1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,000 As always, the case, I do consider it a privilege to 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,800 speak. Concerning the word of God. 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,600 And I hope what we have to consider for a little while. 4 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:12,200 Would be helpful to you, excuse me, encouraging to you and 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,200 edifying to you in some way I preached this sermon about four 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,700 years ago and I really think it's very important, not only to 7 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:24,700 have lessons that are practical that are relevant, things that 8 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:28,600 are encouraging and edifying but it's also important that we 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,400 teach and preach things that Our doctrinal, you know, I think 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,600 there are things that we practice in our Christian Life 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,700 and things that we do as the church. 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,600 But the question is, can you all or can I can all of us defend 13 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,700 it? The title of our lesson. 14 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:48,500 Today is Bible classes and Sunday school. 15 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,900 And I want to take Acts chapter 20 and verse 7 as our 16 00:00:51,900 --> 00:01:00,700 introductory text, Hang on one second. 17 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,600 It acts 20 verse 7, the bible says, now, on the first day of 18 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,400 the week when the disciples came together, to break bread, Paul 19 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,500 ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his 20 00:01:16,500 --> 00:01:20,700 message until midnight. I think there's really three 21 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:24,100 things that really make us stand out with the religious world. 22 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:27,900 Number one is we sing without instruments of music. 23 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:32,500 Number two is we have one loaf and one cup on the Lord's table, 24 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:37,300 and we commune every Day. And number three, we don't have 25 00:01:37,300 --> 00:01:41,900 Sunday school and we don't have kids church as it's often called 26 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:45,300 today and I'll tell you this, if all the things that people have 27 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:49,400 asked me as a Christian if you invite them to services and 28 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,700 their visitors and we welcome them and want them here and many 29 00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:56,800 times, they'll say, how come you don't have Sunday school? 30 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,800 How come you don't have kids church? 31 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,400 I mean, after all it's not the little guys have to learn to 32 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,400 Well, the question is, why do we do the things that we do? 33 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,600 Why do we practice the things that we practice? 34 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,600 There is a answer to that, but let me just say at the very 35 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,500 outset of our lesson Bible classes and this is very 36 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:20,400 important. Bible classes are not a method 37 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:26,400 of teaching, Bible classes are an unauthorized type of 38 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,600 assembly, for teaching the word of God. 39 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:33,200 So, the question before us today is not whether the Bible class. 40 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:36,300 Our scriptural method of teaching, its whether Bible, 41 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:40,600 classes are a scriptural method of assembly for public teaching 42 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,500 in the church. Okay, where did Bible classes 43 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:47,500 come from? Where did they originate did? 44 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:50,200 They always exist. Well, according to World Book, 45 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,900 Encyclopedia volume, 17 and Page 790. 46 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,400 It says this the present day. Sunday, school movement was 47 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,200 started in Gloucester England by the publisher Robert. 48 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:07,500 Drake's in, 1780, he launched his ragged school. 49 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:11,300 He tried to Aid the children of the poor in his community, by 50 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:15,600 teaching them Reading Writing, and the principles of religion 51 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,200 in America, the Sunday School movement became widespread After 52 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:26,300 the Revolutionary War. However, according to history 53 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,200 these Sunday, schools were not connected with church 54 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:34,700 organizations until 1814. And since that time Many 55 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:38,100 religious affiliations have adopted this denomination of 56 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:41,500 practice from our Methodist friends with various 57 00:03:41,700 --> 00:03:45,600 modifications, okay? Let me just ask this. 58 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,000 When you talk about the church, I have to say. 59 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,500 The church is not a denomination. 60 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:54,300 Nomination. Okay. 61 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:57,200 I got the bible discussion, just the other day with somebody. 62 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,800 That asked me that very question and I said that I said that the 63 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,500 Church of Christ is not a denomination. 