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Does Everyone Have a Right to

His Own Belief?

Attend the Church of Your Choice!

“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”

“This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!”

Mark 9:7Acts 3:22-23Matthew 7:21Hebrews 5:9

“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to

destroy both soul and body in hell.”

Matthew 10:28

Does Everyone Have a Right to His Own Belief?

Bible Examples Demonstrate That Man DOES NOT Have a Right to His Own Belief

• Cain’s worship– “And in the process of

time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD…but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.” (Genesis 4:3, 5)

• Cain’s Worship–“By faith Abel offered

to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.” (Hebrews 11:4)

Bible Examples Demonstrate That Man DOES NOT Have a Right to His Own Belief

• Nadab and Abihu’s worship– “Then Nadab and Abihu, the

sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.” (Leviticus 10:1, 2)

Bible Examples Demonstrate That Man DOES NOT Have a Right to His Own Belief

• Jeroboam’s Worship– “Therefore the king asked

advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, ‘It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!’ And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.”(1 Kings 12:28, 29)

Bible Examples Demonstrate That Man DOES NOT Have a Right to His Own Belief

Some Things About Which One Has No Personal Right to His Own Belief

The church to which he belongs

• Jesus established only one church– Matthew 16:18

• He is the head over all things to the church– Ephesians 1:22,23

• Denominations are men’s religious plants– Matthew 15:13,14

Choosing what name to wear• Some think we can choose to wear any

name.– 1 Corinthians 6:19,20

• New Testament disciples were called Christians.– Acts 11:26

• Paul rejected the use of men’s names – 1 Corinthians 1:11-14

Some Things About Which One Has No Personal Right to His Own Belief

Determining how to worship God

• God gave us a pattern for worship– Singing (Ephesians 5:19)– Praying (Acts 2:42)– Communing (Lord’s Supper) (Matthew 26:26-

29)– Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1,2)– Preaching sound doctrine (Galatians 1:6-9)

Some Things About Which One Has No Personal Right to His Own Belief

Determining how he will be saved• God revealed the conditions we must

meet.• We do not have the right to alter them!

– Hear (Romans 10:17)– Believe (John 8:24)– Repent (Acts 17:30)– Confess (Romans 10:9,10)– Be baptized (Acts 2:38)– Remain faithful (1 Corinthians 15:58)

Some Things About Which One Has No Personal Right to His Own Belief

“That they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” (2 Thessalonians 2:12)

or

Matthew 6:24Matthew 6:24

God made us creatures of free moral choiceWe can choose to obey or disobey

(2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)

God made us creatures of free moral choiceWe can choose to obey or disobey

(2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)

The man who teaches that everyone has a right to his own belief is looking only at this world and his own civil rights.The man who teaches that everyone has a right to his own belief is looking only at this world and his own civil rights.

God MAN