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- Women Preachers
- “Sunday School”
- Musical instruments in services
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- Probably the easiest topic to handle
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- “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted
unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as
also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their
husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.”
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- “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a
woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in
silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived,
but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”
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- The Bible plainly and clearly says women are to be in silence in the
Church services
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- If you can be heard, you are no longer silent
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- 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
- 1 Timothy 2:11-14
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- Nowhere in the Bible do we find any command or example to divide up the
assembly and teach children separately in the service.
- “Sunday School” was created by a man in the 1800’s
- “Sunday School” commonly uses women to teach classes
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- “And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to
break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and
continued his speech until midnight. And there were many lights in the
upper chamber, where they were gathered together.”
- Acts 20:7-8
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- “And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they
rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the
door of faith unto the Gentiles.”
- Acts 14:27
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- Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you;
but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the
same judgment.
- 1 Cor 1:10
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- Many will claim that the class system is a better way to educate
children, that children will learn more
- The Bible tells us that children are to be educated by their parents,
NOT by some class system
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- And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up
in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Eph 6:4
- I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the
house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
- 1 Tim 5:14
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- God gives direct commands
- We are expected to follow the direct commands
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- Use an example of direct commands
- Leviticus 10:1,2
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- “And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer,
and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire
before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire
from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.”
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- Not ordained by God
- No examples of dividing the congregation
- The early church met together
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- “You’re the ones who don’t believe in music!”
- We have no example in the Bible of the early church using musical
instruments in the worship service
- Regarding music, we’re told to use a different instrument in the service
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- “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”
- Eph 5:19
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- “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
- Col 3:16
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- “And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of
Olives.”
- Matt 26:30
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- Many will mention the use of instruments by David and others in the
temples in the Old Testament
- “It didn’t say NOT to”
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- It must be noted that all the uses of musical instruments occur in the
Old Testament
- The Old Testament was under a different law
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- If you are to properly answer the “musical instruments in service”
question as well as many others, you MUST understand the different
periods of laws in the Bible
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- Patriarchal
- Mosaic
- Christian
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- Law given in man’s heart since God created Adam
- Could be thought of the basic morals we are born with (don’t kill, don’t
steal, etc.)
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- Also called the Old Law
- The 10 commandments
- Given to Moses, laws that governed the Jews
- Law ended with the death of Jesus
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- New Law, given by Christ
- Law that began at Pentecost (50 days after the death and resurrection of
Jesus)
- The early church was under this law, and we therefore look to the early
church as our examples
- Law continues for the rest of time
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- The use of musical instruments we know of in the Old Testament were
under the Mosaic Law
- If we were under the same law today, we’d have to follow the same rules
and regulations as the Jews of that time
- Sacrifices for our sins, Sabbath, clean and unclean foods, etc.
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- The church was created at Pentecost, with the beginning of the Law of
Christianity
- We follow the examples of those early Christians we read about in the
books such as Acts
- We never read of any use of musical instruments by those early
Christians
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- No examples given to us by early Church
- Ephesians 5:19
- Colossians 3:16
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- Why do you attend Christ’s Church?
- Do you attend by choice?
- Do you even know why we worship as we do?
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- There will come a time or opportunity to defend your beliefs
- At some time in your life, you will be confronted with some questions
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- If you do not know the reasons why we worship as we do, when you are
asked about them, you will look and feel…
- DUMB
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- Do you want people to know you attend the Church of Christ?
- Or would you rather blend in with everybody else?
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- “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works.”
- Tit 2:13-14
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- You will be a minority
- You may even be called some strange things
- Do not back down, fight the good fight
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- “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
- Proverbs 15:1
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- “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap,
if we faint not.”
- Gal 6:9
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- “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
- Eph 6:11-13
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- “Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on
the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the
preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God:”
- Eph 6:14-17
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- The Bible is our sword
- Used in both defending and “attacking”
- Our source of knowledge
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- Basic
- Information
- Before
- Leaving
- Earth
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- “Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be
able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.”
- Titus 1:9
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- Listen!
- How much Biblical knowledge does the other party have?
- You don’t have to be forceful
- An opportune moment will present itself
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- Women Preachers
- “Sunday School”
- Musical instruments in services
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- These common topics are NOT the most important topics
- The most important topic is our salvation through Jesus Christ
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- Hear – Matthew 7:24
- Believe – Hebrews 11:6
- Repent – Acts 2:38
- Confess – Acts 8:36-37
- Be Baptized – Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38
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Notes