1 00:00:02,008 --> 00:00:02,530 Good morning. 2 00:00:02,530 --> 00:00:06,817 It's good to see all of you here this morning. 3 00:00:12,238 --> 00:00:17,789 We've got a chance to go on Wednesday to the Fort Payne Church of Christ. 4 00:00:17,990 --> 00:00:21,202 and speak on their summer series down in Fort Payne, Alabama. 5 00:00:21,202 --> 00:00:26,476 It was the home of the singing group, the country music group, Alabama. 6 00:00:26,476 --> 00:00:27,916 They're from there. 7 00:00:28,337 --> 00:00:35,171 But we got a chance to spend time with a brethren down there who I've known since 2014 and do some work with them. 8 00:00:35,171 --> 00:00:38,974 And so it was enjoyable ah to be able to do that. 9 00:00:38,974 --> 00:00:41,885 We're going to continue our study. 10 00:00:42,728 --> 00:00:44,419 on the booklets back to the Bible. 11 00:00:44,419 --> 00:00:45,960 We're in the second booklet. 12 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,622 We began this lesson uh and this booklet last week. 13 00:00:50,622 --> 00:00:54,574 So if you uh have that with you, hopefully you can pull that out. 14 00:00:54,574 --> 00:01:04,528 If you weren't here last week, you can go back on the website online and be able to be able to find last week's lesson and go over that material. 15 00:01:04,528 --> 00:01:06,218 I encourage you to do that. 16 00:01:06,218 --> 00:01:12,545 I encourage you also if you weren't here for the first books lesson, the two lessons that we did on book 17 00:01:12,545 --> 00:01:18,029 booklet number one, encourage you to uh go back and watch those as well. 18 00:01:18,770 --> 00:01:20,831 The reason we're doing this. 19 00:01:21,097 --> 00:01:34,733 is to help train ourselves how to sit down and study with someone about what the Bible tells them they need to do in order to be saved, but not just what they need to do in 20 00:01:34,733 --> 00:01:35,813 order to be saved. 21 00:01:35,813 --> 00:01:48,419 They need to know why the Bible is authoritative in their lives, what part of the Bible is authoritative in their lives, how God assures them of what commands they must keep and 22 00:01:48,419 --> 00:01:50,960 obey, that being those that are part of 23 00:01:50,960 --> 00:02:00,987 of the New Testament law, and then what church it is that they belong to when they become a Christian because the Lord adds them to the church. 24 00:02:00,987 --> 00:02:03,228 Acts chapter two, verse 47. 25 00:02:03,228 --> 00:02:08,472 So as a result of that, they need to know what it is they've been added to. 26 00:02:08,472 --> 00:02:16,547 They need to know what that looks like, and they need to know whether or not the thing that they've always thought of as the church is the church. 27 00:02:16,547 --> 00:02:19,299 That's where we come into our study this afternoon. 28 00:02:19,299 --> 00:02:20,953 oh 29 00:02:20,953 --> 00:02:28,259 the church and its makeup in the first section of the booklet and then the organization of the church. 30 00:02:28,259 --> 00:02:40,458 We're entering now into the worship of the church, but as we examined this thing, one of the things that we looked at in 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 10 was that Paul 31 00:02:40,458 --> 00:02:51,236 specifically says by the inspiration of Holy Spirit that there are to be no divisions among those who are in the 32 00:02:51,610 --> 00:02:57,772 There are no authorized sex of the church. 33 00:02:57,772 --> 00:03:03,693 There are no authorized denominations of the church. 34 00:03:04,173 --> 00:03:11,955 Either an individual is part of that which is authorized or he is part of that which is unauthorized. 35 00:03:12,471 --> 00:03:21,575 And Paul said that we should, as Christians, have no divisions among us. 36 00:03:21,575 --> 00:03:33,531 But then consider as well that the first century church, as exhibited by Paul's greeting in Philippians chapter 1 and verse 1, and as we studied last week, was made up of bishops 37 00:03:33,531 --> 00:03:38,823 or elders, deacons, and Christians or saints. 38 00:03:38,863 --> 00:03:42,405 That was the organization of the early church, and that 39 00:03:42,405 --> 00:03:46,969 is an authorized organization for the church today. 40 00:03:46,969 --> 00:03:52,172 As we consider this and continue this study, we're going to notice the worship of the church. 41 00:03:52,172 --> 00:04:01,279 You know, one of the things that there's an old saying, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck, all right? 42 00:04:01,333 --> 00:04:14,230 When you're looking for the church, if you compare what you see in the Bible to what you see in a church that you're looking at and they match, that's a pretty good bet that 43 00:04:14,230 --> 00:04:15,751 that's the church. 44 00:04:15,751 --> 00:04:24,596 If you're looking at what you see in the Bible and you're looking at a church that you're evaluating and they don't match at all, that's a pretty good bet that that's not the 45 00:04:24,596 --> 00:04:25,596 church. 46 00:04:26,757 --> 00:04:29,823 Now, John chapter 4 verse 24. 47 00:04:29,963 --> 00:04:37,367 Jesus says, as he is there in Samaria, and by the way, we're not going to turn to all the passages today because we've got like 50 slides to get through, okay? 48 00:04:37,367 --> 00:04:43,409 So we're gonna move pretty quick, but take note of them and you've got the booklet to follow along in. 49 00:04:43,409 --> 00:04:54,634 John chapter 4 verse 24, Jesus says to the woman at the well in Samaria, God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 50 00:04:54,755 --> 00:04:58,586 Must we worship God in spirit and in truth? 