What We Believe and Why Vol I

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What We Believe and Why
Written by Dr. Lester Hutson

Copyright - Lester Hutson - 1975
This material is copyrighted and may not be copied or reproduced without the express written permission of Dr. Lester Hutson.

Table of Contents

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Front Cover

Chapter one - The Importance of Studying The Word of God
Chapter two - How to Study the Word of God
Chapter three - Proof of Divine Inspiration of the Bible Through Facts, Bible Construction and Prophecies
Chapter four - The Biblical Claim to Divine Inspiration
Chapter five - Only the Bible is Divinely Inspired
Chapter six - The existence of a Triune God
Chapter seven - The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit
Chapter eight - How The Holy Spirit Convicts the Lost
Chapter nine - The Nature of Man and the Devil
Chapter ten - Blood Redemption, God's Method of Remitting Sins
Chapter eleven - Faith, God's Method for Appropriating Eternal Salvation
Chapter twelve - The Unpardonable Sin
Chapter thirteen - In Christ We Have Eternal Security
Chapter fourteen - The Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man
Chapter fifteen - God's Threefold Salvation
Chapter sixteen - The Difference Between Sonship and Fellowship
Chapter seventeen - The Truth about Romans 10:13
Chapter eighteen - Prayer is Exclusively for the Children of God
Chapter nineteen - Under Discipline
Chapter twenty - Sanctification
Chapter twenty one - Doubtful Things
Chapter twenty two - Every Believer Should be Baptized
Chapter twenty three - Immersed by a New Testament Church
Chapter twenty four - The Bible Does Not Teach Baptismal Regeneration
Chapter twenty five - Baptized into the Body
Chapter twenty six - Church Membership
Chapter twenty seven - Joining and Attending Church
Chapter twenty eight - The Mighty Workings of the Apostolic Ministry
Chapter twenty nine - The Purpose of the Apostolic Ministry
Chapter thirty - The Apostolic Ministry was Limited to The Apostles and Those to Whom They Administered The Gifts
Chapter thirty one - The Apostolic Ministry Ceased When it Served its Purpose
Chapter thirty two - Unknown Tongues
Chapter thirty three - Miracle Healing
Chapter thirty four - The Lord's Return
Chapter thirty five - Resurrection and Judgment
Chapter thirty six - Tribulation and Millennium
Chapter thirty seven - What a Church is and When It was Founded
Chapter thirty eight - The Lord's Church is Local
Chapter thirty nine - Worshipping in the Church
Chapter forty - Financing the Lord's Church
Chapter forty one - The Treatment and Office of the Pastor of The Church
Chapter forty two - The Testimony Born by The Lord's Supper
Chapter forty three - Why we use Wine in The Lord's Supper
Chapter forty four - There is no "Universal Church"
Chapter forty five - The Church of Christ and The Body of Christ are the Same
Chapter forty six - The Call for Unity in The Church Demands Closed Communion
Chapter forty seven - The Make up and Structure of An Independent Church
Chapter forty eight - The Bible Churches Were Independent
Chapter forty nine - No One is at Liberty to Violate the God Ordained Pattern for Church Organization
Chapter fifty - The Sin of Failing to Follow Exactly God's Pattern in Church Organization
Chapter fifty one - The Lord's Church Should be Missionary
Chapter fifty two - The Authority to Missionize Rests in the Church

"It Does Make a Difference What You Believe"