64 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,300 And here's what distinguishes, the two, a denomination really 65 00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:11,700 means a part of something else. In fact, one definition for 66 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:15,000 denomination is this, a religious group that has 67 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,100 different beliefs from other groups, but they're all 68 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:21,500 professing to be the same, they're all pissed professing to 69 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:24,200 be Christians. So the different practices and 70 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:28,600 different beliefs between them or among them, are what causes 71 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,600 them to be called a denomination? 72 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:34,900 They are part of the whole, but the Church of Christ is not a 73 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:37,900 part of anything. The Church of Christ, is the 74 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:41,700 whole of God's people. So what do we believe in the 75 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:43,400 church? What do we believe in? 76 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,800 We believe that we do things that are according to a Bible 77 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,700 pattern and it not only happens in the New Testament, even going 78 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:53,600 back to the Old Testament. Notice this Passage in first 79 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,900 Chronicles 28 beginning in verse 11. 80 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,500 Then David gave his son Solomon. The plans or the King James 81 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:05,400 says, pattern for the vestibule. It's houses, its treasuries, its 82 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,200 upper chambers, its inner Chambers, the place of the mercy 83 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,900 seat and the plans again pattern in the King, James for Albany 84 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:17,400 had by the spirit of the Courts of the house, of the Lord, of 85 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,300 all the chambers all around of, the treasuries of the house of 86 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:25,600 God, and of the treasury's. For dedicated things, verse 19 87 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:30,000 says, and All all this David said, the Lord made me 88 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,900 understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works 89 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:40,300 of this pattern. So there are patterns for 90 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:43,700 assembly and it goes all the way back to the Old Testament. 91 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,600 What I want to notice is I want to notice these three passages 92 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:52,500 one after another, from the Old Testament notice, In first in 93 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:55,900 Deuteronomy, chapter 12 and verse beginning of their inverse 94 00:05:56,900 --> 00:06:00,900 Deuteronomy chapter 31. Beginning in verse 12, Gather 95 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:05,100 the people together, men and women and love little ones. 96 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:09,500 And the stranger who is within your Gates, that they may hear 97 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:13,500 and that they may learn to fear the lord your God and carefully. 98 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:17,300 Observe all the words of this law and that their children who 99 00:06:17,300 --> 00:06:21,800 have not known, it may appear and learn to fear the lord your 100 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:26,700 God, as long as you live in the land, which you cross the Jordan 101 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:32,800 to possess, please notice. In the assembly, there was men. 102 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:38,000 There were women. And there were little ones, not 103 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:43,000 only that there were strangers, who is with their Gates and in 104 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,100 that assembly. They heard and they learned the 105 00:06:46,100 --> 00:06:49,300 children learned to fear the lord they heard and they learn 106 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:53,100 to fear the lord in an undivided assembly. 107 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:57,500 What about Deuteronomy chapter 6 beginning in verse 7, you shall 108 00:06:57,500 --> 00:07:01,700 teach them diligently to your children and shalt talk of them 109 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:04,800 when you sit in your house when you walk, by the way, when you 110 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:09,600 lie down, and when you rise up, You shall bind them as a sign on 111 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,100 your hand and shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 112 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,900 I had to put this passenger up because listen, please get this. 113 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:24,300 It is not the church's responsibility to teach our 114 00:07:24,300 --> 00:07:29,800 kids. It is not kids come together in 115 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:34,200 the assembly and they learn to, but my responsibility is to 116 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,900 train my children and prayerfully, they will stay as 117 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:41,900 they should be in their life. But it's my responsibility, it's 118 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:44,600 the parents responsibility to train their children. 119 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:47,700 It's not the church's responsibility to do that and 120 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:51,200 it's not the responsibility of a congregation to break off into a 121 00:07:51,207 --> 00:07:55,900 group to train the little once that is done in the home. 122 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,700 In fact, the Bible says, you shall bind them as a sign on 123 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:01,300 your hand. In other words, the word of God 124 00:08:01,300 --> 00:08:04,900 as a sign on their hands. Describing what you do, that's 125 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:07,500 your actions. In other words, in all of your 126 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:11,900 actions, do it with the word of God and frontlets between your 127 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:13,900 eyes. In all of your direction is the 128 00:08:13,900 --> 00:08:16,900 word of God that guides you. That's the frontlets before your 129 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:18,100 eyes. That is figurative. 130 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:25,000 Hands and eyes your direction and your actions. 