51 00:04:58,586 --> 00:05:00,297 The answer is yes. 52 00:05:01,278 --> 00:05:03,877 John chapter 17 verse 17. 53 00:05:04,099 --> 00:05:07,457 As you're going through and studying with someone, you're going to turn to the passage. 54 00:05:07,457 --> 00:05:11,023 You're going to remind them because we've been in this passage in booklet one. 55 00:05:11,023 --> 00:05:12,963 We've been in earlier in this booklet. 56 00:05:12,963 --> 00:05:21,328 You're going to remind them this is Jesus praying with his apostles there on the night before he goes into the garden of Gethsemane and is betrayed. 57 00:05:21,328 --> 00:05:28,531 He prays to God the Father, sanctify them, the apostles, through thy word. 58 00:05:28,535 --> 00:05:31,026 Thy word is truth. 59 00:05:31,481 --> 00:05:32,842 So what is truth? 60 00:05:32,842 --> 00:05:34,442 It's the Word of God. 61 00:05:34,723 --> 00:05:43,748 Sins we must worship God in truth, must we worship God, or must we worship as God has directed in the Bible? 62 00:05:43,888 --> 00:05:45,929 Absolutely we must. 63 00:05:46,010 --> 00:05:49,251 Nobody, by the way, misses that question. 64 00:05:49,572 --> 00:05:52,373 Nobody has an argument with that question. 65 00:05:52,433 --> 00:05:58,336 When they get to this point, yeah, absolutely, we must worship according to the way it says in the Bible. 66 00:05:59,139 --> 00:06:11,803 Matthew chapter 15 verse 9, but in vain Jesus says concerning the Pharisees in vain they do worship me teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 67 00:06:12,932 --> 00:06:17,194 Is it possible to worship God in vain? 68 00:06:17,274 --> 00:06:19,385 Well, they're going to read the text and they're going, of course it is. 69 00:06:19,385 --> 00:06:20,976 It says it right there. 70 00:06:20,976 --> 00:06:22,496 So, they're going say yes. 71 00:06:22,577 --> 00:06:28,779 If we worship God according to the commandments of uninspired men, will God accept it? 72 00:06:28,779 --> 00:06:32,201 Now, you're building on the first booklet when you say that. 73 00:06:32,201 --> 00:06:42,706 You're building on the fact that they understand that God gave His revelation through the Father to the Son, through the Son to the Spirit, through the Spirit to inspire 74 00:06:42,706 --> 00:06:47,286 men, apostles, and prophets in the first century who wrote it down. 75 00:06:47,426 --> 00:06:51,566 So you're building on what you've already discussed and studied with them. 76 00:06:51,566 --> 00:06:56,166 If we worship God according to the commandments of uninspired men, will God accept it? 77 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:57,206 No. 78 00:06:57,206 --> 00:06:58,966 It's not authorized. 79 00:07:00,106 --> 00:07:01,906 Luke chapter 22. 80 00:07:02,406 --> 00:07:06,326 Luke chapter 22 verses 19 through 20, and he took bread. 81 00:07:06,330 --> 00:07:17,197 and gave thanks, and break it, and gave it to them saying, This is my body which is given for you, this due in remembrance of me, likewise also the cup after supper saying, This 82 00:07:17,197 --> 00:07:23,501 cup is the New Testament in my blood which is shed for you." So, you're reading that and help them understand that this is the... 83 00:07:23,501 --> 00:07:24,626 uh 84 00:07:24,626 --> 00:07:27,406 Jesus in the upper room with the apostles? 85 00:07:27,546 --> 00:07:33,226 He's instituting this memorial, the Lord's Supper, as we often call it. 86 00:07:33,226 --> 00:07:37,846 Did Jesus command His disciples to partake of the Lord's Supper? 87 00:07:37,926 --> 00:07:39,646 The answer is yes. 88 00:07:39,806 --> 00:07:42,366 1 Corinthians chapter 10. 89 00:07:42,785 --> 00:07:52,268 Paul, as he's writing to the church at Corinth, says, cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? 90 00:07:52,448 --> 00:07:55,029 The bread which we break. 91 00:07:55,029 --> 00:07:57,549 Is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 92 00:07:57,549 --> 00:07:59,370 Isn't that what Jesus taught? 93 00:07:59,370 --> 00:08:00,670 Yes, it is. 94 00:08:00,670 --> 00:08:07,592 The cup is a communion of the blood of Christ. 95 00:08:07,912 --> 00:08:11,753 The bread is a communion of the body 96 00:08:12,275 --> 00:08:20,168 of Christ focusing our minds on the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. 97 00:08:20,170 --> 00:08:22,433 In Acts chapter 20. 98 00:08:22,671 --> 00:08:31,103 concerning this same thing, we find in Acts chapter 20, and if you turn to that passage with them and read just a little bit, and the first is before it, you're going to 99 00:08:31,103 --> 00:08:32,304 understand what's going on. 100 00:08:32,304 --> 00:08:46,858 Paul's traveling through, and we read, upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and 101 00:08:46,858 --> 00:08:49,509 continued his speech until midnight. 102 00:08:50,391 --> 00:09:00,344 When God told the Israelites in Exodus chapter 20 verse 8 to remember the Sabbath, did He mean for them to keep every Sabbath? 