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Appreciating The Need For Bible Authority?

Appreciating The Need For Bible Authority?. MATTHEW 21:23-27 “By what authority doest thou these things, and who gave thee this authority?”. ACTS 4:7 “By what power, or by what name, have you done this?”. Appreciating The Need For Bible Authority?. Jesus Told The Centurion:

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Appreciating The Need For Bible Authority?

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  1. Appreciating The NeedFor Bible Authority? MATTHEW21:23-27 “By what authoritydoest thou thesethings, and whogave thee thisauthority?” ACTS 4:7 “By what power, or by what name,have you donethis?” Tim Haile

  2. Appreciating The NeedFor Bible Authority? Jesus Told The Centurion: “I have not found so great faith,no, not in Israel” (Matthew 8:10)WHY? Tim Haile

  3. Appreciating The NeedFor Bible Authority? Because Of The Centurion’s FaithIn Christ’s Authority!Matthew 8:5-10 Tim Haile

  4. What Happens When People Fail To Understand Bible Authority? Human WisdomPrevails 1 Cor. 1:25-2:5Isaiah 65:2Jer. 10:23Prov. 3:5-6 Human CreedsIncrease 2 Tim. 2:16-18Matthew 15:7-9Col. 2:8, 20-22 Tim Haile

  5. When People Fail To Respect God’s Authority: • Adam and Eve (Gen. 2:15-17; 3:1-7,24) • Cain (Gen.4:3-16) • Sabbath Breaker (Num. 15:32-36) • Korah, Dathan, Abiram (Num. 16) • Moses (Num. 20:7-12) • Nadab & Abihu (Lev. 10:1-2) • Uzza (1 Chron. 13:7-10) • Uzziah (2 Chron. 26:14-21) • False Worshippers / Errorists (Matt. 7:22-23) Tim Haile

  6. BIBLE AUTHORITY The SCOPE Of Bible Authority Must Have Authority For ALL That We Believe, Teach, and Practice: “IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS” (BY HIS AUTHORITY) do “ALL” In “WORD or in DEED” “WHATSOEVER” you do… “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him” (COL. 3:17) Tim Haile

  7. BIBLE AUTHORITY The SCOPE Of Bible Authority God Has Not LegislatedIn ALL Areas of Human Activity! HOWEVER, We Must Respect GodIn ALL Areas Where He HasLegislated! Must Have Authority For ALL That We Believe, Teach, and Practice: (Col. 3:17) IN THESE AREAS: Deuteronomy 29:29 • “In things pertaining to life and godliness”(2 Pet. 1:3) • “In things that pertain to God”(Rom. 15:17) • “In things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ”(Acts 28:31) Romans 15:18 Tim Haile

  8. BIBLE AUTHORITY The Source of our Authority • JESUS HAS ALL AUTHORITY (Matt. 28:18) • Deuteronomy 18:18-19 & Acts 3:22-23 • Hebrews 1:1-3 & Hebrews 12:25 • Isaiah 22:22 & Revelation 3:7 (see also Revelation 1:18) • Matthew 17:1-5 – “Listen to Him” (not Moses or Elijah) • John 12:44-50 – Christ’s words our standard Tim Haile

  9. BIBLE AUTHORITY The Source of our Authority • JESUS HAS ALL AUTHORITY (Matt. 28:18) • Deuteronomy 18:18-19 & Acts 3:22-23 • Hebrews 1:1-3 & Hebrews 12:25 • Isaiah 22:22 & Revelation 3:7 (see also Revelation 1:18) • Matthew 17:1-5 – “Listen to Him” (not Moses or Elijah) • John 12:44-50 – Christ’s words our standard The Apostles Were The Instruments Through Whom This Authority Would Be Revealed (Matthew 16:18-19; 18:18) John 14:26; 15:26; 16:7-13; 17:20 –“their {the apostles’} word”1 Cor. 2:10-16; Eph. 3:1-5 Tim Haile

  10. BIBLE AUTHORITY The Source of our Authority The Apostles “Wrote” What They Received • Ephesians 3:3-4 • 1 Corinthians 11:23; 15:3 • 2 Peter 3:15-16 • 1 Timothy 3:14 • Galatians 6:11 • 1 Corinthians 5:9,11 • 2 John 12 Tim Haile

  11. BIBLE AUTHORITY The Result ofTheir Work: • A Perfect Guide (Jas. 1:25) • An Inspired Guide (2 Timothy 3:16) • An Infallible Guide (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 6:18) • An All-Sufficient Guide (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Revelation 22:18-19; Galatians 1:8-9) “What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it” (Deut. 12:32) Tim Haile

  12. “Tell It To The Generation Following” 12.“Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 13.“Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. 14.“For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death” PSALM 48:12-14 Tim Haile

  13. How Is It Established? 1 Cor. 11:24-25 Direct Commands Acts 20:7 Approved Apostolic Examples Acts 20:7 Necessary Inferences Bible Authority Tim Haile

  14. BIBLE AUTHORITY and the Old Testament Some Turn to the Old Testament for Authority for Modern Day Religious Practices Like Instrumental Music and Infant Church Membership Tim Haile

  15. BIBLE AUTHORITY and the Old Testament Paul Said: “For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them”GALATIANS 3:10 Tim Haile

  16. BIBLE AUTHORITY and the Old Testament • The “Authoritative” Aspectof the Law of Moses: • “Fulfilled” (Matt. 5:17-18) • “Abolished” (2 Cor. 3:13) • “Abolished” (Ephesians 2:14) • “Blotted Out” / “Taken Out Of The Way” / “Nailed to the Cross” (Colossians 2:14-15) Tim Haile

  17. BIBLE AUTHORITY “Authorized In O.T. - Not Expressly Forbidden In The New Testament!” • What About The Following? • Sacrificing Burnt Offerings? (Leviticus 7:37-38) • Observe the Sabbath and Its Restrictions? (Exodus 20:8-11) • Go Conquer Canaan? (Deuteronomy 7:1-26) Honor Conquest Regulations? (Exodus 23:20-33) Tim Haile

  18. BIBLE AUTHORITY “Authorized in O.T. - Not Expressly Forbidden In The New Testament!” • What About The Following? • Build a Tabernacle and Its Furnishings? (Exodus 31:1-11) • Observe an Annual Passover /Kill Lamb /Blood on Doorposts? (Exodus 12) • Have a Separate Priesthood? (Exodus 28-29) Tim Haile

  19. When God Is Specific… • “Sing”Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs – Did Not Say“Play”Them -(Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16) • Noah to Make an Ark of Gopher Wood – Not Some Other Kind of Wood (Genesis 6:14) • Abraham to Offer Isaac as a Burnt Offering – Not Some Other Family Member (Genesis 22:2) (NOTE: Abraham could not offer an animal until the 1st order was revoked and a 2nd order was given by the One authorized to do so) • Passover Sacrifice of Exodus 12: • A “Lamb” – Not a “Heifer” • “First Year” – Not “Second” or “Third”… • A “Male” – Not a “Female” • “Without Blemish” – Not “With Blemish” • On The “14th Day” – Not Some Other Day Tim Haile Tim Haile

  20. “3Do not eat any detestable thing. 4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep. 6You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.7However, of those that chew the cud or that have a split hoof completely divided you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the coney. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a split hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you. 8The pig is also unclean; although it has a split hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses” (Deut. 14:3-8). The food RULE had two requirements To satisfy God’s RULE, ALL REQUIREMENTShad to be met. DIVINE AUTHORITY When God Is Specific… Tim Haile

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