131 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,500 So it's the responsibility of parents to do that. 132 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:32,700 Also notice this in Joshua chapter 8 and verse 35. 133 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:37,799 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded, which 134 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:41,400 Joshua did not read before all the Assembly of Israel. 135 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,700 Listen to this, who were they all the Assembly of Israel? 136 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:50,500 Women little ones and strangers who were living among them. 137 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,400 So, nowhere in the Bible, does it talk about in the Old 138 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,400 Testament? Does it talk about any kind of a 139 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,100 segregated assembly. They didn't break up into 140 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:02,800 groups. They didn't do that. 141 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,200 They came together in. In one place you might ask. 142 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,700 Well, that's the Old Testament. Why is that significant? 143 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,500 That is significant because God sees the end with the beginning. 144 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,400 I don't think that there's an accident there. 145 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:16,200 I don't think it was just thrown in there. 146 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,100 I think it was for a purpose and the reason that I say that is in 147 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:23,800 all the things that God has done in the Old Testament, going all 148 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,400 the way back to when Adam and Eve sinned in the garden and God 149 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,100 prepared coats of skins. It was the first time the 150 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:32,600 innocent would die for the guilty. 151 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,900 God sees the The end with the beginning, the same is true with 152 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:39,300 the assembly. God sees the end with the 153 00:09:39,300 --> 00:09:42,000 beginning and in the Old Testament, these are things that 154 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,900 we learn. We therefore are learning and 155 00:09:44,900 --> 00:09:47,900 were instructed by that. We find that they meant in an 156 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:50,900 undivided assembly. All right. 157 00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:53,600 What about the New Testament pattern? 158 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:59,400 In the Bible, we get Bible Authority by command, by 159 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:04,700 example, by a positive statement and by inference or implication. 160 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:11,000 So in Hebrews 10:25 we have there, the we are to assemble 161 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:16,100 ourselves together by command. The example is found on the 162 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:19,600 first day of the week. We have a positive statement 163 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,900 that's found in Acts chapter 11 and verse 26 that says they 164 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:28,200 assembled with the church. Furthermore, in Acts and 1st 165 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,800 Corinthians chapter 11 and verse 20, they came together in one 166 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,600 place. So at First Corinthians chapter, 167 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,800 14 and verse 23, it puts the two together. 168 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:42,300 Notice the whole church came together in one place. 169 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:46,400 If people ask, why don't we have Sunday school? 170 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,700 The Bible pattern is coming together. 171 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,300 First of all, we are commanded to assemble. 172 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:55,700 The example is on the first day of the week, we are to assemble 173 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:58,000 with the church. We are December with the church 174 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,700 in one place that is the Bible pattern for scriptural assembly. 175 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,500 And that's why that's why we do that. 176 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:09,000 But you know, there's also another thing to that is by 177 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:15,100 inference or implication. In Acts chapter 15 verses 30 and 178 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:17,800 31. It says in when they were sent 179 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,200 off or dismissed, they came to Antioch. 180 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,300 And when they had gathered the multitude together, they 181 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:26,800 delivered the letter. When they read it, they rejoiced 182 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:31,500 over its encouragement. So the very fact that they were 183 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:35,600 dismissed in Furs, they were assembled. 184 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:42,200 How were they assembled the whole church coming together in 185 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:47,500 one place? Now, let's talk about the method 186 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:52,100 of teaching for just a moment in First Corinthians chapter 14, 187 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:55,200 and verse 31. Paul says for, you can all 188 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,400 prophesy one by one that all may learn, and all may be 189 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:02,800 encouraged, all right? In this passage, we don't know 190 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,200 who that all are, but whoever it is, whoever is going to be in 191 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,600 the all whoever's going to be doing the speaking. 192 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:13,800 It's to be done one at a time, one by one that they may learn 193 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,800 and all would be encouraged. So, whoever that is, it is a 194 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:22,200 person speaking. Want one one speaker at the 195 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,500 time. Okay. 196 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:27,200 So who is that First Corinthians chapter 14 verses 34? 