103 00:09:01,765 --> 00:09:09,358 If they're not sure about what you're talking about, if they're not familiar with the Ten Commandments, because that's where that comes from, just turn back with them to Exodus 104 00:09:09,358 --> 00:09:11,488 chapter 20 verse 8 and read it. 105 00:09:11,749 --> 00:09:12,909 Here it is. 106 00:09:13,517 --> 00:09:17,541 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 107 00:09:17,641 --> 00:09:23,007 When God says remember the Sabbath day, did He mean every Sabbath day? 108 00:09:23,007 --> 00:09:26,591 You can ask them, what day was the Sabbath in the Old Testament? 109 00:09:26,591 --> 00:09:27,562 They may know, they may not. 110 00:09:27,562 --> 00:09:29,373 It's the seventh day. 111 00:09:29,694 --> 00:09:36,200 So every seventh day, the Jews, the Israelites were to keep the Sabbath day. 112 00:09:36,675 --> 00:09:46,313 When the Christians met upon the first day of the week to eat the Lord's Supper, did they do it on the first day of each week? 113 00:09:46,814 --> 00:09:48,414 The answer is yes. 114 00:09:48,975 --> 00:09:53,839 Should Christians today eat the Lord's Supper upon the first day of the week? 115 00:09:54,220 --> 00:09:55,740 Yes, we should. 116 00:09:55,861 --> 00:09:57,733 So they're starting to say, oh, okay. 117 00:09:57,733 --> 00:10:03,026 Well, that's interesting because that's not what my church does. 118 00:10:04,028 --> 00:10:05,689 We take it once a month. 119 00:10:06,030 --> 00:10:07,774 We take it twice a year. 120 00:10:09,201 --> 00:10:11,589 Acts chapter 2 verse 42. 121 00:10:11,639 --> 00:10:14,310 And they continued steadfastly. 122 00:10:14,310 --> 00:10:15,621 This is the early church. 123 00:10:15,621 --> 00:10:20,133 This is right after Peter has just preached the first gospel sermon. 124 00:10:20,133 --> 00:10:24,775 Three thousand souls have been baptized in water for the remission of their sins. 125 00:10:24,775 --> 00:10:36,451 And they, the three thousand and the disciples that were already disciples, continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and in fellowship and in breaking of bread and in 126 00:10:36,451 --> 00:10:41,063 prayers from the very infancy of the first century church. 127 00:10:41,517 --> 00:10:43,598 they were partaking of the Lord's Supper. 128 00:10:44,199 --> 00:10:47,222 The disciples continued steadfastly in what? 129 00:10:47,222 --> 00:10:52,066 In the Apostles' Doctrine, in fellowship, in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 130 00:10:52,066 --> 00:10:54,107 Acts chapter 20, what does it say? 131 00:10:54,208 --> 00:10:57,810 They met on the first day of week to break bread. 132 00:10:58,227 --> 00:11:04,447 on the Acts chapter 20 verse 48, says they continued in that from the very beginning of the early church. 133 00:11:04,447 --> 00:11:11,907 Will we be pleasing to God if we continue steadfastly in the same things that the first century church did? 134 00:11:12,107 --> 00:11:13,647 Yes, we will. 135 00:11:14,606 --> 00:11:17,527 First Corinthians chapter 16 verses 1 and 2. 136 00:11:18,207 --> 00:11:25,787 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, so even do ye. 137 00:11:25,871 --> 00:11:40,084 Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come." Is it God's will that we give as 138 00:11:40,084 --> 00:11:41,705 we have been prospered? 139 00:11:42,246 --> 00:11:43,587 Yes, this. 140 00:11:44,308 --> 00:11:50,093 Are we to make a contribution on the same day that we partake of the Lord's Supper? 141 00:11:51,214 --> 00:11:51,755 Yes. 142 00:11:51,755 --> 00:11:52,555 oh 143 00:11:52,723 --> 00:11:54,763 What day did they do it in the first century? 144 00:11:54,763 --> 00:11:55,883 First day of week. 145 00:11:55,883 --> 00:11:57,263 What day did they ever take a Lord's Supper? 146 00:11:57,263 --> 00:11:58,803 First day of the week. 147 00:11:58,843 --> 00:12:05,403 I wonder how often do churches collect money? 148 00:12:06,083 --> 00:12:07,423 Once a month? 149 00:12:08,443 --> 00:12:09,843 Twice a year? 150 00:12:10,763 --> 00:12:12,183 Every week? 151 00:12:12,563 --> 00:12:14,743 How did they know to do that? 152 00:12:15,083 --> 00:12:17,383 They can get it when it comes to the money. 153 00:12:17,763 --> 00:12:20,043 They struggle to get it when it comes to the Lord's Supper. 154 00:12:20,043 --> 00:12:21,443 Why is that? 155 00:12:22,835 --> 00:12:34,375 is you consider that the command is exactly the same as you come together on the first day of the week, partake of the Lord's Supper. 156 00:12:34,515 --> 00:12:37,835 As you come together on the first day of the week, give. 157 00:12:39,015 --> 00:12:46,915 Every church can figure it out on the giving, but many of them argue with you about it on the Lord's Supper. 158 00:12:48,883 --> 00:12:51,243 Ephesians chapter 5 verse 19. 159 00:12:51,864 --> 00:12:53,085 Speaking to yourselves. 160 00:12:53,085 --> 00:12:59,207 Now, Paul is writing to the church and he's writing to them about the Christian life. 161 00:13:00,007 --> 00:13:09,171 But in the context of the Christian life, he wants them to live a life of spiritual godliness. 162 00:13:09,925 --> 00:13:21,784 And as he tells them and instructs them concerning that, he says, speaking to yourselves in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the 163 00:13:21,784 --> 00:13:22,705 Lord. 164 00:13:23,366 --> 00:13:24,647 Ask the question. 165 00:13:24,647 --> 00:13:25,667 Just let them answer it. 166 00:13:25,667 --> 00:13:26,809 Are we to sing? 167 00:13:26,809 --> 00:13:27,749 Yes. 168 00:13:28,009 --> 00:13:32,673 Does this passage mention mechanical instruments of music? 