I. QUESTIONS CONFRONT US RELATIVE TO:

• EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

• EVOLUTION/CREATION

• INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES

• VIRGIN BIRTH OF JESUS

• THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS

• WHY THERE ARE SO MANY CHURCHES

• IS BELIEF IN ONE CHURCH FANATICISM?

• IS IT RIGHT TO GO TO CHURCH OF ONE'S CHOICE

• IS IT RIGHT FOR WOMEN TO HAVE LEADERSHIP 

• ROLES IN THE CHURCH--ELDERS? LEAD PRAYER

• WHAT ABOUT "FELLOWSHIP HALLS" ?

• CHURCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLEGES, ETC

• "ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED"

• IS SINCERITY ALL THAT COUNTS?

  HOW CAN WE ASCERTAIN WHAT WE SHOULD BELIEVE RELATIVE TO THESE QUESTIONS?  BY SAYING, "TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY," ISAIAH 8:20 , 1 PETER 4:11

II. IN THE CHURCH, WE DO WHAT WE DO BECAUSE GOD AUTHORIZES THE PRACTICE 

WHY DO WE...

• ...ASSEMBLE ON THE LORD'S DAY? REV.1:10; HEB.10:24,25

• ...PARTAKE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER TODAY? ACTS 20:7

• ...GIVE AS PROSPERED TODAY? 1 COR.16:1,2

• ...PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS? 1 TIM.2:5; JOHN 14:14

• ...SING INSTEAD OF PLAY INSTRUMENT? COL.3:16,17

• ...SUPPORT PREACHERS DIRECTLY? PHIL.4:15F

• ...CARE FOR NEEDY SAINTS?  1 COR.16:1,2

• ...EDIFY ONE ANOTHER?  EPH.4:16

• ...HAVE ELDERS AND DEACONS? PHIL.1:1

• ...BAPTIZE BELIEVERS, NOT BABIES? MK.16

• ...LIVE A GODLY LIFE  GAL.5:19-24

III. WHY IS ALL OF THIS SO SIGNIFICANT?

A. BECAUSE GOD HAS SPOKEN! HEB.1:1

B. TO KEEP FROM BEING INFLUENCED BY THE THOSE WHO DO NOT ACCEPT GOD'S AUTHORITY

C. BECAUSE WE LIVE BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF GOD'S MOUTH MT.4:4

D. GOD'S WORD WILL JUDGE US JOHN 12:48F