1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,300 Wonderful to see all those who could be here. 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:06,600 As we continue our meeting from night tonight. 3 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:13,800 I want to begin by asking you to recall the time when you perhaps 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:19,600 started a new job and that's kind of a traumatic event. 5 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:23,200 And there are some things you want to know. 6 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:27,900 That's been a long time since I started a new job in my day job, 7 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:30,700 as I call it, I work at a regular job and it Addition to 8 00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:34,400 preaching and so I know what it's like to work all day and go 9 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,000 to church all night. Like many of you are doing this 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:43,400 week and even though I've been with that company since 1971 in 11 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,700 my day job I still remember what it's like to start a new job. 12 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:49,900 There are certain things you want to know. 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:58,400 You want to know who's the Boss. That just seems to help you you 14 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,400 know if you know who the bosses are or who the boss is, that's 15 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,800 going to work well for you, not that you'd behave any 16 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,900 differently in the presence of those who aren't but it's always 17 00:01:10,900 --> 00:01:16,400 nice to know who the boss is. Our one time I was on the phone 18 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,700 in the midst of a serious discussion when my boss walked 19 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:25,700 in and I was asking the veterinary of trivia question. 20 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,100 Veterinarian. A trivia question about the 21 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:32,700 number of stomachs that a cow has and my boss didn't 22 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:36,400 appreciate that too much. He thought I should have been 23 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,400 paying more attention to what I was hired to do. 24 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:43,900 You can understand that I suppose you want to know who the 25 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:48,000 boss is. You also you want to know, what 26 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,900 are the rules? How do you find out what the 27 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:57,300 rules are and you also want to know. 28 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:02,300 Are they serious about the rules? 29 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,700 Do they really really mean the rules? 30 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:11,300 Now, if somebody says, all right, you're hired to be here 31 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:15,600 from eight to five. What does that mean? 32 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:23,100 Does that mean 924? 10-ish, 22. 33 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,400 What does it mean? You want to know are the rules 34 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:32,000 really the rules? Or are they just kind of 35 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,900 guidelines or are they for everybody else, but not for you 36 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,700 in your position? You need to know what the rules 37 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:42,600 are. And are they serious? 38 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,500 You also want to know? When's payday. 39 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,600 Now, we might start with that one. 40 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,900 Because you always want to know if I'm going to work. 41 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,500 When do we get paid? How does that work here? 42 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,600 When does that happen? And if you start a job, those 43 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,600 are some of the basics that you really really, really need to 44 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,200 understand What do you need to know? 45 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:18,700 When you come to a church. You know, I I'll present that. 46 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:23,900 I think it's kind of the same. You want to know who's boss 47 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:27,600 around here? What are the rules? 48 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:34,700 do you actually mean those rules, you serious about those 49 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:42,200 rules and When's payday. No, we can answer those in the 50 00:03:42,208 --> 00:03:46,700 Lord's church as well. One thing I want us to remember 51 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:52,300 is that when we start our new jobs, it's really confusing to 52 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:57,300 figure all of this stuff out. In just a little while though, 53 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,600 we figure those things out. In my day job, I write what's 54 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,100 called an employee handbook and it's-- employees from time to 55 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:08,500 time and I say, you know, don't you have your favorite passage 56 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:11,200 of the employee handbook memorized like I do and they 57 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,400 look at me, like I'm nuts. They do that anyway, you know, 58 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,500 as you can imagine. But that's part of the rules. 59 00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:23,900 It's part of the rules and so when we come to the Lord's 60 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:33,000 Church, it's hard. You know, those of us that have 61 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,600 been around the Lord's Church, all of our Lives. 62 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:43,700 We end up forgetting how much we actually know and we forget how 63 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:48,700 comfortable we are with the routines years and years ago. 64 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:53,100 I attended the New Year's meeting in Oklahoma City and 65 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:55,500 came time for communion. I was sitting on the front row. 66 00:04:55,500 --> 00:05:01,600 I was a teenager house was full. And where I had been raised in 67 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,300 the church in Missouri, the one officiating at the Lord's table 68 00:05:06,300 --> 00:05:10,300 would give thanks for the loaf and then he would hand it off to 69 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:14,200 a person who would then go help pass and another person would 70 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,500 help pass. And the one officiating at the 71 00:05:16,508 --> 00:05:18,800 Lord's, table would just sit out on the front row. 72 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,300 That's what I was used to and I thought, well, that's the way 73 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:27,100 everybody is, of course. And so at this, this New Year's 74 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:30,400 meeting Huge, huge crowd, and this congregation at Moore. 