169 00:13:33,554 --> 00:13:34,475 No? 170 00:13:34,475 --> 00:13:35,415 None. 171 00:13:36,007 --> 00:13:44,250 Church historians tell us that the followers of Christ did not use mechanical instruments of music in their worship for hundreds of years after Christ. 172 00:13:44,250 --> 00:13:46,451 Now, you're reading that there. 173 00:13:46,451 --> 00:13:52,012 If they want to go validate that, they can go look up all the historical references, okay? 174 00:13:52,453 --> 00:13:54,573 You're just telling them a statement of fact. 175 00:13:54,573 --> 00:13:56,013 Let them prove it. 176 00:13:56,014 --> 00:14:00,315 By the way, it's not argued and it's not debated at all. 177 00:14:00,955 --> 00:14:10,740 The Greek Orthodox Church, which broke off from the Roman Catholic Church, has never used instrumental music in worship from the beginning of its existence till now. 178 00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:15,642 Now, is that an argument for authority based upon what the Greek Orthodox Church does? 179 00:14:15,642 --> 00:14:26,917 No, it's a statement of you go back through history and they never started and they broke away from a group that did start, but they never started and the church prior to that that 180 00:14:26,917 --> 00:14:28,638 they were connected to had never started. 181 00:14:28,638 --> 00:14:31,269 Okay, they never used it. 182 00:14:31,509 --> 00:14:37,873 When you attend the worship of the Church of Christ, you will notice that we do not use instrumental music in worship. 183 00:14:38,033 --> 00:14:47,717 Just helping them understand when they walk in, if they walk in the door, they're going to not be surprised at all that we're doing exactly what the New Testament teaches. 184 00:14:48,549 --> 00:14:53,523 Now, the Evangelism Visualized Booklet is back there and hopefully you have one. 185 00:14:53,523 --> 00:14:57,747 There's some pages in here that helps people understand something. 186 00:14:57,747 --> 00:15:06,974 The booklet's there to help you to understand how to present this in a way that will help them understand the implications. 187 00:15:07,115 --> 00:15:12,329 That which is specifically stated excludes all others. 188 00:15:12,329 --> 00:15:13,320 Law of exclusion. 189 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,683 If you authorize your child 190 00:15:17,934 --> 00:15:23,935 or your husband to walk into the store and buy milk and bread. 191 00:15:24,495 --> 00:15:29,396 And they walk out with milk, bread, donuts, and candy bars. 192 00:15:30,796 --> 00:15:33,877 Did they do what you told them to do? 193 00:15:34,437 --> 00:15:41,658 My wife is all the time after me because she'll send me with a list expecting me to come home with exactly what's on the list. 194 00:15:41,778 --> 00:15:45,859 For some reason, additional things make it out of the store on the same order. 195 00:15:46,791 --> 00:15:52,725 But if you authorize one thing and then someone goes and adds to it, did they do what you authorized? 196 00:15:52,725 --> 00:15:55,710 Or did they do something other than what you authorized? 197 00:15:56,019 --> 00:15:59,339 The law is not a book of don'ts. 198 00:15:59,339 --> 00:16:02,279 If it were, we would need a truck to carry it around. 199 00:16:02,639 --> 00:16:05,819 The New Testament tells us what we should do. 200 00:16:05,819 --> 00:16:09,079 What the law says is do and excludes all others. 201 00:16:09,079 --> 00:16:14,499 When you see speed limit 65, the officer pulls you over because you're doing 95. 202 00:16:14,599 --> 00:16:20,239 Officer, the law did not say I could not drive 85 miles per hour. 203 00:16:21,139 --> 00:16:27,379 When the law states 65 miles per hour, it excludes all others that violate that. 204 00:16:27,379 --> 00:16:30,979 The Bible must be understood with the law of exclusion. 205 00:16:30,979 --> 00:16:34,479 Colossians chapter 3 verse 17 is a good passage for this. 206 00:16:34,479 --> 00:16:41,319 Whatever you do in word or deed, would that include worship? 207 00:16:42,359 --> 00:16:43,899 Absolutely it would. 208 00:16:44,271 --> 00:16:53,086 Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus and help them understand that doing it in the name of means by the authority of. 209 00:16:53,563 --> 00:16:54,824 Genesis chapter 6 verse 14. 210 00:16:54,824 --> 00:17:03,147 We're going to jump back to the Old Testament not for authority but for examples that this is always the way God has handled things. 211 00:17:03,147 --> 00:17:05,368 Genesis chapter 6 verse 14. 212 00:17:05,368 --> 00:17:14,292 God told Noah, make an ark of gopher wood, rooms shalt thou make in the ark and pitch it within and without with pitch. 213 00:17:14,292 --> 00:17:19,574 Would Noah have sinned if he had built the ark out of metal or mud? 214 00:17:21,015 --> 00:17:22,035 Yes. 215 00:17:22,149 --> 00:17:22,569 Why? 216 00:17:22,569 --> 00:17:25,221 Because God specified what he was to do. 217 00:17:25,642 --> 00:17:29,685 Would Noah have sinned if he built the ark out of any other wood? 218 00:17:29,685 --> 00:17:33,207 You know, he might have had an entire grove of cedar trees. 219 00:17:33,307 --> 00:17:34,498 Couldn't he have just built it out? 220 00:17:34,498 --> 00:17:36,650 The cedar trees are right here, Lord. 221 00:17:36,650 --> 00:17:38,810 Why do I have to go gopher wood? 222 00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:43,835 If Noah had built it out of cedar, would he have violated the command of God? 223 00:17:44,096 --> 00:17:45,456 Yes, he would. 