By What Authority Are You Doing These Things

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?
I. The religious world today

• It doesn't matter what you believe, as long as
  you are sincere
• But God has commanded1 Cor. 110, Phil.
  315-16
• Many will be rejected on the day of judgment,
  Matt. 721-23, Luke 646

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?
I. The religious world today

• The Lord only recognized two sources of
  authority in the spiritual realm, Matt. 2123-27

• Lets say Jesus authority was not from heaven,
  what would be the only other answer?

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?
II. How can we know if it is from heaven?

• It must originate with God, James 117-18, John
  1717, Rom. 34a
• The new law was established by the death of
  Christ at the cross, Col. 213-17

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?
II. How can we know if it is from heaven?

• In order to be from heaven, it must come
  through Christ,
  Eph. 119-23

• The head is the one who directs and guides the
  body, Matthew 2818

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?
II. How can we know if it is from heaven?

• It must come through Christs apostles as they
  were guided by the Holy Spirit. John 1718,
  1426, 1613-14

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?
Based on John 1718, we conclude

• That to reject Jesus is to reject God the
  Father, 1 John 223
• To listen to the Son is to listen to the
  Father, John 1249

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?
By the same token

• To receive the apostles is to receive Christ,
  Matt. 1040
• To reject the apostles is to reject Christ and
  the Father, 1 John 46, 1 Cor. 1437

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?
II. How can we know if it is from heaven?

• It must be recorded in the writings of the
  apostles, the New Testament.

• What the apostles received by the Holy Spirit
  they wrote down for future generations, 2 Peter
  31-2, Eph. 33-5

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?

• The total sufficiency of the Scriptures is
  seen in these verses 2 Tim. 316-17, 2 Pet.
  13, Jude 3

• Compare Jude 3 with what the Scriptures say
  about the death of Christ, Heb. 726-27, 1010

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By What Authority Are You Doing These Things?

• Any doctrine that goes beyond the doctrine of
  Christ is condemned
  2 John 19, Gal.
  18-9, Rev. 2218-19

• Any act of worship offered to God without His
  authority is worthless, Matt. 158-9