75 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,000 Oklahoma, the person waiting on the table offered prayer for the 76 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,300 loaf and he came right over there and he handed it to me. 77 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,700 As I was sitting there on the front seat and I thought, oh, he 78 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:41,500 wants me to help pass communion today. 79 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:48,100 So I hopped up and did that actually what it was is at Moore 80 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:49,900 Oklahoma. In those days, the one 81 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:52,600 officiating, the Lord's table also helped pass everything 82 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,300 around. I didn't know what the rules 83 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:57,400 were. I didn't know. 84 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,300 It's kind of confusing when you don't know what the rules are. 85 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:08,000 Really is. And when someone comes to a job 86 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,000 for the first time, we understand that we see them 87 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,800 being a little bit halting and fumbling and hesitant we 88 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,100 understand that. Let's be as understanding when 89 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:22,400 someone comes to worship with us as well. 90 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,500 It's going to take a while it's going to take a while. 91 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:30,300 I've had the absolute privilege and honor of studying with a 92 00:06:30,308 --> 00:06:33,400 bunch of folks through the years that have never been to. 93 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:39,500 Worship anywhere that have never had a bible, let alone opened 94 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:44,700 it, let alone to read a single word out of it and you know what 95 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:46,900 happens to them. A lot of times they're 96 00:06:46,900 --> 00:06:51,200 embarrassed, they're embarrassed because they don't know. 97 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,700 And they just presume that, you know everything because they 98 00:06:55,700 --> 00:06:59,000 know that they they don't know anything yet. 99 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:03,400 Well, it's okay to not know anything at all about the Lord. 100 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:07,900 A church, it's okay to have not opened a Bible or to have read a 101 00:07:07,907 --> 00:07:10,500 Bible. But you know, in order to learn 102 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:13,800 about God you got to start somewhere. 103 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:17,000 So this lesson is about Beginnings. 104 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,700 How do we start? Where do we go? 105 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,400 How do we figure some of these things out? 106 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:27,300 Because if I just simply say to someone, well here's what you 107 00:07:27,308 --> 00:07:30,300 need to do, you just need to remember this book. 108 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:38,100 Oh, hmm. You know, there are a lot of 109 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:43,100 people that love to read and so if you tell a lot of people I'm 110 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:46,600 going to need you to read this book pretty quickly they're 111 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,100 going to say okay. But there's a lot more people 112 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:55,600 that never read or rarely read and hardly ever read a book. 113 00:07:56,500 --> 00:07:59,700 And my day job, I do Management training once a year and I send 114 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:03,700 out a book for people to read and I've had folks tell me Greg 115 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:07,500 the only book I read all years. The one you send me And I've 116 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:09,900 told them one of these years, I'm going to send you a Bible 117 00:08:10,300 --> 00:08:12,300 because you need that one a lot more than the ones. 118 00:08:12,300 --> 00:08:15,800 I've been sending you on business but you know, if you 119 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,400 just tell somebody, okay, read this whole, that's a daunting 120 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,700 task. And so, where do we start? 121 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:24,600 How do, how do we get started with this? 122 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:29,700 Well, we kind of have to cut through some of the, some of the 123 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:35,600 fables, some of the tales, some of the, some positions. 124 00:08:36,299 --> 00:08:40,200 And that's not, Always easy, but let me give you a few 125 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,500 experiences that I've had along the way. 126 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:49,500 Some years ago I had a weekly study at a lady's house and she 127 00:08:49,500 --> 00:08:52,100 was a delightful woman, a member of the Lord's Church. 128 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:56,200 Her children were not and the children never would sit down at 129 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,000 the table and join in at the study. 130 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,900 They just never would they walk by? 131 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:02,400 You know, they'd walk slow. You could tell they were 132 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,100 listening but they really wouldn't get involved at all. 133 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:10,200 And so there was one daughter, one night that was there. 134 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,200 And it just so happened. We were talking about the word 135 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:18,000 of God and its Authority and and how we could know whether or not 136 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:23,300 we're truly following what the Lord wants, who's the boss of 137 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:28,400 the church and she happened to be walking by and she slowed and 138 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:33,400 she slowed and she slowed. And finally she stopped to talk. 139 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,400 I was thrilled. I was absolutely thrilled. 140 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,100 And she let us know that she used the Bible. 141 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:47,800 She used the Bible and she said, here's here's what I do. 142 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:53,000 She said, I believe in prayer. And I said that's great. 