197 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,100 35. It's the men. 198 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:32,700 Let your women keep silent in. Churches for they are not 199 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:36,200 permitted to speak but they are to be submissive as the law also 200 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:40,300 says, and if they want to learn something, let them ask their 201 00:12:40,300 --> 00:12:43,500 own husbands at home for it is a shame, it is shameful for a 202 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:45,800 woman to speak in the church, all right. 203 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:50,800 This was not a statement against women. 204 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:57,300 And when the Bible says in the church, it doesn't mean that a 205 00:12:57,300 --> 00:13:02,000 woman can never say anything anywhere Anytime Anyplace when 206 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:07,400 we read in the church, it means get this in the assembly. 207 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:11,300 That's all. So, in the assembly, we have all 208 00:13:11,300 --> 00:13:13,000 set. We just already, proved 209 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,100 somebody's going to speak one at a time. 210 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:18,200 Who are they that's the men. And in that assembly, the women 211 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,600 are silent. In the Assembly of the church, 212 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:26,400 okay? Now, Paul gives the reasons in 213 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,800 first Timothy Chapter 2. Beginning in verse 11, I have to 214 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,300 tell you before we go to this passage, I was listening on the 215 00:13:32,308 --> 00:13:36,500 radio. And the the radio there's guy on 216 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:38,400 there, he was answering questions. 217 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:42,600 Some preacher of some sort people were calling in. 218 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,900 They were saying okay, how come this and how come that and this 219 00:13:45,900 --> 00:13:49,200 guy would just give whatever answer he thought was correct. 220 00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:53,400 Somebody called in. It was a lady and said, how come 221 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,000 we don't have any kind of? I don't know. 222 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,300 Women, preachers. And Paul says that women are 223 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:03,100 being silent. And this man says we should have 224 00:14:03,100 --> 00:14:05,600 women teachers, Paul just had a problem with women. 225 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,600 What that? That is a ridiculous position. 226 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,800 In second to in first Timothy Chapter 2, verses 11 through 14, 227 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,600 you know, what I would rather do instead of coming up with what I 228 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,800 think. And by the way, I got to share 229 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,500 this with you. My father, when we were kids, we 230 00:14:23,508 --> 00:14:26,800 had to sit around a table and this was kind of a game, kind of 231 00:14:26,808 --> 00:14:30,500 a fun thing we did and he would throw something out at us and we 232 00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:34,100 had to answer us kids. We had to answer the objection, 233 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:37,100 we had to support our position, we had to do so with book, 234 00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:40,300 chapter and verse. I'll never forget one day I 235 00:14:40,300 --> 00:14:42,200 says. But Dad, I think and He stopped 236 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,600 me right there. He said let me just make 237 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:49,400 something very clear, nobody cares what you think. 238 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:56,800 Especially the Lord. The Lord cares about what the 239 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:02,000 Lord thinks so book chapter and verses a better way to describe 240 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,000 what we answer and what our positions are rather than. 241 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 Well, Paul just had a problem with women. 242 00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:10,000 In fact, First Timothy Chapter 2, here's the reason. 243 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:14,000 Here are the reasons let the woman learn in Silence with all 244 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,500 subjection And I do not permit a woman to teach nor have 245 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:23,200 authority over a man, but to be in silence, notice the reason 246 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,200 here they are beginning in verse 13 for Adam was formed first, 247 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:32,600 then Eve and Adam was not deceived, but the woman being 248 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,400 deceived fell in the transgressions. 249 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,400 So whether I like it, whether I'd like it or not really is 250 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,800 irrelevant. Paul said let the woman learn in 251 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,000 Silence with all subjection when and where, when they're in the 252 00:15:45,700 --> 00:15:49,600 Ali of the Lord's Church, the public assembly, get more will 253 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:54,300 get back to public and private later, but here's the reason for 254 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:58,100 Adam was formed first, then Eve Adam was not deceived but the 255 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:00,200 woman being deceived fell in the transgression. 256 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,500 And for that, they are reasons that the women are to learn in 257 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:05,600 silence. So says, the great Apostle, 258 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,300 Paul. What else? 259 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:11,700 well, not only, is it going to be men that speak but in second 260 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:16,000 Timothy Chapter 2 and verse 2, And the things that you have 261 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,400 heard from among many witnesses. Commit, these to Faithful Men 262 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:21,700 Who will be able to teach others. 