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I Have Them
I have a requirement that I eat.
I have a conviction that I eat every day.
I have opinions about what I like to eat.
I have preferences about what I eat.
I have another conviction.
I will eat whatever my wife puts in front of me whether I like it or not.
Conviction?
Or, strongly held opinion that she will never poison me?
A requirement is something that absolutely has to happen.
Have to eat nutritious food.
A conviction is a firm belief that will never change no matter how much pressure there may be to change it.
2 or 3 meals per day.
An opinion, even a strongly held opinion, can change given the right circumstances.
Meat has to involved almost every meal.
I’d have a hard time being vegetarian.
But, I think I could do it if a doctor told me my life depended on it.
Preferences are things we’d like have happen but aren’t necessary and we will accept them anyway.
Bacon.
Red meat.
Pork chops.
Chicken.
Salmon, okay.
Shrimp, once in a while.
No canned vegetables; esp.
spinach and peas.
Fresh!
Chocolate, often.
The darker the better.
Used t/b a stronger opinion, but my clothes keep shrinking.
Church.
Requirements, convictions, opinions, preferences.
To be a member of Church; “C”.
God’s house.
VS. t/b a member of a local church.
Baptized: Immersed or sprinkled
As an child?
Age of accountability?
Faith
In Jesus, alone, His necessary death on the cross and resurrection.
That there is a God
Speak in tongues.
Fruit.
Evidence of a spiritual life that we can see.
Fruit of the Spirit, any fruit, or not fruit necessary.
Divorce.
You’ve been divorced.
Member?
What you believe about divorce.
Conviction or strongly held opinion?
No divorce, no way, no how.
Then something happens and you realize it’s more of an opinion.
Abortion.
You’ve had an abortion.
You paid for an abortion.
You’re responsible for the pregnancy that ended in one.
Conviction or strongly held opinion?
Same-sex marriage.
Can you be a Christian w/ these convictions or preferences?
A member of a local church?
Worship services.
Mass.
Sacraments.
Hymns.
Contemporary music.
Amplified, acoustic.
Organ, piano, rock band.
20-minute sermons.
35-minute sermons.
Hour-long sermons.
Interesting sermons.
Informative.
Prayer
The Lord’s prayer
Spontaneous
No prayer.
Churches and church leaders deal w/ these issues all the time.
Our culture requires that we have prayed through, discussed, and brought some resolution to these and other issues.
We are confronted w/ these issues as the church continues to expand and grow.
Is that person included?
Can we let them in?
Do they meet the requirements?
What requirements are there?
Versus, just our preferences?
This is something the c.1 had to deal w/ as more and more people who weren’t like the founding members came to faith.
Just like we have to deal w/ it as more people who aren’t like us come to faith.
What are the requirements?
To be a Christian and be a member of God’s family.
Then, to be a member of a local church.
There is only one requirement to be a member of God’s family.
Then, we’re called t/b sensitive to those who prefer to worship God in different styles.
The only requirement is faith.
Faith that salvations is thru grace by the work of Jesus.
Necessary and undeserved.
If this is what you believe then you’re in God’s house.
Now, don’t be critical of those who prefer to express their faith in different ways than you.
This is what is established in .
An issue arose that required a big and important meeting in Jerusalem
This is the account and their resolution that we hold to today.
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