About the Church
What Is the Foundation of the Church?
✓ _______________ is the foundation of the church
1 Corinthians 3:11 – For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid. (Good News Translation)
Colossians 1:18 – He is the head of the body, which is the church. Everything comes from him. He is the first one who was raised from the dead. So in all things Jesus has first place. (New Century Version)
Ephesians 2:19-20 – 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, 20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. (New Revised Standard Version)
What Are the Marks of a Church?
✓ Its members are baptized ____________________ associated by ____________________ in faith and fellowship
Matthew 7:16-18 – 16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. (New Living Translation)
✓ Its ministry have four essentials:
• ____________________ of the Word
2 Timothy 4:2 – Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching. (New Living Translation)
• Observing the _________________________ – The Lord’s Supper and Baptism
• ________________________ its members
• Exercising its _________________
1 Corinthians 12:4-7 – 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but they are all from the same Spirit. 5 There are different ways to serve but the same Lord to serve. 6 And there are different ways that God works through people but the same God. God works in all of us in everything we do. 7 Something from the Spirit can be seen in each person, for the common good. (New Century Version)
✓ Its make-up is of _________________________ polity and two offices: _________________ and _________________
Hebrews 13:17 – Be responsive to your pastoral leaders. Listen to their counsel. They are alert to the condition of your lives and work under the strict supervision of God. Contribute to the joy of their leadership, not its drudgery. Why would you want to make things harder for them? (The Message)