143 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,800 That's wonderful. Because the Bible tells us we 144 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,900 should pray without CC. The effectual fervent prayer of 145 00:09:58,900 --> 00:10:01,900 a righteous man or woman availeth much, you know, our 146 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:04,900 prayers are powerful and effective as God's people. 147 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,800 So, whenever whenever people pray, it's a good thing. 148 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:12,600 It's a good thing in the direction of God, for those that 149 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,800 aren't Christians, you know, Cornelius was active in prayer 150 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,200 before he was a member of the Lord's church. 151 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,700 And so, it was a good thing for him to be praying, always Ways 152 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:25,100 that he might know the Lord's will and it's a it's a commanded 153 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:27,600 thing for those of us who are God's people to pray. 154 00:10:28,100 --> 00:10:30,900 So she said, I pray a lot. I said, that's wonderful. 155 00:10:31,100 --> 00:10:33,200 That's wonderful. She said here's what I do when 156 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,300 I'm faced with the situation. I pray and I pray and I pray and 157 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:41,100 I pray and then I just opened my Bible and wherever it falls, 158 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:44,700 open my eyes. Then, just land on a passage and 159 00:10:44,700 --> 00:10:48,100 wherever that pass, wherever my eyes land, that's the passage 160 00:10:48,100 --> 00:10:51,700 that guides me in the problem. I'm praying about And she says, 161 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:54,100 don't you think that's a wonderful way to use the Bible? 162 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,400 Now, you don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, okay? 163 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,600 You don't want to belittle anyone, you don't want to make 164 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:13,300 fun of anyone in any way. But that's not an appropriate 165 00:11:13,300 --> 00:11:16,800 use of God's word. That's not how God intended for 166 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,700 his book to be used. And I asked her for an example 167 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:24,200 of how that had helped her and she said that she was having 168 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:30,500 trouble in her marriage and She did this, she prayed, and she 169 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:33,700 prayed, and she prayed. She let the Bible fall open and 170 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:36,700 her eyes fell on a page. It happened to be Mark 5:19, 171 00:11:37,300 --> 00:11:40,400 where Jesus was telling a man. Jesus suffer him not, but saith 172 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,100 unto him. Go home to thy friends and tell 173 00:11:42,100 --> 00:11:44,600 them how great things. The Lord has done for the in 174 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,800 half, had compassion on thee. Now, that's a story of a man 175 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,400 that Jesus heal that was possessed with demons. 176 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,400 And he wanted to go with Jesus and Jesus said, no, you go back 177 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,600 home and you tell folks, what's happened to you, Well, when she 178 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,600 used this verse, in the way I described, she said the Lord's 179 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,200 message to her from that word. Verse was that she was to go 180 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,800 home and stay with her husband. And she said, don't you think 181 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,200 that's what the Lord was telling me? 182 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:16,700 I said no. She said you don't I said no I 183 00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:18,400 really can't see that from that verse. 184 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,800 I said now there's other Bible verses that talk about marriage 185 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,400 and about how you're to be in your marriage, is a wife and how 186 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,600 your husband is to be, but this is not one of those. 187 00:12:28,900 --> 00:12:30,500 This is not a verse that applies. 188 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:34,500 In this particular way, we can apply it to things, but not to 189 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:37,800 the way you did. And she said, I'll tell you, 190 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:41,800 I'll tell you how you could know for sure that I'm on the right 191 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,200 path, that God approves of everything. 192 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:48,500 I do, she said she was praying and praying and praying. 193 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,600 About whether or not her daddy was in heaven because he had 194 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,300 died. Not too long before, and she was 195 00:12:56,300 --> 00:12:58,500 praying and praying and praying about that. 196 00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:04,200 And one day she was shopping for a beanie baby and she said the 197 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,800 beanie baby that she picked up just as she was praying about 198 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,800 her daddy. You know, beanie babies have a 199 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,500 birth date. All of them have a birthday. 200 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,500 She said, the beanie baby. I picked up had my birth date. 201 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,800 she said, now that doesn't that prove to you that my daddy's in 202 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:28,600 heaven and that the way I use the Bible is correct And I said 203 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:35,400 no, it proves that there's lots of dates that you could look at 204 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:39,900 that, would give you a similarity and a coincidence, 205 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:43,300 but I don't think that's how God speaks to us. 206 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:50,100 And so if we're just going to use the Bible as a book, that 207 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:55,600 falls open at a random spot. And we're only going to confirm 208 00:13:55,600 --> 00:14:01,800 that by a date that may happen to be coincidence in a Beanie 209 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:06,600 Baby. Is that really is that really 210 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:13,400 the rules of the Lord's Church? You see if it is then we need 211 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,200 more Beanie Babies. Okay? 212 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,800 If all we need to do by following the rules of, just let 213 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:23,600 the Bible fall open and do it then then we're okay. 214 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,900 But I wondered what she would have done. 215 00:14:25,900 --> 00:14:29,800 Had she read about those verses of JL, driving a tent stake 216 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:35,800 through the man's head. I wonder what she would have 217 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,300 done at times. Had she read about when Judas 218 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:43,000 went and hanged himself. I don't think that's going to 219 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,500 work for us. I don't think it's going to work 220 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:49,700 well, and I don't think that's how God intends for us to use 221 00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:53,800 his word. Now, with that said, we may look 222 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,800 at that and say, the very idea that somebody would try to use a 223 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:02,400 Beanie Baby to confirm their faith but understand, at least 224 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:09,000 she was trying to use the Bible. You know, of anybody that never 225 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,600 ever ever uses the Bible for anything. 