Text: 1 Corinthians 11:19
The Missionary Society
- Organization established to send out men to preach the gospel
- We already have an organization for preaching the gospel – the local church (1 Timothy 3:15)
- God used the local church to send out preachers (Acts 13:1-4)
Instrumental Music
- Using instruments of music to accompany singing in worship to God
- God has specified singing as the type of music He desires (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16)
- When God specifies something, everything else is excluded (Hebrews 7:14)
Institutionalism
- Church support of various benevolent institutions
- Benevolence done by churches is to be for saints only (Acts 4:32-35; Romans 15:26; 1 Corinthians 16:1)