- When one obeys the gospel, he is added by the Lord to the church (Acts 2:47). He is then a “lively stone” in the “whole building fitly framed together unto an holy temply in the Lord” (Ephesians 2:21).
- By what procedure does on become a member of a local church?
- Acts 9:26-28 – Paul had to join himself to the local fellowship.
- What is the purpose of local church membership?
- The local membership is God’s arrangement for the saved in an area to work and worship together and to build each other up.
- One can worship God on his own, but it is much easier with others there to encourage each other.
- The local church is to support preaching, both at home and in other places.
- Who is really in the local fellowship?
- Those who have joined themselves to the local fellowship and are working with their fellow Christians in the work of the Lord.
- Is a local church to control its fellowship?
- Yes. A local church must remove those who are in sin and will not repent.
- What is to be the action of members toward one who has been refused fellowship?
- I Corinthians 5; II Corinthians 2; 7 – He must be delivered to Satan. Fellowship and social company are to be severed.
- When a member insists upon having “company” with one who has been disciplined, what action is the church to take?
- Admonish them and if they will not repent, sever fellowship with them also.
JJ
February 23, 2014
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