226 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,800 I do lots of them, A buddy of mine at work. 227 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,600 He'll say it's so confusing. It's just so confusing. 228 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:25,700 I just don't know where to start, and I'll say so start 229 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:29,100 somewhere. Now, it's just so confusing. 230 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:33,500 I don't know where to start. After all, if you do get the 231 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:39,900 courage to open the Bible, it's not real simple. 232 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:44,400 Is it? if you look for the chapter on 233 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:49,300 worship, there's no heading just like that. 234 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:54,700 If you look for the chapter on how to be saved, There's no 235 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:59,300 heading like that. It can be very confusing to go 236 00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:02,800 through the word of God. It can be very confusing to know 237 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,400 where to start. So if you'll allow me I will cut 238 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:10,600 through some things and just simply do some do some things 239 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:15,400 regarding the Lord's church and his rules and whether or not, 240 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:21,200 he's serious about them and what our response is to be the boss. 241 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,900 You might say, in the Lord's church is the Lord's. 242 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,100 Lord. And of course, by the Lord, 243 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:32,800 we're referring to God, who is God, the father and the Son, and 244 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,900 the Holy Spirit, all of those are referred to as God. 245 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:41,000 And we read about them in various passages, particularly 246 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,200 in the New Testament. And in one particular passage 247 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,400 when Jesus was being baptized, we have the voice of God, the 248 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:54,200 father from heaven, we have the Holy Spirit descending upon On 249 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,400 Jesus in the form of a dove and we have Jesus himself there, 250 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,000 being baptized and so we have God, the Father God, the son, 251 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:08,099 and God the holy spirit. All one God And that is the Lord 252 00:17:08,099 --> 00:17:12,500 God of the Bible. Now we may look at that and say 253 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:15,300 you, but you say there's one God but there's three well, it's 254 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:17,900 kind of like a husband and a wife or one flesh. 255 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:22,400 The Bible talks about that to their their distinct separate 256 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,800 entities and yet they are Wang. And so the boss is the Lord, the 257 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:33,400 boss is God. The rules are the Bible And yes 258 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:38,900 God is serious about his rules. He always has been. 259 00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:44,100 We see that from the very first people that ever lived upon the 260 00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:49,300 face of the Earth, God told them to leave a certain trees fruit 261 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:51,400 along. This is in the Book of Genesis. 262 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,400 The very first book of the Bible said, leave it alone. 263 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,000 They didn't do that. What happened? 264 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,500 Did they get do-overs? No. 265 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,600 Did they get To hit restart? No. 266 00:18:03,900 --> 00:18:06,600 Had they saved where they were and get to restart from that 267 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,100 point, like, some favorite games here and there? 268 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:14,000 No, they did not get do-overs, they had to suffer the 269 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:19,000 consequences of having disobeyed the law and hopefully we 270 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,300 understand that an art shocked by that, you know, if a boss 271 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:26,900 says, I need you here at 8:00 and I cannot have any exceptions 272 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:30,800 to that for any reason. And if we show up at 8:30 and 273 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,900 get fired, would we be surprised? 274 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,900 Should we be surprised? We shouldn't be and are we going 275 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:40,500 to say, what why did you do that? 276 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:44,000 Would we say, why did you do that? 277 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:46,300 You're firing me. I Was Here by 8:30. 278 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:48,700 Yeah, of course. We'd say that, of course, we 279 00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:53,200 would so did Adam and Eve. Yes, we did this. 280 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,300 But and there were consequences to their behaviors. 281 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:01,700 And so the Bible is God's rule book. 282 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:06,300 God is serious about all of his rules and PayDay comes in the 283 00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:10,200 form of the final judgment whenever we will. 284 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,300 Hopefully Be rewarded with heaven. 