• Lesson 8, continued:
  • Review of question sheet

Characteristic

Per scripture

Catholic

Baptist

Assembly of God

Church of Christ

church of Christ

Authority

New Testament

X

X

X

?

Yes

Name

church of Christ

X

X

Yes

Yes

Yes

Plan of salvation

Hear, believe, repent, confess, baptism

X

X

X

Yes

Yes

Order of worship

Sing, pray, teach, Lord’s Supper, give

X

X

X

Yes

Yes

Work

Preach gospel, benevolence, discipline

X

X

X

X

Yes

Organization

Local church

X

X

X

X

Yes

• “All of us have become guilty of sin.”
  • Acts 2:22-23, 36-37; 3:14-15; 4:11; 7:51-53; 26:18
  • Isaiah 59:2
  • II Thessalonians 1:8-9
  • It may help to use the word “us.”
    • Acts 22:4-5, 20; 26:9-11
    • I Timothy 1:15
    • Ephesians 2:1-3
  • “Jesus Christ died so we can be forgiven!”
    • Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:13-14

Problem: Sin

Solution: Jesus

Acts 2:22-23, 36-37

Acts 2:38-40

Acts 3:14-15

Acts 3:19-20

Acts 4:11

Acts 4:12

Acts 7:51-53

(Killed)

Acts 26:18

Acts 26:19-23

• “We have to follow God’s instructions to receive this gift!”
  • II Thessalonians 1:8
  • “How can these both be true at the same time?
    • Ephesians 2:8; Matthew 7:21
    • Romans 4:5; James 2:24
    • Titus 3:5; II Corinthians 5:10
  • Paul to the Romans:
    • Romans 1:16 – Gospel!
    • Romans 3:24 – Grace!
    • Romans 5:1 – Faith!
    • Romans 5:9 – Blood!
    • Romans 6:3-4 – Baptism!
    • Romans 10:9-10 – Believe and confess!

• Lesson 8, continued:
  • When a member insists upon having company with those who have been refused, what action is the local church to take?
    • Must admonish and admonish them (Titus 3:10).
    • If one still insists on having company with them, he too is walking disorderly; he is to be disciplined.
    • In the Old Testament, God also punished the ones who sympathized with the discord sowers (Numbers 16:41-49).
  • Conclusion: One cannot please the Lord if he refuses (or fails) to work with a local church in his locality. Let us be diligent servants of the Lord that we glorify God by doing individually that which He has thus assigned and doing in the local church that which He has thus assigned.

• Numbers 13 – The Israelites spy out the land of Canaan.
• Numbers 14 – The Israelites rebel against God.
• Joshua 1:1-9 – God charges Joshua with leading the people into the land of Canaan.
• I John 1:1-4