{"id":3712,"date":"2022-03-06T09:50:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T09:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedfordcoc.com\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=3712"},"modified":"2022-03-25T22:56:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:56:44","slug":"the-church-liberal-or-conservative-does-it-matter","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/bedfordcoc.com\/sermons\/the-church-liberal-or-conservative-does-it-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church Liberal Or Conservative Does It Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you heard read Paul wrote, \u201c<em><sup>3 <\/sup>For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. <sup>4<\/sup> For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; <u><sup>5<\/sup><\/u>who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, \u201cSee that you make <strong>all<\/strong> things <strong>according<\/strong> to the <strong>pattern <\/strong><strong>shown <\/strong><strong>you<\/strong> on the mountain.\u201d <sup>6<\/sup> But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises\u201d<\/em> (<strong>Hebrews 8:3-6<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>The one true church belongs to Jesus, He alone is the Head\u2014we are His servants\u2014and whatever we do we do in the name of the Lord.\u00a0I would imagine that most of us have heard the terms \u201c<strong><u>Liberal and Conservative<\/u><\/strong>\u201d concerning the church. <span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">What is alarming to me\u2014is that most people in the church don\u2019t understand what the difference is, a<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">nd not understanding this leads to false assumptions about the church and eventually to false teaching and apostacy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Join with me as we study from the scriptures, and seek an answer to this important question about the Lord&#8217;s church. Does it matter if it is liberal or concervative?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you heard read Paul wrote, \u201c3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, \u201cSee that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.\u201d 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises\u201d (Hebrews 8:3-6).<\/p>\n<p>The one true church belongs to Jesus, He alone is the Head\u2014we are His servants\u2014and whatever we do we do in the name of the Lord.\u00a0I would imagine that most of us have heard the terms \u201cLiberal and Conservative\u201d concerning the church. What is alarming to me\u2014is that most people in the church don\u2019t understand what the difference is, and not understanding this leads to false assumptions about the church and eventually to false teaching and apostacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join with me as we study from the scriptures, and seek an answer to this important question about the Lord&#8217;s church. 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