• I Thessalonians 4:13
• Acts 14:15
• Genesis 1 – God created all and it was good. Man was God’s most glorious work.
• II Corinthians 5:17 – God has a new creation – the saved relationship.
• II Samuel 7:12-13
• Acts 9:15
• Ephesians 3:4-13 – Paul was to preach to all.
• Ephesians 6:12 – Heavenly places means “high places” here – rulers and authorities.
• Ezekiel 20:24
• I Corinthians 1:2 – God has no recorded His name in the church.
• Ephesians 4:25; 5:16, 22; Acts 4 – God tells us how we should live our lives.
• Romans 2:2, 21 – Paul warned them against hypocritical rebuke.
• Men have tried and failed to improve on the local church arrangement that God set in order. The church is not God’s most glorious work.