224 00:17:47,198 --> 00:17:48,819 Now consider this. 225 00:17:49,041 --> 00:17:52,112 when you consider vocal versus instrumental music. 226 00:17:52,112 --> 00:17:57,953 When God said gopher wood, that automatically eliminated every other kind of wood. 227 00:17:58,314 --> 00:18:03,595 When God said sing, that automatically eliminates every other kind of music. 228 00:18:04,175 --> 00:18:06,736 God didn't say play the drums. 229 00:18:07,076 --> 00:18:09,137 God didn't say play the harp. 230 00:18:09,137 --> 00:18:11,157 Did they have harps in the first century? 231 00:18:11,918 --> 00:18:14,038 Did they have salt trees in the first century? 232 00:18:14,238 --> 00:18:16,539 Did they have trumpets in the first century? 233 00:18:16,999 --> 00:18:19,180 Did they have drums in the first century? 234 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,441 Couldn't God have said put together a band? 235 00:18:22,782 --> 00:18:23,682 Certainly could have. 236 00:18:23,682 --> 00:18:24,863 What did he say? 237 00:18:25,343 --> 00:18:26,303 Sing. 238 00:18:26,764 --> 00:18:31,586 When he commanded one thing, he denied all or eliminated all the others. 239 00:18:31,586 --> 00:18:33,513 Leviticus chapter 10. 240 00:18:33,979 --> 00:18:36,860 Living in chapter 10, verses 1 and 2, you'll read this with them. 241 00:18:36,860 --> 00:19:03,983 uh 242 00:19:03,983 --> 00:19:05,734 than God commanded? 243 00:19:06,035 --> 00:19:07,196 Yes. 244 00:19:07,577 --> 00:19:09,358 Did God punish them? 245 00:19:09,679 --> 00:19:10,919 Yes. 246 00:19:11,180 --> 00:19:18,186 Is it important to worship God the way HE commands without alteration? 247 00:19:18,627 --> 00:19:22,613 I believe Nadab and Abihu would testify yes. 248 00:19:23,155 --> 00:19:27,195 Matthew chapter 26, verses 26 through 29. 249 00:19:27,295 --> 00:19:35,295 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it and break it, and gave it to the disciples and said, take eat, this is my body. 250 00:19:35,295 --> 00:19:39,335 And he took the cup and he gave thanks and gave it to them saying, drink ye all of it. 251 00:19:39,335 --> 00:19:41,075 All right, we're back to Lord's Supper again. 252 00:19:41,075 --> 00:19:51,635 Because there are things which people get when you connect the things that they get with the things that they're arguing with, they have a hard time arguing with themselves. 253 00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:58,873 So, would it be a sin to put jam on the bread to improve the taste? 254 00:19:59,833 --> 00:20:01,094 Yes, it would. 255 00:20:01,094 --> 00:20:02,994 They won't have an argument with that. 256 00:20:02,994 --> 00:20:04,755 Oh, that's ridiculous. 257 00:20:04,755 --> 00:20:06,295 No, we shouldn't do that. 258 00:20:06,475 --> 00:20:14,758 Would it be a sin to add vitamin tonic or geritol to the fruit of the vine to aid enthusiasm in serving God? 259 00:20:14,878 --> 00:20:15,438 You know what? 260 00:20:15,438 --> 00:20:18,259 This congregation's a little tired in the morning. 261 00:20:19,219 --> 00:20:22,399 Can we just add a little espresso? 262 00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:24,499 Just get people going. 263 00:20:25,519 --> 00:20:26,499 Would that be sinful? 264 00:20:26,499 --> 00:20:27,459 Yes. 265 00:20:27,459 --> 00:20:29,299 It's not authorized. 266 00:20:30,019 --> 00:20:34,119 Would it be a sin to add hamburgers and milkshakes to Lord's Supper? 267 00:20:34,899 --> 00:20:36,699 Everybody's getting a little hungry. 268 00:20:37,479 --> 00:20:42,599 You know, y'all might pay attention better if you've eaten something right before I get up to preach. 269 00:20:44,099 --> 00:20:45,839 Yes, it would be a sin. 270 00:20:46,521 --> 00:20:48,072 another illustration. 271 00:20:48,072 --> 00:20:49,693 You can leave it right there. 272 00:20:49,693 --> 00:20:51,654 You don't have to use these illustrations. 273 00:20:51,654 --> 00:20:59,919 These are helpful if you need help and they're helpful if someone has questions or uh is not quite getting it. 274 00:21:00,099 --> 00:21:04,021 We are authorized to use the fruit of the vine and the leavened bread. 275 00:21:04,802 --> 00:21:08,003 But we would draw more people with hamburgers. 276 00:21:08,004 --> 00:21:13,247 Because sometimes the argument is, you know what, if we just had 277 00:21:13,579 --> 00:21:19,554 This, during the Lord's Supper or during the singing, more people would enjoy it. 278 00:21:19,554 --> 00:21:22,356 There'd be more people there, right? 279 00:21:22,356 --> 00:21:26,749 The argument is people like it, so shouldn't we do it? 280 00:21:26,749 --> 00:21:31,152 The Bible does not say, thou shalt not use burgers. 281 00:21:31,753 --> 00:21:32,894 That is another argument. 282 00:21:32,894 --> 00:21:39,158 Well, people like it, there's one, but it doesn't say not to put burgers on Lord's Supper. 283 00:21:39,853 --> 00:21:43,764 Unleavened bread can't add jam for taste. 284 00:21:43,845 --> 00:21:47,066 Through the vine, you can't add geritol for excitement. 285 00:21:47,066 --> 00:21:51,388 You can't substitute hamburgers and you can't substitute milkshakes. 286 00:21:51,788 --> 00:21:57,311 Well, when it comes to the music of the church, it's vocal. 287 00:21:57,311 --> 00:21:58,851 You can't add guitars. 288 00:21:59,051 --> 00:21:59,652 It's vocal. 