Change of the Day - Part 2

Driving home: God in his word doesn't reveal to us his will only by direct explicit commands. Thou shalts and thou shalt nots. Much of his will for us is revealed by way of necessary inference as we compare scripture to scripture. Or …

The office of deacon is used to illustrate that God's will is revealed not only by explicit commands ('thou shalt') but also by apostolic precedent and necessary inference, as there is no direct command to have deacons but clear apostolic practice and qualifications.

But what I've mentioned many times I think already is the office of deacon. You never find a command that thou shalt have deacons in the church. But we do have an apostolic precedent where deacons were appointed in the church. In Acts chapter 6 we have qualifications for the office of deacon.

5:53 - 6:06 Read in full sermon

Driving home: It is the Lord's Day. It is a special day of the week to be kept holy and to be treated like no other day, a day like the Lord's Supper, to be kept in remembrance of Christ and his redemption.

The analogy of the Lord's Supper is used to explain that just as the Lord's Supper is a special religious observance distinct from other suppers, the Lord's Day is a special, holy day set apart for remembrance of Christ and redemption, distinct from other days.

Now, this expression, the Lord's Day, clearly sets this day apart as a special day, a holy day, unlike any other day. For example, we speak of the Lord's Supper. Well, just this communion is called. The Lord's Supper is because it's unlike any other supper for the Christian in one sense.

19:58 - 20:22 Read in full sermon

Driving home: It is the Lord's Day. It is a special day of the week to be kept holy and to be treated like no other day, a day like the Lord's Supper, to be kept in remembrance of Christ and his redemption.

Examples from the Old Testament (God's people, Jerusalem, the temple) are used to illustrate that whenever God places His name upon something, it is set apart as sacred and special, thus reinforcing the significance of the 'Lord's Day'.

Now, you'll find in the Bible that whenever the Lord in a peculiar way places his name upon something, that something is to be set apart as sacred and special. In the Old Testament, his people were set apart as the people who are called by my name. Jerusalem was set apart as the city. Which is.

20:58 - 21:18 Read in full sermon

The point: Avoid simplistic interpretations of Scripture that fail to listen to all that God's word says on a given subject.

The doctrine of church membership is used as an example of a biblical truth not found in an explicit 'thou shalt' command but derived from necessary inference, apostolic practice, and the overall picture of the New Testament church as a distinct, definable body.

At Scripture as a whole and getting the full picture of what the Bible says on a particular subject. For example, take the subject of church membership now dealt with that in the past, but you're not going to find a commandment in the New Testament that says that every church shall have a distinct, recognizable, definable membership. You'll never find a commandment like that in the New Testament. Therefore, some have taken the position that churches shouldn't have a membership.

27:44 - 28:11 Read in full sermon

The point: God expects you to read your Bible and he expects you to study your Bible.

The doctrine of the Trinity is used as a prime example of a fundamental biblical truth that is not explicitly stated in a single verse or using the word 'Trinity,' but is clearly revealed throughout Scripture by comparing passage to passage, forming the framework of the gospel.

We see the same thing when it comes to certain doctrines in the Bible. What about the Trinity? Is the word Trinity in the Bible anywhere?

29:54 - 30:00 Read in full sermon