INTRODUCTION: Easter is a religious observance of human origin, unauthorized by God. PROOF: “There is no trace of Easter celebration in the New Testament.” International Stand. Bible Ency. 11. p. 889. “In any case…………it must be admitted that…..there is no conclusive evidence in the first century or more of the keeping of Pascha (Easter)…” Catholic […]
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF OUR LORD MEANS: 1. To be a member of the body of which He is the head 1 Cor. 12:12, 13, 20, 27; Eph. 1:21-23 2. To be a worker in the Lord’s vineyard Mtt. 20:1 3. To be a living stone in the spiritual Temple of […]
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHURCH IN BENEVELENCE A. Acts 2:44-45; 4:32-35; 6:1-4 [Believers -Widows] 1. A local church is obligated to relieve the wants of its number who are in need. 1Tim. 5:5,16 show that only “widows indeed” become a permanent charge. 2. How? The church selected men of its own number who tended to […]
TOPIC: YAHWEH ROHI TEXT: PSALM 23:1-6 PRESENTER: BRO. JACK EKENO SONGS: SOC 530 INTRODUCTION For more than 60 centuries [6000+ years], God had shepherd mankind, but man had wandered away from the Creator, Elohim, Himself [Genesis 3:8]. One of the most famous and meaningful chapters in the Bible is Psalm 23. Through centuries, this psalm […]
INTRODUCTION We undertake a study in the next four lessons of the divine plan for the organization of the Church. The scriptures furnish us unto a plan of Church government as well as a plan of worship and work. To believe in and accept God’s word as a divinely inspired and therefore all sufficient then […]
In government God’s Church is a kingdom 1. Kingdom preached at hand Matt. 3:2; Mk. 1:14-15 2. Parables set forth church as Kingdom Matt. 13:24, 44-47 3. Apostles given authority in Kingdom Matt. 16:18-19; 19:28. 4. People alive in time of Christ were to witness coming of kingdom Mk. 9:1; Luke. 9:27; 12:31-32 5. A […]
INTRODUCTION:- The succeeding five lesons are devoted to “What it means to be a Member of The Church”. The Church of God does not ocupy the place in the hearts of men that it should occupy until they realize that by staying outside of the church they rob themselves of life’s greatest blessings and of […]
INTRODUCTION: Many descriptive phrases are applied to the church in the N.T. scriptures. These phrases give emphasis to various features of the church and set forth Its nature. The first six lessons of this series concern these descriptive phrases applied to the Church and therefore constitute a study of The nature of the church. They […]
The Source of Authority- God Speaking Through Christ: 1. Heb. 1:1-2- New Testament Message and Messenger contrasted with old. 2. John 1:17- Moses the lawgiver in Old Testament period Christ in the New 3. Matt. 11:27- God revealed through Christ 4. John 5:26-27- Authority given to Christ 5. John 17:7-8 Christ’s message from God-Jon. 12:49=50 […]
INTRODUCTION; Any man who is fair and honest with himself will admit that he is dependent upon God for all his blessings. No man could live a single hour without blessings from God. Yet, man is seldom satisfied or thankful for the blessings he has received from God. Thanksgiving by way of definition is an […]