Maintaining Our Unique Identity

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Maintaining Our Unique Identity
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Church Measured by Word of God

• Revelation 111
• Temple of God the church
• Origin Matthew 1618
• Foundation Isaiah 2816 1 Corinthians 310
  Ephesians 220
• Organization Philippians 11 Acts 2028 1
  Timothy 38-13 Ephesians 321
• Name Hebrews 1223 Romans 1616

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Church Measured by Word of God

• Laws of Admission Faith (Hebrews 116)
  Repentance (Acts 1730) Confession (Romans
  1010) Baptism (Galatians 327)
• Altar - Worship
• Apostles Doctrine- Acts 242
• Prayer- 1 Timothy 28
• Kind of Music- Ephesians 519 Hebrews 1315

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Church Measured by Word of God

• Altar - Worship
• Apostles Doctrine- Acts 242
• Prayer- 1 Timothy 28
• Kind of Music- Ephesians 519 Hebrews 1315
• Lords Supper- 1 Corinthians 1123-25
• Plan of Raising Money- 1 Corinthians 161,2 2
  Corinthians 97

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Church Measured by Word of God

• The Worshippers
• Name- saint, elect, sons, children
• Christian Acts 1126
• Character- Holy Priesthood 1 Peter 25
• Obedient to God 1 John 53
• Kind, patient, longsuffering with one another
  Ephesians 42
• Attitude- John 423,24

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Dangers That Threaten Identity

• Modernism question virgin birth, atonement,
  inspiration of Bible, etc.
• Sectarianism- Loyalty to a man or a group- One
  characterized by bigoted adherence to a factional
  viewpoint.
• Calvinism- more than just the Five Points
  T.U.L.I.P.
• Pentecostalism- emphasize Holy Spirit in
  Miraculous Manifestations Revelation 24,5

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Dangers That Threaten Identity

• Tendency to Lose Sight of Our Distinctive Plea
  1 Peter 411
• How can we plead for such if we are ignorant of
  the oracles of God?
• Tendencies Toward Inherited Membership-
  Ephesians 64
• Worldliness Within the Church- Romans 121,2

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Dangers That Threaten Identity

• Tendencies Toward Compromise- Lack of Personal
  Courage Modify Truth to Protect Others
  Feelings for Popularity
• Lack of Personal Consecration
• Preaching canned sermons
• Laziness of Bible class teachers
• Unwilling to make Necessary Sacrifices

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Some Remedies

• Maintain Identity of Separation 2 Corinthians
  617
• In Speech 1 Peter 411
• In Doctrine Acts 242 Titus 21
• Maintain Identity of Warfare- 2 Corinthians
  104,5
• Is there not a cause? 1 Samuel 1729
• Rejection of False Teachers/Teaching- Ephesians
  610-17

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Some Remedies

• Maintain Identity of Sound Preaching- Acts
  2026,27
• Preaching the whole counsel of God not only
  means talking about fruit of the Spirit
  (Galatians 522,23)
• But also condemning the works of the flesh
  (Galatians 519-21).
• Not important if message judged as being Positive
  or Negative as long as it is the TRUTH

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The Church of Christ

• A Divine Organization Built by a Divine Pattern
  Which Must Not be Corrupted
• 1 Corinthians 39,10,17