289 00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:01,192 You can't add pianos. 290 00:22:01,232 --> 00:22:01,902 It's vocal. 291 00:22:01,902 --> 00:22:03,513 You can't add instruments. 292 00:22:03,973 --> 00:22:07,635 When the Bible says to do it a certain way, 293 00:22:08,059 --> 00:22:09,820 It illuminates every other way. 294 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:10,940 Okay? 295 00:22:12,481 --> 00:22:19,724 Now consider, would Noah have sinned if he had used oak and gopher wood in the ark? 296 00:22:19,724 --> 00:22:20,704 Yes. 297 00:22:21,085 --> 00:22:26,407 Did God approve of Nadab and Abihu offering a different kind of fire than he had commanded? 298 00:22:26,407 --> 00:22:27,327 No. 299 00:22:27,968 --> 00:22:35,251 So, sometimes the argument is, but I don't feel like there's anything wrong with it. 300 00:22:35,987 --> 00:22:43,307 Proverbs chapter 14 verse 12, there's a way that seems right unto men, but the ends thereof are the ways of death. 301 00:22:43,307 --> 00:22:50,867 Jeremiah chapter 10 verses 23, oh Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, it is not in man that walketh to direct his own steps. 302 00:22:50,867 --> 00:22:58,867 If their argument is, but I like it this way, the Bible's already taken care of those arguments. 303 00:22:59,291 --> 00:23:02,194 But look at all the people who use instrumental music. 304 00:23:02,194 --> 00:23:04,526 Surely they can't all be wrong. 305 00:23:04,526 --> 00:23:12,204 Exodus chapter 23 verse 2, thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil. 306 00:23:12,244 --> 00:23:23,155 You can also go to Jesus' statement when Jesus spoke about the narrow and the broad way and he said there will be few who find the narrow way. 307 00:23:23,947 --> 00:23:32,977 All of these help reinforce it, but you don't have to go...you can go through the booklet and just cover those things, and if they're understanding it, just keep going on. 308 00:23:32,977 --> 00:23:36,514 All right, and I'm going to skip through a few of these just for the sake of time. 309 00:23:36,575 --> 00:23:40,212 Would Noah have sinned if he used oak? 310 00:23:40,212 --> 00:23:41,622 and gopher wood in the ark. 311 00:23:41,622 --> 00:23:42,653 Yes. 312 00:23:43,013 --> 00:23:47,474 Did God approve of Nadab and Abihu offering a different kind of fire than He had commanded? 313 00:23:47,474 --> 00:23:48,434 No. 314 00:23:48,435 --> 00:23:53,896 Is it a sin to add jam and vitamin tonic and instrumental music to worship? 315 00:23:55,157 --> 00:23:56,617 Yes, it is. 316 00:23:57,157 --> 00:23:57,687 Why? 317 00:23:57,687 --> 00:23:59,878 It's not authorized. 318 00:24:00,138 --> 00:24:04,479 It's not authorized on the first one or the second one or the third one. 319 00:24:04,899 --> 00:24:05,820 The name of the church. 320 00:24:05,820 --> 00:24:06,580 So, 321 00:24:06,966 --> 00:24:12,002 you would kind of draw back, what are we to do in New Testament worship? 322 00:24:12,323 --> 00:24:14,945 We're to hear the preaching and the teaching? 323 00:24:14,945 --> 00:24:15,948 We're to pray? 324 00:24:15,948 --> 00:24:17,049 We're to sing? 325 00:24:17,049 --> 00:24:19,371 We're to partake of the Lord's Supper? 326 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:20,773 and we're to give. 327 00:24:21,694 --> 00:24:22,655 Name of the church. 328 00:24:22,655 --> 00:24:24,656 Matthew chapter 16 verse 18. 329 00:24:24,656 --> 00:24:31,943 And I say unto thee, thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 330 00:24:31,943 --> 00:24:34,825 Who built the church? 331 00:24:35,065 --> 00:24:36,426 Jesus did. 332 00:24:36,667 --> 00:24:41,510 Jesus said he is going to build whose church? 333 00:24:42,031 --> 00:24:43,072 His. 334 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,980 belongs to him, not you, not me. 335 00:24:45,980 --> 00:24:57,660 Acts chapter 20 verse 28, take heed therefore unto yourselves and all the flock over which the Holy Ghost has made you overseer to feed the church of God which he purchased with his 336 00:24:57,660 --> 00:24:58,760 own blood. 337 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,420 Who purchased the church? 338 00:25:00,420 --> 00:25:01,720 Jesus did. 339 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,300 Whose name should be on the deed? 340 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:07,940 You know, if he owns it, whose name goes on the deed? 341 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:09,460 The person who owns it. 342 00:25:09,460 --> 00:25:12,240 Jesus name should be on the deed. 343 00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:13,114 In 1 Corinthians 344 00:25:13,114 --> 00:25:18,954 In Ephesians chapter 1 verses 10 through 13, a passage which they will have already seen, you're bringing them back to. 345 00:25:18,954 --> 00:25:27,254 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same things and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined 346 00:25:27,254 --> 00:25:29,374 together in the same mind and the same judgment. 347 00:25:29,374 --> 00:25:32,114 And I just realized that entire text isn't on that screen. 348 00:25:32,114 --> 00:25:34,274 So give me just a minute and I'll get there. 349 00:25:36,758 --> 00:25:44,211 He says, "'For it has been declared to me concerning you, brethren, by those of Chloe's household that there are contentions among you. 350 00:25:44,211 --> 00:25:53,335 Now I say this, that each of you says, I am of Paul, or I am of Apollos, or I am of Cephas, or I am of Christ.'" Is Christ divided? 