263 00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:24,000 Also, not only spend a lot of time on this, but, you know, 264 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:29,200 exactly. You know exactly this point. if 265 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:34,200 a person is not a faithful man, he will have no influence 266 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,000 whatsoever and teaching the word of God. 267 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:40,900 It doesn't mean by the way that we reach some sort of higher 268 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:44,100 level of spirituality or some higher level of perfection. 269 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:46,300 That's not what that means. Either talk about a faithful 270 00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:50,100 Christian. If a man is not faithful and has 271 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:54,500 that kind of influence as being faithful, he will have no impact 272 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:57,800 whatsoever but not only that, Paul said that the men that are 273 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:03,600 going to teach our exclusive to those that are Faithful Men. 274 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:08,000 Okay. Faithful Men are the ones to 275 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,099 teach are. Here's the question, can a woman 276 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:14,900 ever teach? Can a woman ever teach? 277 00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:19,400 Well let's talk about the method of teaching in public and 278 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:23,599 private Acts chapter 18 beginning in verse 24. 279 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:28,300 Now, a certain Jew named Apollo's born at Alexandria an 280 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:31,400 eloquent, man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 281 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,300 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord and being 282 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:38,800 fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately, 283 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,600 the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of 284 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,300 John. So he began to speak boldly in 285 00:17:44,300 --> 00:17:47,200 the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard 286 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:52,100 him, they took him to side. And explain to him the way of 287 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:57,900 God, more accurately or perfectly the word privately or 288 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:01,500 a side means private in the King James version. 289 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:04,500 It says they took him unto them self. 290 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,800 Now when people say, I've heard I've actually heard this. 291 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,500 Priscilla and Aquila were actually there. 292 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,100 Yes. But Aquila was the man. 293 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:17,000 So persil a she was there but she must have just served coffee 294 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,200 and whatever. No, that's not what it says. 295 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,100 It says. So we began to speak boldly in 296 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:26,300 the synagogue went Aquila and Priscilla. 297 00:18:26,300 --> 00:18:30,700 Heard him, they took him aside and they explained to him the 298 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:34,500 way of God more accurately. Can a woman. 299 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,300 Teach a man. Yes she can. 300 00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:41,700 It's not a matter of men and women, please get that. 301 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:43,800 It's not a male and female issue. 302 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,800 It is a public and private issue. 303 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,800 So here was the man that was speaking and eloquent, man. 304 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,700 Speaking publicly, they took him unto themselves, which means 305 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:57,500 they took him aside, they brought him to a private setting 306 00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:03,300 and they they expounded unto him or they explain to him the way 307 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:04,800 of God. More accurately. 308 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:09,400 So let me just say this where a woman May teach which is 309 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,700 privately. She may teach anyone, whether 310 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:18,300 it's a man, a woman or a child where she may not teach, which 311 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:22,600 is publicly, she may not teach anyone whether that's a man, a 312 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:30,000 woman or a child. All right, so what's public and 313 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,800 private, what's public and private? 314 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,700 What's the difference? And I have to share something 315 00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:37,100 with you. I was talking to somebody one 316 00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:38,800 time and a congregation somewhere. 317 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,100 Actually, I was holding a meeting in another state and the 318 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:45,200 person was trying to tell me, he really meant. 319 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,600 Well, he's trying to tell me that they had, they had a 320 00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:53,200 private study. And it was at a certain time on 321 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,200 Wednesday night and it was in the building. 322 00:19:55,700 --> 00:19:57,900 And I said, well, how is it private? 