285 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:19,100 But if we are not approved by the Lord, we will be rewarded 286 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:21,400 with that horrible place called hell. 287 00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:26,200 Now, we don't want to go there, so we want to concentrate on how 288 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:33,200 to get to this place by doing what he wants according to his 289 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,300 rules. Okay. 290 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:44,800 At this particular point. hopefully, everything is okay 291 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:51,500 with anyone that has The faith to acknowledge that God is who 292 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:56,800 the word of God says that he is, hopefully we can have agreement 293 00:19:56,900 --> 00:20:02,000 on these points up to this time. Now if we're going to sort 294 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:08,800 through these rules, how are we going to interpret these rules 295 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,600 so that they can apply to our lives in an appropriate way. 296 00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:17,800 And this is the study of what is called hermeneutics and you You 297 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:22,400 can buy books on this subject and it's quite interesting but 298 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,400 let's never get away from the simple facts. 299 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:31,400 That God is he rewards those that diligently seek Him and we 300 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,300 have to turn to his word for what the rules are. 301 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:39,400 Let's not forget that and going through some of these concepts 302 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:45,600 of hermeneutics, Romans chapter Romans, chapter 10, and verse 17 303 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,600 reminds us. So then faith. 304 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:51,300 Cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 305 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,800 Now, this is basic, and this is fundamental that if we are to 306 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:02,600 have faith in the Lord, God of the Bible, then we have to read. 307 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:07,300 We have to hear about the word of God. 308 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:11,000 We have to hear about God from his word. 309 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:15,200 We have to read those words and have them under explain to us so 310 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,700 that we might have understanding Faith cometh by hearing. 311 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:20,800 By hearing and hearing by the word of God. 312 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,100 So if we say, well, I've got a Bible, but I don't want to open 313 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:25,200 it. I don't want to pay any 314 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:29,100 attention to it, but still, I want to be a person of God. 315 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:31,900 Sorry, faith comes from hearing and hearing from the word of 316 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:33,700 God. The word of God is where we all 317 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:36,100 have to go. We all have to go there. 318 00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:41,700 Well, once we decide to do that, it starts with Genesis and it 319 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:44,300 runs through the book of Concord ants in my Bible. 320 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,100 It actually runs through the Book of Revelation. 321 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:52,000 The last book that is revealed as the Book of Revelation, but 322 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,700 it starts with the Book of Genesis, and let's just simply 323 00:21:55,700 --> 00:22:01,900 say that for time sake, we will go about in the middle to the 324 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:07,700 end of the Old Testament, which is this many books Genesis 325 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:13,500 through Malachi constitutes, What's called the Old Testament. 326 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:18,800 The old Definite, the reason we know this is called the old 327 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:23,800 Covenant is because words in the New Covenant says they're old. 328 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:29,400 That's how we know now. So our books Genesis through, 329 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,500 Malachi have an important purpose. 330 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:39,200 All of them are intended to point in a certain direction. 331 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:46,300 They're intended to point to Jesus Christ, and him crucified 332 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:53,200 that was the purpose of God's creation and Revelation and the 333 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:57,600 purpose of Israel and the purpose of the Nations. 334 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:01,900 And all that was done in Old Testament times under What's 335 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:06,200 called the Ten Commandment law. And that usually is a very 336 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,100 familiar law to people who even have not ever read the Bible. 337 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:15,200 Oil, but they have the purpose of bringing us to Jesus. 338 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,400 Now, that is the Old Testament in a nutshell. 339 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:25,900 Someone may say, well, I heard a religious program the other day 340 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,000 and they were talking about the importance of Israel today. 341 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:35,300 Well, Israel has no more biblical importance because 342 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:40,100 their purpose was to bring Christ into the world. 343 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:45,900 And once that was accomplished, there is no more place for or 344 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:52,600 purpose for National Israel, there is a spiritual Israel, but 345 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,600 anyone from Any Nation Under Heaven can be part of spiritual 346 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:00,000 Israel. Now, we then have the New 347 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,900 Testament. And remember, the reason we know 348 00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:06,300 that is a new testament, or a New Covenant is because that's 349 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:08,800 what we're told in the Bible to remember, Faith cometh by 350 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,600 hearing and hearing by the the word of God. 351 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,200 And in the first part of the New Testament. 352 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:22,600 From Matthew through John, we have the story of the life and 353 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:27,400 the death and the burial of Jesus Christ. 