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A. Line one: God created Adam. Gen.1:27
1. Adam family worshiped God! Gen.4:1-3
2. Rebellious son is to be stoned to death! Deu.21:18-21
3. Straight line logic: All children follow parents’ example!
4. There is no other gods! Ex.20:3
Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; for the Lord your God, who is among you,
is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the earth. Deu.6:14-15
5. Parents and children obey God's will. Human forever worship the same one God!
6. Jesus made it clear! Mk.12:28-32
The man replied: You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. Mk.12:32
7. All other worship is rebellious God's will!
a. Children disobeyed parents! b. Parents disobeyed God! c. Otherwise worship other god never happen!
*** Human has one choice! Bible is truth! Bible is false!
Make your choice! Be ready for the reward!
B. Apostle Paul put it this way! Acts 17:24-31
1. The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live
in temples built by hands. Ac.17:24
2. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything,
because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. Ac.17:25
3. From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth;
and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. Ac.17:26
4. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him,
though he is not far from each one of us. Ac.17:27
5. For in him we live and move and have our being.'
As some of your own poets have said, `We are his offspring.' Ac.17:28
6. Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or
stone-- an image made by man's design and skill. Ac.17:29
7. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands people everywhere to repent. Ac.17:30
8. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed.
He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead. Ac.17:31
C. Line two: Jesus built "my church". Matt.16:13-18
1. Church started. Ac.2:1
2. Church name is church of Christ!
All church of Christ in Judea! Gal.1:22
All church of Christ salutes you! Ro.16:16
3. Church is body of Christ. Eph.5:23
4. The saved added into the church of Christ! Ac.2:47
All saved people form one body of Christ. Ro.12:4-5
5. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Eph.6:1
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Col.3:20
6. Clear instruction to all believers: 1Cor.1:10
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another
so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
7. Rebellious children started other church!
Failed to follow parents! Failed to obey God's word!
D. Warnings to rebellious people!
1. Warn a denomination man once, and then warn him a second time.
After that, have nothing to do with him. Titus 3:10
You are sure such a man is sick head thinking up-side-down, sinful; he is self-condemned. Titus 3:10-11
2. I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who organize denomination churches put obstacles in your way
that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. Ro.16:17
3. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him.
Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work. 2Jn.1:10-11
E. Conclusion: Make your choice! Be ready for the reward! Written May 7, 2021.