323 00:19:58,300 --> 00:20:01,700 You got it on the sign, you announced that people know about 324 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:06,300 it and everybody's welcome. If you have a public assembly 325 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:09,600 and it's for anyone and everyone and all are welcome, that's no 326 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,000 longer private. In fact, here's the difference 327 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,700 between public and private. According to Webster's 328 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:18,900 Dictionary public, is this, it is that which is supported by, 329 00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:24,000 or for the benefit of the people as a whole All it's open to all. 330 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:26,800 I like what Darren said, one time. 331 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,200 This is really a good way to put it. 332 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,100 This is the easiest way to figure out. 333 00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:35,600 Whether some, whether it is a public or a private Gathering, 334 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,400 did you announce it? If you announced it, it's no 335 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,800 longer private. If you announced it and 336 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:48,700 everybody's welcome, its public. So that's really the point, two 337 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:50,200 things. One, did you announce it? 338 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:54,400 And to was everybody, welcome if that's the case, it's no longer 339 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:55,600 private. It is. 340 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,200 It is public. What about this? 341 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,900 What is a private Gathering? It is that, which is not freely 342 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:05,900 available to the public. It's carried on by an individual 343 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:09,600 independently rather than under the institutional or 344 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,700 organizational direction or support. 345 00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:17,900 That is a private. Setting Bible classes that are 346 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:21,300 open to all supported for the benefit of the people. 347 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:25,200 As a whole, they are public functions and such an assembly 348 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,900 for teaching the word of God is not, authorized in scriptures. 349 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:32,500 Now, let's talk about this because many people 350 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:35,000 misunderstand scriptures because they can't tell the difference. 351 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:39,600 If a passage is literal or figurative and, you know exactly 352 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,400 what I'm going to say. When you talk about the 353 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:46,900 Revelation letter after a Did bible study on Thursday night, 354 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,600 somebody shared with me something and the kitchen of 355 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,800 their house that we had study at and this person said that they 356 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:59,400 were talking to somebody about Pub about the idea of literal 357 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,900 and figurative. And this person said and I made 358 00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:05,000 the statement, I said, you know, it's amazing how many people 359 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,100 know nothing about Jesus, but they seem to know everything 360 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:09,900 about the end of times. They seem to know everything 361 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:13,300 about the Revelation letter. This person said in response to 362 00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:15,600 that. Yeah, I was Talking to some of 363 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,000 the other day. That said, when you start 364 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,100 studying the Bible, don't study about Jesus, study the 365 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:29,200 Revelation letter. Really, first of all, when you 366 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,800 take someone into the body of Christ, when you reach out to 367 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,000 try to convert somebody, you have to convert them to Jesus 368 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:39,900 first. You have to convert them to 369 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:42,700 Jesus. The most important thing is 370 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:45,000 converting them to Jesus. They can learn the Revelation 371 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,800 letter down the road. We want to study about Jesus. 372 00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:52,500 But the problem is is the misinterpretation of what is 373 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:56,900 literal and what is figurative. So when Lotus biblical 374 00:22:56,900 --> 00:23:00,100 interpretation and by the way there's a rule for hermeneutics 375 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,300 describing what is literal and figurative and that's this. 376 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:10,900 Every word statement or passage? Must be understood literally 377 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,600 unless one is forced to understand it figuratively. 378 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:18,700 That means, when I open up the word of God, I have to assume 379 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,000 that the wording there is literal unless a literal 380 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,700 interpretation of that. Passage does not make any sense 381 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:31,000 and violates other scriptures. And it is something that meant 382 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,500 that is impossible. One scholar wrote that the 383 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:38,200 communication between the writer and the reader can only take 384 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,500 place. If the reader attaches, the same 385 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:43,900 meetings to the words of the writer, that the writer gave 386 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:47,200 them, if the reader is arbitrarily, making the words 387 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,400 figurative than no communication takes place. 388 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,600 And I'm going to give you a great example of that a great 389 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,000 example before we go to x and Jesus, and eisegesis 390 00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:01,700 interpretation. Okay, here's a great example, 391 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,100 people that are advocates for individual cups on the Lord's 392 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:09,600 table, Okay? Advocates of that, say when the 393 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,600 Bible talks about cup, it is talking figuratively, and it 394 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,200 means the contents. So it really doesn't matter. 