351 00:25:53,335 --> 00:25:58,537 Was Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 352 00:25:58,697 --> 00:26:02,458 Is it a sin to name the church after Paul? 353 00:26:03,099 --> 00:26:03,639 Yes. 354 00:26:03,639 --> 00:26:05,019 How about Apollos? 355 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:05,820 Cephas? 356 00:26:05,820 --> 00:26:06,740 Peter? 357 00:26:07,188 --> 00:26:08,888 Any other human being? 358 00:26:09,009 --> 00:26:10,629 Yes, it would be sinful. 359 00:26:10,629 --> 00:26:15,590 If the church were named after Paul, whom would we be glorifying? 360 00:26:15,650 --> 00:26:16,771 Paul. 361 00:26:17,551 --> 00:26:23,733 If the church were named after a religious act, such as repentance, what would we be glorifying? 362 00:26:23,733 --> 00:26:25,713 We'd be glorifying repentance. 363 00:26:26,473 --> 00:26:33,855 If it were a sin to name it the Pauline Church, would it be a sin to name it the Lutheran Church? 364 00:26:34,436 --> 00:26:35,596 Yes, it would. 365 00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:42,302 If it were a sin to name it the repentance church would be a sin to name it the Baptist church? 366 00:26:42,883 --> 00:26:44,104 Yes it would. 367 00:26:44,556 --> 00:26:48,718 Can you think of any other religious names that are used today? 368 00:26:48,718 --> 00:26:54,140 They'll think of Methodist, or they'll think of Mormon, or they'll think of Jehovah's Witness. 369 00:26:54,140 --> 00:26:56,360 They'll think of all these different names. 370 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:02,843 The Bible Church, the Church of the Holy Spirit, the Oneness Church. 371 00:27:03,423 --> 00:27:06,044 There's thousands of them out there. 372 00:27:08,248 --> 00:27:20,868 Colossians chapter 3 verse 17, and whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. 373 00:27:21,128 --> 00:27:25,188 Are we to do all in the name of the Lord Jesus? 374 00:27:25,188 --> 00:27:26,648 Yes, we are. 375 00:27:26,988 --> 00:27:30,988 Would this include the name by which we refer to God's people? 376 00:27:31,268 --> 00:27:33,888 Should we have authority for that? 377 00:27:33,888 --> 00:27:34,988 Yes. 378 00:27:35,456 --> 00:27:43,702 Romans chapter 16, verse 16, salute one another with a holy kiss the churches of Christ salute you. 379 00:27:44,062 --> 00:27:47,945 Do you read of the church of Christ in the Bible? 380 00:27:48,085 --> 00:27:49,366 Yes, you do. 381 00:27:49,847 --> 00:27:54,223 Would it be wrong to call the church by this name? 382 00:27:54,223 --> 00:27:56,942 Now, why are we asking would it be wrong versus would it be right? 383 00:27:56,942 --> 00:28:02,396 Because it's not the only name that the church is known by in the Bible. 384 00:28:02,656 --> 00:28:07,139 We just read a few moments ago where it's called the Church of God. 385 00:28:07,179 --> 00:28:08,498 It's called the Church of Christ. 386 00:28:08,498 --> 00:28:10,611 The question is, do we have authority for it? 387 00:28:10,611 --> 00:28:14,844 And the answer is, no, it would not be wrong. 388 00:28:14,944 --> 00:28:19,485 Would this name glorify the one who built the church and bought it with his blood? 389 00:28:19,485 --> 00:28:20,666 Yes, it would. 390 00:28:20,666 --> 00:28:24,067 Matches all the things that we need for authority. 391 00:28:24,067 --> 00:28:26,144 Hebrews chapter 8 verse 5. 392 00:28:26,144 --> 00:28:42,398 uh 393 00:28:42,398 --> 00:28:48,193 Was Moses warned to build the tabernacle after God's pattern? 394 00:28:48,193 --> 00:28:49,034 Yes, he was. 395 00:28:49,034 --> 00:28:53,337 He was told, do it exactly the way I showed you. 396 00:28:53,497 --> 00:28:57,941 Must we be careful to build the church after God's pattern? 397 00:28:58,081 --> 00:29:06,488 If it was important for Moses to build a tent according to the pattern, then it's important for us to build the church the same way. 398 00:29:06,929 --> 00:29:10,791 As we bring these pieces together, 399 00:29:11,714 --> 00:29:13,405 They're going to have questions. 400 00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:15,287 It's okay. 401 00:29:15,287 --> 00:29:16,488 Write them down. 402 00:29:17,749 --> 00:29:24,455 Don't die on the hill of their questions. 403 00:29:25,076 --> 00:29:30,260 They're beginning to have a frame of reference go, hmm. 404 00:29:32,214 --> 00:29:34,585 That doesn't look like what I've always done. 405 00:29:36,512 --> 00:29:41,914 that authority from discussion from the last book, it's not what I've always been taught. 406 00:29:42,394 --> 00:29:45,836 I've always thought that you just do whatever you believe is right. 407 00:29:46,816 --> 00:29:51,898 I've always known preachers to say if you feel it in your heart, then it's okay. 408 00:29:52,939 --> 00:29:57,500 And you're telling me we need to actually go by what the authority of the Bible says? 409 00:29:58,561 --> 00:30:06,104 And they're gonna start thinking, especially between that study and the next week, huh. 410 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,638 You know, there's a few other things that we do that I can't find anywhere in the Bible. 411 00:30:12,448 --> 00:30:14,814 Now, caution. 