1. Charts by Donnie Rader Editing, speaker notes & supplemental material by Steven J. Wallace

2. how to establish

3. IV. How To Determine What Is Authorized Command/ Direct Statement Approved Example Necessary Inference vv. 13-21 v. 12 vv. 7-11 Acts 15 Circumcision

4. IV. How To Determine What Is Authorized Command/ Direct Statement Approved Example Necessary Inference vv. 13-21 v. 12 vv. 7-11 Acts 15 Circumcision Observance 1 Cor. 11:23-24 Time of Ob. Acts 20:7 Frequency Acts 20:7 Illustracted Lords Supper

5. V. Generic & Specific Authority CommandGenericSpecific Build ark - Gen. 6:14 WoodGopher Wash 7 Times - 2 Kings 5 RiverJordan Offer – Lev. 14:12-13 AnimalLamb Praise – Eph. 5:19 MusicSing Give me a cold drink Cola, Water, Juice, Milk Rootbeer

6. VI. Aids Are Authorized, Additions Are Not CommandAidAddition Eat Bread – 1 Cor. 11 Table, plates … Jam, Beef, Cola Baptize – Matt. 28:19 Baptistery, Heater Sprinkling, Forehead Slapping Build an ark – Gen. 6:14 Tool, Animal Metal Motorboat Sing – Eph. 5:19 Books, Tuner InstrumentalMusic Contribute – 1 Cor. 16 Basket, Account Bake Sale An Addition Involves Another Element Being Added!

7. VII. Gods Silence Is Not Authority Permissive At liberty to do what is not condemned Prohibitive Forbidden to act Without authority Two Mindsets For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood (Heb. 7:14) Uzziah (2 Chron. 26:16-23)

8. I. How To Determine What Is Authorized II. General & Specific Authority III. Aids Are Authorized, Additions Are Not IV. The Silence of God Is Not Authority