395 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,900 The container doesn't matter. The number of containers, do not 396 00:24:18,900 --> 00:24:20,700 matter. All that matters is the 397 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:23,000 contents. And the company itself is a 398 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,700 figure when it says this cup. No. 399 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:34,200 In First Corinthians chapter 11 and verse 25. when Paul wrote to 400 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:41,100 the church at Corinth, this cup, Is the New Testament in my 401 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:44,500 blood? The cup that we're going to see 402 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:47,900 in just a few minutes, the cup is the New Testament in the 403 00:24:47,908 --> 00:24:51,200 blood of Christ, which is the contents, the cub. 404 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,500 And the contents is the communion of the blood of Jesus 405 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:59,800 Christ. literally, Not figuratively. 406 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,200 And you know what happens, sometimes folks is these two 407 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,100 words? Right here, big fancy words but 408 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:08,900 they're really simple exegesis or an exegetical. 409 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:14,300 Interpretation is a drawing out the meaning in the context that 410 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:16,700 it was given. And by the way, there's nothing 411 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:21,300 better than ever studying the Bible passage or even teaching 412 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:23,900 from a Bible passage in the context that it was written. 413 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,300 That is an exegetical or exegesis drawing out the 414 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:30,600 meaning. I said, Jesus is putting in 415 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:35,400 one's own personal meaning. even though somebody did that, 416 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:42,800 anybody, by the way that says, I know what that says. 417 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:49,700 But I kind of think. They are putting an eisegesis or 418 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:53,000 ice and Jet achill, interpretation on that passage. 419 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:56,100 They're not going with what the word of God says. 420 00:25:56,100 --> 00:25:58,900 They're plugging in their own interpretation. 421 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:00,600 And folks, I'm going to tell you. 422 00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:04,500 We've got a world filled with people that plug in, whatever 423 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:07,500 interpretation that they want. We just can't do that. 424 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,400 What distinguishes people, this congregation, for example, from 425 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,200 the religious world, that's all around us. 426 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,900 We believe in following the Bible pattern, we believe in 427 00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:18,100 drawing out the meaning. Eating and sticking to it, 428 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:22,600 simple. All right, let me get a couple 429 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,900 examples of literal and figurative using the same word, 430 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,800 and that's the word fox in Judges chapter 15. 431 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,500 We have a literal interpretation of that word. 432 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:36,900 And then in also, in Luke Chapter 13, we have a figurative 433 00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:38,200 one. Let me show you what I mean. 434 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:41,100 In Judges, chapter 15, and verse 4. 435 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:43,200 Okay? And this is, when Samson 436 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,800 captured 300, foxes and used them a drag firebrands, to the 437 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:51,000 crops of the Philistines and judges, 15 and verse For then 438 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:56,800 Samson went and caught 300 foxes, and he took torches, and 439 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,700 turn the Fox's tail to tail. And put a torch between each of 440 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:03,100 their tails. That is literal. 441 00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:08,300 There were literal 300 foxes. Literal interpretation of 442 00:27:08,308 --> 00:27:12,100 remember the rule remember the rules of hermeneutics which is 443 00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:16,200 interpreting scripture, you have to assume that the passage is 444 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,900 literal until a literal interpretation is impossible. 445 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,600 So in this, it's possible in this, it's probable in this, it 446 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,000 makes sense that we're talking about literal real animals, real 447 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,900 foxes. Okay, let's talk about another 448 00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:33,600 one. Let's talk about in a figurative 449 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:39,300 sense, from the words of Jesus. In Luke chapter, 13 verses 31 450 00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:42,300 and 32. On that very day. 451 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:46,600 Some Pharisees came saying to him, get out and depart from 452 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:52,600 here for Herod wants to kill you and he said to them, go tell 453 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:57,200 that fox. Behold, I cast out demons and 454 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:01,400 perform cures today and tomorrow and the third day I shall be 455 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,200 perfected. Is he talking about a literal 456 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,400 Fox, know a literal. Fox doesn't make any sense. 457 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:10,800 So a literal interpretation of that passage cannot be given. 458 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,800 We have to assume it's figurative. 459 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:18,600 Who's the fox Herod? Figurative language. 460 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,600 So when you look in the Bible and you want to know if it's 461 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,600 figurative or literal, go back to the little scenario. 