412 00:30:17,086 --> 00:30:20,383 It's not enough to have Church of Christ on the door. 413 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:32,083 Because if what happens in the building and what happens in that worship assembly isn't what's authorized, doesn't matter what's on the door, does it? 414 00:30:32,743 --> 00:30:40,805 It doesn't matter if the name is authorized if the actions inside the assembly are not authorized. 415 00:30:42,446 --> 00:30:46,767 But we also shouldn't argue against a name that's authorized. 416 00:30:48,107 --> 00:30:50,528 The church in the first entry 417 00:30:50,528 --> 00:30:53,530 in the book of Hebrews is known as the church of the firstborn. 418 00:30:54,732 --> 00:31:00,836 Would it be scriptural to refer to the church in the same way that the book of Hebrews refers to the church? 419 00:31:01,457 --> 00:31:02,637 Sure would. 420 00:31:03,178 --> 00:31:08,682 Would it be authorized to call it the Christians? 421 00:31:09,483 --> 00:31:13,947 Well, Paul quite often refers to the Christians in Ephesus. 422 00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:17,568 And the church in Ephesus, what if we just, the church in Ephesus? 423 00:31:17,568 --> 00:31:19,171 Would that be sufficient? 424 00:31:19,171 --> 00:31:20,152 Yes. 425 00:31:20,524 --> 00:31:23,015 There are a lot of things that are authorized. 426 00:31:23,015 --> 00:31:27,708 We must be sure that what we do is authorized. 427 00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:31,510 But here's the thing, who does it belong to? 428 00:31:31,951 --> 00:31:38,174 Because the term the Church of Christ is not the name of a group. 429 00:31:38,955 --> 00:31:41,016 It's a description of ownership. 430 00:31:41,597 --> 00:31:47,460 It is the church that belongs to Christ. 431 00:31:48,256 --> 00:32:00,236 And if we take it from being a description of ownership and authority to being nothing more than a denominationalized name, we're wrong. 432 00:32:03,668 --> 00:32:05,509 We should be cautious. 433 00:32:05,570 --> 00:32:14,318 We should educate and help ourselves understand things like not using terms like, I'm Church of Christ. 434 00:32:14,939 --> 00:32:16,060 No, you're not. 435 00:32:16,701 --> 00:32:20,464 I'm a Christian that belongs to Christ. 436 00:32:22,187 --> 00:32:28,012 And the other reference is just turning the Church into a denominational concept. 437 00:32:28,792 --> 00:32:32,212 I am a part of the body of Christ. 438 00:32:32,212 --> 00:32:33,672 What if we called it the body of Christ? 439 00:32:33,672 --> 00:32:34,972 Would that be scriptural? 440 00:32:35,732 --> 00:32:37,732 What if that's what was on the door outside? 441 00:32:37,732 --> 00:32:39,112 Yeah, it would be scriptural. 442 00:32:39,112 --> 00:32:44,458 You know, in some countries, the term Church of Christ... 443 00:32:44,458 --> 00:32:47,849 has historically referred to a denomination. 444 00:32:47,849 --> 00:32:55,591 As a result, the Lord's body doesn't use that term in those countries because translated, it would cause confusion. 445 00:32:55,591 --> 00:33:00,332 So they use another term that's scriptural from the text. 446 00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:12,036 All of that is to point out that when we open the book, we compare it to the church. 447 00:33:12,192 --> 00:33:16,835 And if the church matches the book, it's the church. 448 00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:23,200 And it doesn't matter what the name is on the door so long as the name is authorized. 449 00:33:23,361 --> 00:33:25,962 That involves it matching what's in the book. 450 00:33:26,623 --> 00:33:35,409 But if we open up the assembly and it doesn't match what's in the book, it doesn't belong to Christ. 451 00:33:35,710 --> 00:33:37,030 It's not His. 452 00:33:37,131 --> 00:33:38,812 It's not His authority. 453 00:33:39,872 --> 00:33:50,718 Now when you examine your life and you look at your life, you have to do the same thing with your life that you have to do with the assembly of the church. 454 00:33:50,999 --> 00:33:56,142 You have to evaluate it against the authority of the Word of God. 455 00:33:56,603 --> 00:33:59,294 And if it doesn't look like the... 456 00:33:59,294 --> 00:34:01,346 authority of the Word of God. 457 00:34:01,346 --> 00:34:11,675 If your life doesn't look like the authority of Scripture, if you're doing things which are in violation of God's law and you're not doing things that He commands you to do, then 458 00:34:11,675 --> 00:34:13,256 who do you belong to? 459 00:34:14,938 --> 00:34:18,980 Do you belong to Christ or do you belong to Satan? 460 00:34:19,622 --> 00:34:22,794 Whose works are you doing? 461 00:34:22,794 --> 00:34:27,308 If you're outside the body of Christ this morning, you can change that. 462 00:34:27,604 --> 00:34:34,869 Jesus made entrance into the body, the blood, and the redemption that is found in the church very easy. 463 00:34:35,850 --> 00:34:38,231 He said, hear the word and believe it. 464 00:34:38,472 --> 00:34:41,774 You repent of your sins and confess the name of Christ. 465 00:34:42,114 --> 00:34:55,623 And you're immersed in water for the forgiveness of your sins, rising to walk in newness of life, a part of the family of God, the body of Christ. 466 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:59,133 the church that belongs to Christ. 467 00:34:59,133 --> 00:35:07,011 If you're here this morning and you have need of that or if you have any need, why not come forward now as we stand and as we sing.