354 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:33,000 And also the story of his resurrection from the dead for 355 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,100 books. Matthew Mark, Luke and John 356 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:42,600 repeat the each giving different facts about Jesus Christ and 357 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:48,000 about his birth about his life. About his death, burial, 358 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,800 resurrection and Ascension. Now averse, I've looked at 359 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:57,800 several times already in John chapter, 20 tells us these 360 00:24:58,100 --> 00:25:02,300 Written that. You might believe that Jesus is 361 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:06,700 the Christ, the son of God. Why do we have Matthew Mark, 362 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:10,100 Luke and John for writers telling us the same story 363 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,600 because we're slow Learners. Well, aren't we? 364 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 There was different purposes to those books. 365 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,900 I faked. But you know, God wants us to 366 00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:22,600 really get this thing called faith in Jesus down. 367 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,300 Doesn't he? So if you start with the New 368 00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:28,800 Testament and you read Matthew, if you Wade, through the 369 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,100 genealogy, you're going to get to some good stuff. 370 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,600 All about Jesus. And then you say, well, here's a 371 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,300 book of Mark. What's that all about Jesus? 372 00:25:38,300 --> 00:25:43,300 Again, here's the Book of Luke, that's all about Jesus again, 373 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,100 here's the Book of Job. What's that all about Jesus? 374 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:48,200 Again, you think Jesus is important? 375 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,500 Oh yeah. We just never get over Jesus. 376 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:56,800 We never get past him. We never do. 377 00:25:57,300 --> 00:26:02,900 We can never forget him. We can never forget that when we 378 00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:09,100 read the Gospels it is, as though we are there with him, as 379 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:13,400 he does, all that he did, including dying on the cross for 380 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:18,800 our sins. And so when we go from Matthew, 381 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:25,800 Mark, Luke and John into the book of Acts, We then find that 382 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,900 there was something that occurred. 383 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:33,900 Very early in that book. There was something called the 384 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:40,700 church that emerged and people were doing certain things to be 385 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:44,500 able to be members of that church. 386 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:48,100 Now, reckon whose church that was. 387 00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:51,200 Well, who have we just spent four books? 388 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:56,800 Reading about. Hmm Christ Christ and so it 389 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:01,200 shouldn't surprise us that early in the book of Acts, we find 390 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:07,300 information about the Lord's Church, the Church of Christ and 391 00:27:07,300 --> 00:27:11,400 how people were added to it and how they were saved. 392 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:15,200 You know what they needed to do, they needed to have and this is 393 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,500 already a familiar word. They needed to have faith. 394 00:27:19,300 --> 00:27:21,600 Remember where faith comes from Faith, cometh, by hearing 395 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,700 hearing by the word of God, they needed to repent of their sins. 396 00:27:26,100 --> 00:27:29,400 They needed to confess that Jesus was the Christ, the son of 397 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:34,100 God, and they needed to be baptized for the remission of 398 00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:39,600 their sins. And then they needed to live a 399 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:44,500 holy life because those are the rules. 400 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:48,900 So, we find that very early in the New Testament. 401 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:54,900 Matthew Mark, Luke John acts the rest of the books have different 402 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:59,700 purposes, but some of them are to remind people. 403 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:05,600 Don't forget the rules here. Here's the rules in some 404 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,900 instances, people have been going astray. 405 00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:13,000 Now, within the word of God, we have these things in hermeneutic 406 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,400 studies that are simply well. Hear the terms, they're called 407 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:22,900 commands examples and inferences and through a study of those we 408 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:26,200 can determine what is appropriate for us to do. 409 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,100 There are commands or precepts that are in the word of God. 410 00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:33,400 Such as Acts 2 and verse 38 where the Apostle Peter said 411 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:38,500 repent and be baptized. That was a command to be obeyed. 412 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:44,200 So God commands individuals, then there are those times when 413 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,700 there are Burrs of what individuals are to do and those 414 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:52,100 examples become things that we are to follow. 415 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:55,700 First Corinthians 4:16, wherefore, I beseech. 416 00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:59,300 You be ye followers of me. Paul said, for this, cause I by 417 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:01,300 Senator you timotheus. Who is my beloved, Son? 418 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:03,500 And faithful in the Lord who shall bring you into remembrance 419 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:07,700 of my ways, which be in Christ as I teach everywhere in every 420 00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:10,800 church. So, he saying, here's what I do 421 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,100 and Timothy follows me and you follow me. 422 00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:18,500 As I follow Christ, you thought of Timothy is he follows me. 423 00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:23,500 Follow us as we follow Christ, those become examples for us to 424 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:26,400 follow. Then there are those things that 425 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:31,100 are implied and those are a little tricky and this seems to 426 00:29:31,108 --> 00:29:35,900 be really nitpicky. But in order to understand this, 427 00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:39,300 let's go to a conversation that Jesus had with some people, 428 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:44,600 Matthew 22 verse 29. Jesus was answering the question 429 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,000 of somebody. And Jesus answered and said you 430 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,000 do earlier, you're making a mistake not knowing the 431 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,700 scriptures nor the power of God, then in verse 31, he says, but 432 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,100 as touching this is Matthew 22 verse 31. 