Appreciating The Need For Bible Authority

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Appreciating The Need For Bible Authority?
MATTHEW2123-27 By what authoritydoest thou
thesethings, and whogave thee thisauthority?
ACTS 47 By what power, or by what name,have
you donethis?
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Appreciating The Need For Bible Authority?
Jesus Told The Centurion I have not found so
great faith,no, not in Israel (Matthew
810)WHY?
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Appreciating The Need For Bible Authority?
Because Of The Centurions FaithIn Christs
Authority!Matthew 85-10
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What Happens When People Fail To Understand Bible
Authority?
Human WisdomPrevails 1 Cor. 125-25Isaiah
652Jer. 1023Prov. 35-6
Human CreedsIncrease 2 Tim. 216-18Matthew
157-9Col. 28, 20-22
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When People Fail To Respect Gods Authority

• Adam and Eve (Gen. 215-17 31-7,24)
• Cain (Gen.43-16)
• Sabbath Breaker (Num. 1532-36)
• Korah, Dathan, Abiram (Num. 16)
• Moses (Num. 207-12)
• Nadab Abihu (Lev. 101-2)
• Uzza (1 Chron. 137-10)
• Uzziah (2 Chron. 2614-21)
• False Worshippers / Errorists (Matt. 722-23)

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BIBLE AUTHORITY
The SCOPE Of Bible Authority
Must Have Authority For ALL That We Believe,
Teach, and Practice
do ALL
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS (BY HIS AUTHORITY)
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. 317)
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BIBLE AUTHORITY
The SCOPE Of Bible Authority
Must Have Authority For ALL That We Believe,
Teach, and Practice (Col. 317) IN THESE AREAS
God Has Not LegislatedIn ALL Areas of Human
Activity! HOWEVER, We Must Respect GodIn ALL
Areas Where He HasLegislated!
Deuteronomy 2929

• In things pertaining to life and godliness (2
  Pet. 13)
• In things that pertain to God (Rom. 1517)
• In things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ
  (Acts 2831)

Romans 1518
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BIBLE AUTHORITY
The Source of our Authority

• JESUS HAS ALL AUTHORITY (Matt. 2818)
• Deuteronomy 1818-19 Acts 322-23
• Hebrews 11-3 Hebrews 1225
• Isaiah 2222 Revelation 37 (see also
  Revelation 118)
• Matthew 171-5 Listen to Him (not Moses or
  Elijah)
• John 1244-50 Christs words our standard

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BIBLE AUTHORITY
The Source of our Authority

• JESUS HAS ALL AUTHORITY (Matt. 2818)
• Deuteronomy 1818-19 Acts 322-23
• Hebrews 11-3 Hebrews 1225
• Isaiah 2222 Revelation 37 (see also
  Revelation 118)
• Matthew 171-5 Listen to Him (not Moses or
  Elijah)
• John 1244-50 Christs words our standard

The Apostles Were The Instruments Through Whom
This Authority Would Be Revealed (Matthew
1618-19 1818) John 1426 1526 167-13
1720 their the apostles word1 Cor.
210-16 Eph. 31-5
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BIBLE AUTHORITY
The Source of our Authority
The Apostles Wrote What They Received

• Ephesians 33-4
• 1 Corinthians 1123 153
• 2 Peter 315-16
• 1 Timothy 314
• Galatians 611
• 1 Corinthians 59,11
• 2 John 12

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BIBLE AUTHORITY
The Result ofTheir Work

• A Perfect Guide (Jas. 125)
• An Inspired Guide (2 Timothy 316)
• An Infallible Guide (2 Timothy 316-17 Hebrews
  618)
• An All-Sufficient Guide (2 Timothy 316-17
  Revelation 2218-19 Galatians 18-9)

What thing soever I command you, observe to do
it thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish
from it (Deut. 1232)
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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 4812-14
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How Is It Established?
Bible Authority
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Some Turn to the Old Testament for Authority for
Modern Day Religious Practices Like Instrumental
Music and Infant Church Membership
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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 themGALATIANS 310
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• The Authoritative Aspectof the Law of Moses
• Fulfilled (Matt. 517-18)
• Abolished (2 Cor. 313)
• Abolished (Ephesians 214)
• Blotted Out / Taken Out Of The Way / Nailed
  to the Cross (Colossians 214-15)

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BIBLE AUTHORITY
Authorized In O.T. - Not Expressly Forbidden In
The New Testament!

• What About The Following?
• Sacrificing Burnt Offerings? (Leviticus 737-38)
• Observe the Sabbath and Its Restrictions? (Exodus
  208-11)
• Go Conquer Canaan? (Deuteronomy 71-26) Honor
  Conquest Regulations? (Exodus 2320-33)

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BIBLE AUTHORITY
Authorized in O.T. - Not Expressly Forbidden In
The New Testament!

• What About The Following?
• Build a Tabernacle and Its Furnishings? (Exodus
  311-11)
• Observe an Annual Passover /Kill Lamb /Blood on
  Doorposts? (Exodus 12)
• Have a Separate Priesthood? (Exodus 28-29)

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When God Is Specific

• Sing Psalms, Hymns Spiritual Songs Did Not
  Say Play Them - (Eph. 519 Col. 316)
• Noah to Make an Ark of Gopher Wood Not Some
  Other Kind of Wood (Genesis 614)
• Abraham to Offer Isaac as a Burnt Offering Not
  Some Other Family Member (Genesis 222) (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
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When God Is Specific