1. “Why can’t we just agree to disagree and accept one another?”
Spring 2010 Gospel Meeting
6/6/2010 pm
“Why can’t we just agree to disagree and accept one another?”
Gailen Evans

2. 2. God Has Always Demanded That We Respect His Authority
Reasons Why It Is Imp0rtant That We Be As Specific As We Can Be In Following God’s Instructions
1. We Are Dealing With God
2. God Has Always Demanded That We Respect His Authority

3. 3. God Wants Unity John 17:20-22 1 Corinthians 1:10
What Type of Unity does God Want?
Same Unity He had with His Father John 17:21

4. Submit to the Same Standard Compromise will Never Lead to True Unity
Total Agreement
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
1 Corinthians 4:6,17
How to Achieve Unity?
Submit to the Same Standard
Acts 5:29
Compromise will Never Lead to True Unity

5. Hebrews 9:27; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9; Romans 2:2-11
4. One day each of us is going to stand before God & be judged by His Word
2 Corinthians 5:10
John 5:28-29
Hebrews 9:27; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9; Romans 2:2-11
John 12:48-49
Revelation 20:12
Romans 2:16

6. God Gave Us His Word So We Might Know His Will For Us
Ephesians 3:1-7; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Romans 15:4
We Better Know It – And We Better Keep It!

7. IF it Doesn’t Matter What We Believe, Then:
Where do we draw the line with who we are going to fellowship?
Why bother studying at all?
Why live pure lives of sacrifice?

8. IF it Doesn’t Matter What We Believe, Then:
What do we use as a standard to find unity?
What about the standard Jesus said we would be judged by?
It DOES MATTER!