merriam webster's… hermeneutic: method or principle of bible interpretation do you have one?
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Merriam Webster's…
Hermeneutic: method or principle of Bible interpretation
Do you have one?
Instrumental music“Modes” of baptismWomen leadershipPlan of salvationChurch organizationChurch
centralizationPraying to saintsFalling from graceEtc., etc., etc.
Principles for living to last a life time
#5 The Silence Principle
#1 The Pattern Principle#2 The Command Principle#3 The Example Principle#4 The Necessary Conclusion Principle
So often used and so natural that we take it for granted and don’t think about it.
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In the category of…
• Date,
• Time,
• And location
it is specified
Silence Principle # 1-If an option in an area is specified, then silence
about other options EXCLUDES them.
1 Samuel 13:13And Samuel said to Saul, “You have
done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the LORD your God, with
which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
Saul is rebuked for not keeping the commandment…What commandment? No command said, “Don’t….”
Leviticus 1:7-11and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the
altar and arrange wood on the fire. 8 And Aaron's sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar; 9 but its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And
the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to
the LORD.10 “If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from
the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish, 11 and he shall kill it on the north side of the
altar before the LORD, and Aaron's sons the priests shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar.
Leviticus 10:1-2Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and
laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he
had not commanded them.2 And fire came out from before
the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.
Nadab & Abihu killed for disobedience…What disobedience? No command said, “Don’t….”
Leviticus 16:12And he shall take a censer full of coals
of fire from the altar before
the LORD, and two handfuls of sweet
incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the
veil
In the category of “elements” for the Lord’s Supper, if…
Unleavened bread, and Fruit of the vine are
specified…
ALL other “elements” would be EXCLUDED?
Water and crackers? White bread and orange
juice Pizza and Coca Cola Everything but unleavened
bread and fruit of the vine
If church leaders are qualified and specified….
Deacons Elders
ALL other church leaders would be excluded??
Popes? Presidents? Cardinals? Archbishops? Every kind of church
leader except those specified ones
Philippians 1:1-2Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the
saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the
overseers and deacons
If church organization as autonomous is specified…
All other church organizations would be excluded??
Councils Assemblies Societies Sponsoring churches Every kind of church
organization except the specified one
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at
Philippi, with the overseers and deacons
church
church
church
church
church
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THE WORK
If church organization as autonomous is specified…
What church organizations would be excluded??
Councils Assemblies Societies Sponsoring churches Every kind of church
organization except the specified one
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at
Philippi, with the overseers and deacons
church
church
church
church
church
$ $$
$$
$
THE WORK
Councils
If church organization as autonomous is specified…
What church organizations would be excluded??
Councils Assemblies Societies Sponsoring churches Every kind of church
organization except the specified one
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at
Philippi, with the overseers and deacons
church
church
church
church
church
$ $$
$$
$
THE WORK
Assemblies
If church organization as autonomous is specified…
What church organizations would be excluded??
Councils Assemblies Societies Sponsoring churches Every kind of church
organization except the specified one
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at
Philippi, with the overseers and deacons
church
church
church
church
church
$ $$
$$
$
THE WORK
Societies
If church organization as autonomous is specified…
What church organizations would be excluded??
Councils Assemblies Societies Sponsoring churches Every kind of church
organization except the specified one
Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at
Philippi, with the overseers and deacons
church
church
church
church
church
$ $$
$$
$
THE WORK
Sponsoring church
If baptism means immerse, is called specifically a burial…
What “modes” of baptism would be excluded??
Christening Sprinkling Pouring
Romans 6:3-4Do you not know that all of us who
have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We
were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just
as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too
might walk in newness of life.
Colossians 2:12having been buried with him in
baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the
powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Psalm 150Praise the LORD!
Praise God in his sanctuary;praise him in his mighty heavens!
2 Praise him for his mighty deeds;praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3 Praise him with trumpet sound;praise him with lute and harp!
4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;praise him with strings and pipe!
5 Praise him with sounding cymbals;praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD!Praise the LORD!
If singing is specified under the New Covenant, and we’re specifically told where to make the melody…
What forms of music would be excluded from worship?
Humming Bands Instruments
Ephesians 5:19addressing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord
with your heart,
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another
in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts
to God.
It DOES NOT mean that “If He doesn’t say not to, we can!
Not for pharmacists Not for contractors Not for cooks And not for anybody
else, including Christians.
Nobody turns to instructions that are NOT given as dependable
guidance.
Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is
baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe
will be condemned.
James 5:16Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great
power as it is working.