace Unity Movement Redefining a False Teacher (II Peter 2:1) “A false teacher has evil intent” “False” as in I John 1:10, 2:4, 2:22 Acts 15:1 with Galatians 1:6-9
Grace Unity Movement Using autonomy to defend error “Each church makes its own doctrine” Revelation 2:5-6; 2:14-17; 3:1-4 Acts 11:27-29 I Corinthians, Hebrews, James