433 00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:02,000 But as touching the resurrection of the Dead, have you not read 434 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,900 that? Which was spoken unto you by 435 00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:06,400 God. Saying now, there were 436 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,200 individuals questioning Jesus. They did not believe in the 437 00:30:09,208 --> 00:30:12,800 resurrection of the dead and they were questioning God, they 438 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,800 were doubting the word of God and Jesus said, have you not 439 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,300 read? So what did Jesus have them? 440 00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:22,700 Do he had them go to the book. He had to go to the Bible and 441 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:25,600 this case, they would have gone to the Earth Testament for proof 442 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,900 of what he was saying. And so in religious issues, we 443 00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:31,900 always need to go to the book, the word of God to fight, or 444 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:34,700 what the answers are. And here is Jesus saying, have 445 00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:39,400 you not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying I 446 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,000 am the god of Abraham and the god of Isaac, and the god of 447 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,800 Jacob. Now, there's a little word here 448 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:49,900 that So she used that is very key to this entire discussion. 449 00:30:50,100 --> 00:30:56,700 It's the little word am Jesus said I am the god of Abraham. 450 00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:59,600 He said, have you not read in the Old Testament where it says 451 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,900 I am the god of these people. Now, what's the issue? 452 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,300 The Sadducees said there is no resurrection of the Dead. 453 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,700 Jesus is saying, when God said I am the god of Abraham. 454 00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:15,100 He was using the present tense of a word. 455 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,500 Word, meaning, they were still alive. 456 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:23,300 God didn't say, I was the god of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 457 00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:26,500 He's saying, I am the god of those people. 458 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:31,700 And so de small words, make a difference in the rules. 459 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:39,300 Yeah, they do they do and so we can't just pick and choose which 460 00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:42,900 of these things we would like and which we wouldn't we have to 461 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:47,800 be very, very careful and Those are necessary inferences. 462 00:31:47,900 --> 00:31:52,900 Jesus uses a necessary inference to prove that there is life 463 00:31:52,900 --> 00:31:58,100 after death and he did. So based on a two letter word at 464 00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:02,300 least in English and that is very amazing to me to see the 465 00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:06,700 Lord himself. Using a hermeneutical concept of 466 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:10,900 necessary, implication or necessary inference. 467 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,600 Now here's how some of these things can work. 468 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:19,200 Let's look at at Mark chapter 16 and verse 16, Mark, 16 and verse 469 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,200 16. Jesus says he that believeth and 470 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,900 is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be 471 00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:27,000 damned now. What is inferred in that 472 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,600 passage? What is inferred in that 473 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,600 passage? At least among other things? 474 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,600 Is this whoever is going to be baptized and needs to be old 475 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:40,900 enough to believe You see that? So if somebody says well I was 476 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:45,600 baptized as a baby. Well were you able to believe? 477 00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:50,300 No couldn't do that then. Okay then you just got wet, 478 00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:54,100 someone may have meant it for religious statement. 479 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:58,900 May have meant it for your salvation but the inference is 480 00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:04,300 until someone can believe they should not be baptized. 481 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,200 And so you'll not see us baptizing. 482 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,700 APS. We dare not do that because it 483 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:15,300 is inferred that all those who are baptized need to be of the 484 00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:20,800 ability to reason acts 2 and verse 38, Peter said repent and 485 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,900 be baptized, what is inferred there. 486 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,900 We have to be mature enough to understand the difference 487 00:33:26,900 --> 00:33:31,600 between, right and wrong and to be able to make a commitment to 488 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:32,700 do. What's right? 489 00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:36,400 And until we're mature enough to do those things. 490 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,100 Then we are are not ready for baptism. 491 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:44,800 Those things are also inferred within those things that are 492 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,300 commands. There are those things that are 493 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:52,500 that are General in nature and specific in nature. 494 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,600 Let me give you an example of one of those in the Great 495 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,200 Commission. Jesus said in Matthew 28:19 go, 496 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,600 ye therefore and teach All Nations. 