Basis For Authority

BASIS FOR AUTHORITY
Our Need For Standard

1. Length or Height
2. Weight
3. Faith
We Feel Cheated
1. Not Exact Measure
2. Not Exact Weight
Bible Authority
Faith or Religion
1. Different Standards
2. Don’t We Feel Cheated?
Only In Matters Of Faith
1. Different Standards
2. Don’t Feel Cheated
Man’s Standard
1. Feelings
“I feel good/blest in this faith…”
“I feel uplifted whenever…”
“I feel God’s presence here!”
• “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”
Jeremiah 17:9
• “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.” Proverbs
14:12
✓ Jer 17:9 “Ang puso ay magdaraya ng higit kay sa lahat na bagay, at totoong
masama: sinong makaaalam?
✓ Pro 14:12 May daan na tila matuwid sa isang tao, nguni't ang dulo niyaon ay mga
daan ng kamatayan.”
2. Family Religion
“My Grandparents taught us…”
“I have seen the light here…”
“My mama taught us that…”
• “Jesus replied, and why do you break the command of God for the sake of your
tradition?” Matt. 15:3
• “These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me. They worship in
vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.” Matthew15: 8,9
✓ Mat 15:8 Ang bayang ito'y iginagalang ako ng kanilang mga labi; Datapuwa't ang
kanilang puso ay malayo sa akin.
✓ Mat 15:9 Datapuwa't walang kabuluhan ang pagsamba nila sa akin, Na nagtuturo
ng kanilang pinakaaral ang mga utos ng mga tao.
3. Church Practices
“We are the only church that…”
“Our church helped in…”
“Our leader is the only…”
• “Lord, Ananias answered, I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he
has done to your saints in Jerusalem. And he has come here with the authority from the
high priests to arrest all who call on your name.” (Acts 9:13,14)
4. Multitudes
“We are the biggest church…”
“Majority can not be wrong.”
“Most of the intellectuals are…”
• “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to
destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the road that
leads to life, and only few find it.” (Matthew 7:13,14)
5. Modern Prophets
“God talked to me through a dream”
“God assigned me to be his prophet”
“I am the last prophet of God”
• 1John 4:1 “Mga minamahal, huwag kayong magsipaniwala sa bawa't espiritu, kundi
inyong subukin ang mga espiritu, kung sila'y sa Dios: sapagka't maraming nagsilitaw na
mga bulaang propeta sa sanglibutan.”
6. Golden Rule Principle

“As long as you don’t do harm to others…”
“As long as your conscience is clear”
• “In fact the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the
shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” (Hebrews 9:22)
✓ Heb 9:22 At ayon sa kautusan, ay halos masasabi kong lahat ng mga bagay ay nililinis
ng dugo, at maliban na sa pagkabuhos ng dugo ay walang kapatawaran.
7. The Old Covenant

“Just follow the 10 Commandments”
• “Having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and stood
opposed to us; He took it away nailing it to the cross.” (Col. 2:14)
Here are the examples of Man’s Standard

1. Feelings
2. Family Religion
3. Church Practices
4. Multitudes
5. Modern Prophets
6. Golden Rule Principle
7. The Old Covenant
7 Different Standards
➢ No Wonder We Have Divisions
➢ No Wonder There Is Confusion
What Should We Do? (ANO ANG NARARAPAT NATING GAWIN ?)

Need To Have A Standard (KAILANGAN NATIN NG PAMANTAYAN)
1. What To Believe
2. What To Practice
✓ Need To Hear THE TRUTH
• “Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” Jesus Christ (John 8:32)
• “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” (John 17:17)
• “There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very
word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.” (John 12:48)
✓ Joh 17:17 Pakabanalin mo sila sa katotohanan: ang salita mo'y katotohanan.
✓ Joh 12:48 Ang nagtatakuwil sa akin, at hindi tumatanggap sa aking mga pananalita, ay
mayroong isang hahatol sa kaniya: ang salitang aking sinalita, ay siyang sa kaniya'y
hahatol sa huling araw.
God’s Standard – “The TRUTH”

“His Words” – Put Into Writing
“Word of God” – “Scriptures”
• “All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and
training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every
good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16,17
• “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it
penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and
attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
Put God’s Standard To The Test

“What To Believe”
“What To Practice”
Matthew 21:23
21 At pagpasok niya sa templo, ay nagsilapit sa kaniya ang mga pangulong saserdote at ang
matatanda sa bayan, samantalang siya'y nagtuturo, at nangagsabi, Sa anong kapamahalaan
ginagawa mo ang mga bagay na ito? at sino ang sa iyo'y nagbigay ng kapamahalaang ito?
24 At sumagot si Jesus at sa kanila'y sinabi, Tatanungin ko rin naman kayo ng isang tanong, na
kung inyong sasabihin sa akin, ay sasabihin ko naman sa inyo kung sa anong kapamahalaan
ginagawa ko ang mga bagay na ito.
25 Ang bautismo ni Juan, saan baga nagmula? sa langit o sa mga tao? At kanilang
pinagkatuwiranan sa kanilang sarili, na nangagsasabi, Kung sabihin natin, Sa langit; sasabihin
niya sa atin, Bakit nga hindi ninyo siya pinaniwalaan?
26 Datapuwa't kung sasabihin, Sa mga tao; nangatatakot tayo sa karamihan; sapagka't kinikilala
ng lahat na propeta si Juan.
27 At sila'y nagsisagot kay Jesus, at sinabi, Hindi namin nalalaman. Kaniyang sinabi naman sa
kanila, Hindi ko rin naman sasabihin sa inyo kung sa anong kapamahalaan ginagawa ko ang mga
bagay na ito.
Two Choices
1. From God – Do it!
2. From Men – Discard it!

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BASIS FOR AUTHORITY

Our Need For Standard

6. Golden Rule Principle

7. The Old Covenant

Here are the examples of Man’s Standard

What Should We Do? (ANO ANG NARARAPAT NATING GAWIN ?)

✓ Joh 17:17 Pakabanalin mo sila sa katotohanan: ang salita mo'y katotohanan.

God’s Standard – “The TRUTH”

Put God’s Standard To The Test

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