ARE WE FINISHED?

1.     Restoration is complete in:

a.     Salvation – Faith, repentance, confession, purpose of baptism, mode of baptism, restoring those who fall away

b.     Worship – Items of worship, day of worship, communion weekly, vocal music, prayer, free will giving

c.     Doctrines – Trinity, resurrection, sin, inspiration, Satan, second coming, Holy Spirit, the church

d.     Organization – Elders, deacons, preachers, church discipline
 

2.     Restoration is NOT FINISHED in:

a.     Attitudes

                                                    i.     Love the brethren

                                                   ii.     Judgmental attitudes, self-righteous, “holier-than-thou”

                                                 iii.     Toward God, Bible, Sin, Salvation, Lost

                                                 iv.     Toward the world, values, morals

b.    Zeal and excitement for the cause

                                                    i.     Is there not a cause? 1 Samuel 17:29

                                                   ii.     Evangelism of the lost around you

                                                 iii.     Re-activating the erring

                                                 iv.     Foreign mission work

                                                  v.     Training preachers

c.     Commitment to the work, Dedication

                                                    i.     Matthew 16:24-25

                                                   ii.     Luke 14:25-33

d.    Spirit of the law, not just the letter

                                                    i.     2 Corinthians 3:6

                                                   ii.     John 6:63

e.     Moral values

                                                    i.     Many see how close to the edge they can come

                                                   ii.     Technology is moving faster that our morals

1.     Life support systems – living wills

2.     Abortion – Euthanasia – Suicide

                                                 iii.     Things that USED TO BE WRONG – now they are OK

1.     Dancing, social drinking, gambling

2.     Cheating, lying, gossip, slander

3.     Immodest dress, smoking, divorce

f.      Accepting Biblical authority

                                                    i.     Let’s get back to

1.     “Thus saith the Lord”

2.     Bible toters, Bible quoters

                                                   ii.     God said it, that settles it

                                                 iii.     In Bible class – Quote a passage – They say, “Who cares? Here is what I think.”