462 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,300 It must be literal unless a literal interpretation is not 463 00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:34,200 possible. One passage with Fox. 464 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,000 Yep, that's possible. That makes sense. 465 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,800 We could take it literally. This one has to be figurative. 466 00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:42,500 Has to be figurative. All right. 467 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:54,900 The final thing I want to notice. 468 00:28:56,700 --> 00:29:02,800 To sum up our remarks today. And why we don't break up the 469 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,100 assembly and why we don't have Sunday School. 470 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:07,600 And folks, really want to know that. 471 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,200 Why don't you do that? I'll tell you why we don't do 472 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,400 that. Here's the reasons. 473 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,000 We believe that we are people of the pattern, we follow the 474 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,400 pattern, God is always instructed us to follow the 475 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,600 plans or the pattern. It goes all the way back to the 476 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,200 Old Testament, they met in an undivided assembly, who were 477 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:30,600 present in that undivided assembly, men, women children, 478 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,800 and strangers going all the way back to the Old Testament. 479 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,200 Very significant God sees the end with a beginning. 480 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,800 Number two, in the New Testament. 481 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,900 How did they meet they met in an undivided assembly? 482 00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:45,700 The whole church came together in One place and who were 483 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:51,100 present men, women children and visitors, all present, all in 484 00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:55,800 that same Gathering the method of teaching was not only one man 485 00:29:55,800 --> 00:30:00,300 speaking at a time, but faithful men that spoke one. 486 00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:04,400 At a time, we talked about the idea of public versus private 487 00:30:04,900 --> 00:30:07,600 rules for teaching where a woman can teach. 488 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,100 For example, she could teach anyone a man woman or child 489 00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:13,800 where she cannot teach publicly she. 490 00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:19,100 Can't teach anyone man woman or child and finally the rules of 491 00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:23,800 biblical interpretation. The rules of literal and 492 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,700 figurative. We must assume that the passage 493 00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:30,100 is literally literal unless a literal interpretation is 494 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:32,700 impossible. Then it must be figurative. 495 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:37,000 Okay, I'm finished but I want to say one final thing to you. 496 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:45,900 It matters. That all of you and me. 497 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:50,000 Can defend Why We Believe The Way We Believe? 498 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,600 Do you know why? What if you just said to 499 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:55,800 somebody? Hey, how come you don't have 500 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,000 Sunday school? Well, we just were were against 501 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,500 that. In the Bible somewhere. 502 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:04,600 They didn't do that in the Bible. 503 00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:08,500 Do you know that somebody at some point in time can offer a 504 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:12,600 better argument than you? To make more sense to have 505 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,100 something that is diametrically opposed to the scriptures. 506 00:31:16,300 --> 00:31:18,900 It's imperative that we can not only know what the scriptures 507 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:23,800 are, but be able to defend it. Why do we have one loaf and one 508 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,600 cup on the Lord's table? Why can you defend it? 509 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,400 I'm talking about after you obey the gospel. 510 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,000 We know how. We know what it means to be a 511 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,600 Christian. But can you defend why? 512 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,000 We believe the way we believe what about this? 513 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,700 Remember the very beginning in our introduction. 514 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:41,800 What about our music? I hear people say all the time. 515 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,700 Oh, I just love the music over. So and so, the mute, the band is 516 00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:46,400 wonderful, this is wonderful music. 517 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,500 You know what? It may be wonderfully sounding 518 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:51,000 stuff. But why do we believe that we 519 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,600 must meet in an undivided assembly and sing without 520 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,600 instruments of music? Can you defend that? 521 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,000 I'll tell you something. If you can, it'll make you 522 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,200 strong, it'll make you rooted and grounded in the truth. 523 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,800 It'll make you in the matter what comes your way, you will 524 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,600 not deviate, you will not pull up Stakes, you will not quit. 525 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,800 You'll stay firm all the way and you'll take the word of God and 526 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,400 just maybe you can plant the seed in the heart of somebody 527 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,800 that needs it. And just maybe you might have 528 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,200 influence converting them to the truth. 529 00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:23,000 It's found in the word of God. 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