Thematic Studies In Bible Basics

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Thematic Studies In Bible Basics
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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Authority is established in the following ways
• A command or precept from God
• Direct, expressed statements from God
• Either positive or negative in nature
• Where God has actually spokenthe easiest of
  the revealed methods to understand

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Authority is established in the following ways
• An approved example
• Actions of 1st century saints who were under the
  direct guidance of Holy Spirit-led apostles
• Either positive or negative in nature
• Authoritative they met with Gods approval

Ù Biblical Precedents
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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Authority is established in the following ways
• A necessary inference
• Inescapable conclusions one must come to when
  considering a passage of Scripture
• A text teaches not only by what it states, but
  also by what it demands necessarily (unstated)

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• A command or precept from God
• Positive commands from God
• Abram was to leave Haran Gen 121
• Hearers were to repent be baptized Acts 238
• Negative commands from God
• Premeditated murder prohibited Ex 2013

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• A command or precept from God
• Positive commands from God
• Abram was to leave Haran Gen 121
• Hearers were to repent be baptized Acts 238
• Negative commands from God
• Corrupt communication prohibited Eph 429

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Approved Examples
• They must be binding to be authoritative
• Not every example in the N.T. is authoritative
• The determining factor is whether or not the
  example itself is incidental or essential to one
  obeying God

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Approved Examples
• Incidental Examples Ù Go preach the gospel
• Pauls actions Acts 134-5
• Philips actions Acts 829-35
• Peters actions Acts 1023-24, 33-43

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Approved Examples
• Incidental Examples Ù
• Some brethrens actions Acts 244-45 434-37
• Other brethrens actions 1 Tim 617-18

Care for the needy
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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Approved Examples
• Essential Examples Ù of elders locally
• Their appointment accomplished through gospel
  preaching Titus 15
• The only way we know how many are to be in a
  local church is through an example Acts 1423

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Approved Examples
• Essential Examples Ù
• The only way we know who may be helped from the
  treasury benevolently is by N.T. examples and
  actions directed by apostolic instruction
• Nine passages constitute this teaching

Treasury Benevolence
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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Necessary Inferences
• The inescapable conclusion from 1 Cor 161-2 is
  to have a treasury into which the collected funds
  are to be placed
• Necessary because we are commanded to give and
  the funds are to be kept somewhere

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Necessary Inferences
• The inescapable conclusion from Acts 835-37 is
  the necessity of water baptism to salvation
• Necessary because of the eunuchs question would
  he have asked had not Philip taught it?
• Important because of efforts to minimize this

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• Lesson 7 Ù Biblical Authority (Part B)
• Establishing Biblical Authority
• Necessary Inferences
• Important point to remember
• Not all inferences are necessary
• Illustrated in Heb 1025
• Necessary inference Ù a place to assemble
• Unnecessary inference Ù actual church bldg.

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