497 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,600 Baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of 498 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:09,400 the Holy Ghost and So, we understand that Jesus is telling 499 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,000 us to go into all the world to preach the gospel, and we 500 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,199 lovingly and gladly do that. Understand when Jesus said go, 501 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:23,400 ye that is a command. However, it is generally nature 502 00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:25,600 because he doesn't say how to go. 503 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:32,600 I am so thankful he didn't say walk you there for All right, is 504 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,000 still been trying to get here from Sacramento? 505 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:40,400 Frankie wouldn't have been back from the Philippines yet Go, ye 506 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:45,699 therefore allows us to take a walk or a train, or a plane, or 507 00:34:45,699 --> 00:34:51,600 a bus or an automobile and that is simply okay with the Lord. 508 00:34:52,100 --> 00:34:56,900 Now, as we look to all of these things of a religious nature, 509 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:02,500 there is a difference between those things that we may use as 510 00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:07,200 expedience, those things that are AIDS vs. 511 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:11,200 Those things, that would be considered Sinful additions to 512 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,400 the Lord's. Well and we have to be careful 513 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:18,900 about these as well. Now we are not to forsake the 514 00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:21,100 assembling of ourselves together. 515 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:25,900 Hebrews 10 and verse 25, the disciples came together on the 516 00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:28,600 first day of the week to break bread. 517 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:35,600 So we know that assemblying is authorized when we assemble, we 518 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,000 could assemble under a tree somewhere or just out in the 519 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000 open without That a tree. If you would, then we could 520 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,500 assemble in a building. And a building is simply an 521 00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:52,500 expedient that aids Us in. Observing the command for us to 522 00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:59,100 gather for worship in one place. Now, an expedient can't violate 523 00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:03,000 a command. It can't violate how a command 524 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,200 was exemplified or else. It becomes sinful. 525 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:11,400 Now, within our building we happen to be seated in pews, 526 00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:14,300 okay? Does having a Pew keep us from 527 00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:17,400 being able to worship God? No, it doesn't. 528 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,800 It really doesn't? There are some religions around 529 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,200 the world that don't have pews in their buildings. 530 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:26,600 They make everybody stand up the whole time and That could be 531 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:31,000 quite interesting as a whiteboard used to put 532 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,000 Blackboard but they're not chalkboards anymore. 533 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,300 But oh right board is simply an expedient in teaching which is 534 00:36:38,300 --> 00:36:42,100 part of our worship whenever we have the collection on Lord's 535 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:47,300 Day, a bag or a basket, becomes an expedient that does not 536 00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:53,200 violate that in any way we have a baptistery to help with as an 537 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:58,600 aid to baptism but again it Not violate baptism in any way. 538 00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:03,400 We have songbooks to Aid with the commanded singing that we 539 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,700 are to do. All of those things we can say, 540 00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:11,300 in no way, violate the commands, the inferences, and the examples 541 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,100 of how we are to worship and serve God, they do not. 542 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:20,000 Now, there are many other religious things that people do 543 00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:23,600 that are a violation of the commands, the examples of the 544 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,500 inferences of the word of God, some of those Those have to do 545 00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:28,900 with different assemblies. Bible classes are Sunday 546 00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:32,200 schools, different ways of worshiping god with multiple 547 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,200 vessels or loaves having musical instruments. 548 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:39,500 Having multiple communion times for a congregation and I put 549 00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:41,600 down here having pie suppers only. 550 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,300 I realized that most folks no longer know what a pie supper 551 00:37:44,300 --> 00:37:47,600 is. But by that I simply mean the 552 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:53,000 Lord's church is financed by the voluntary contributions of the 553 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,800 members are whenever the time forgiving is observed on Lord's 554 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,600 day. And so we are, we're not engaged 555 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:04,800 in other businesses or other ways in which to gather funds. 556 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:11,200 And so in the Lord's church today, We want to be very 557 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,900 careful for what we do to make sense. 558 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,000 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 559 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:25,800 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you 560 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,900 would like any additional information, or you would like 561 00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:32,100 to receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail. 562 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:36,500 Please email us at info at her Church of Christ 563 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:40,500 Bakersfield.com. Our service times are on Sundays 564 00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:46,100 at 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. 565 00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:50,200 Please make plans to join us. 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