Lesson 2: The Church And Man's Salvation
1.Ephesians 5:23
Yes - No) Is Jesus the head of the church?
Yes - No) Is He the Savior of the Body?
Yes - No) If Jesus is the Savior of the Body, do you have to be of the body to be saved?
2. Ephesians 1:22-23
Yes - No) Is the body the Church which Jesus is Head of?
3. Acts 2:40-47
Yes - No) Did Christ add them to the church?
THOUGHT QUESTION: Who were the ones added to the church by the Lord?
The Church Is Not:
1. Acts 17:24 (NOT a material building)
Yes - No) Does God dwell in temples made with hands?
2. Romans 14:17 (NOT a social club)
Yes - No) Is the kingdom for eating and drinking?
3. Matthew 16:18 (NOT a denomination)
Yes - No) Did Jesus promise to build many churches?
Yes - No) Did Jesus promise to build His church rather than some man’s church?
4. 1 Corinthians 1:10-13
Yes - No) Is denominationalism or wearing different names approved by the Lord?
Yes - No) Did Paul rebuke the Cornthians for speaking different things religiously?
The Church Is:
1. Ephesians 3:10-11
Yes - No) Was the church planned by God from the beginning?
2. Colossians 1:18
Yes - No) Is Christ the head of the church?
Yes - No) If this is true, must the church be in subjection to its head (Christ)?
Yes - No) Is there any man on this earth that is the head of the church?
3. Acts 20:28
Yes - No) Did Jesus purchase the church by His blood?
4. 1 Peter 1:18-19
Yes - No) Were the christians that Peter talked to purchased by the blood of Christ?
Yes - No) If one is purchased by the blood of Christ, is that person part of the church
of Christ?
5. Acts 11:26
Yes - No) Were the disciples called christians in the New Testament?
Yes - No) Did these christians belong to the church?
Yes - No) If you follow the Bible, will it make you a christian and nothing else?
6. Romans 16:16
Yes - No) Do you read of any approved denomination in the Bible?
Yes - No) Do you read of the churches of Christ in the Bible?
Elders
7. Acts 14:23
Yes - No) Were there elders in every church?
8. 1 Peter 5:1-2
Yes - No) Were elders to only oversee the flock among them?
9. Philippians 1:1
THOUGHT QUESTION: Who did Paul address this letter to?
10. 1 Timothy 3:1-13
Yes - No) Must elders and deacons meet the qualifications of the Bible?
Doctrine
11. 11 Timothy 3:16-17
Yes - No) Is the church guided by the Bible?
Yes - No) Can you read of the church having any other creed book to follow?
12. John 4:24
Yes - No) Are we to worship God in spirit and truth?
13. Matthew 15:9
THOUGHT QUESTION: How did these Jews worship Jesus in vain?
Obligations
1. Matthew 28:19-20
Yes - No) Is the church to preach the gospel?
2. Romans 15:25-26; 1 Timothy 5:16
Yes - No) Is the church expected to help the needy saints?
3. Ephesians 4:112-16
Yes - No) Is the church obligated to teach it’s members (christians)?
4. Colossians 1:18
Yes - No) Is the body the church?
5. Ephesians 4:4
Yes - No) Is there only one body (church)?
THOUGHT QUESTION: If there is only one body and the body is the church, then how many
churches did Jesus establish?
6. 1 Corinthians 12:12-14,27
THOUGHT QUESTION: In this passage of Scripture, who made up the body?
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