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Matthew 10:8 reads “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.” This verse has nothing to do with giving money to anybody. The teaching here is simply that the Apostles should pass on the benefits of the power they had received from Jesus to others. [...]
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Continue ReadingOne such example of a church (Antioch), contributing to the needs of “brethren in Judea” is recorded in Acts 11:27-30. The help was in response to a famine. The money was raised by the disciples (church) in Antioch when “every man according to his ability” gave into a common fund. I Corinthians 16:1-2 later supplied [...]
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Continue ReadingTo correctly answer the above question, we must first determine the bible pattern for the work of the church in the field of evangelism. The scriptures teach us that the church in its universal sense is only a spiritual relationship and not an organization. Col 1:18; Eph 1:22-23; Eph 2:19-22 For the church to function, [...]
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Continue ReadingThe New Testament church gathered for the communion. (Acts 20:7) Regarding that gathering together Paul commands in Heb 10:25 “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together…” This command is clear and our duty in obeying it is obvious. New Testament corporate worship is congregational in nature. The observance of the communion is a function of [...]
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Continue ReadingBefore I give an answer to the above question, there are several observations that I would like to make. When I first began preaching over forty years ago, it was rare to find very many women in the churches who cut their hair. Now and then there would be one, but they were few and [...]
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Continue ReadingFew subjects have given rise to more controversy than the one suggested by the above questions. In recent years people with strong feelings on both sides of these issues have protested what they feel to be abuses of governmental authority and individual rights. Dealing with crime has never been easy. In the past, in some [...]
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Continue ReadingFirst of all it should be noted that when one stops coming to the services of the church that individual has violated the teaching of the bible. We are commanded to “seek first the kingdom…” (Mt 6:33). When one, through neglect or rebellion, ceases to assemble with the church, choosing to be somewhere else, they [...]
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Continue ReadingThe Bible has nothing to say about Christmas. We are commanded to remember the death of our Lord on the first day of the week, Acts 20:7 but are never commanded to remember the birth of Christ. Thus for basic information about the origin and purpose of this day, we are forced to look elsewhere. [...]
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Continue ReadingTo so teach, in the view of this writer, shows a lack of information about the true nature of worship. While physical external actions nearly always accompany worship, such actions in and of themselves do not constitute worship. Worship is intrinsic, it is an emotion, a thought of the mind. In worship we render respect [...]
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Continue ReadingThere are actually three questions here, and we will attempt to answer them in the order asked. (1) How long is a man responsible for the actions of his children? There is obviously a time when parents no longer have control over what their children do, even though they may be distressed by their conduct. [...]
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