Our Distinctive Beliefs (part 2)
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Intro
Intro
Title - Our distinctive Beliefs
Series - Discipleship Class 101
Text - 1 Timothy 3.15; 1 Timothy 4.16
15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
The Importance of Doctrine
The Importance of Doctrine
It sets free
It sets free
Romans 6:17–18
It saves
It saves
1 Timothy 4:16
It identifies the believer
It identifies the believer
2 John 9–11
It is part of the Church’s life
It is part of the Church’s life
Acts 2:42
It gives authority
It gives authority
Mark 1:27
Why we have “distinctive beliefs”
Why we have “distinctive beliefs”
Definition: distinctive
Adj. serving to ditinguish, characteristic, distinguishing
Distinctive beliefs are beliefs that we believe to be true and scriptural, which may not be shared by other denominations or churches.
As believers of the Message, we came out different and embraced the end-time Message, believing that this gives us the clearest understanding of the Scripture, bringing us back to true apostolic faith.
Our Distinctive Beliefs
Our Distinctive Beliefs
Our Distinctive Beliefs about the Church
Our Distinctive Beliefs about the Church
Common beliefs:
The church is composed of believers from different Christian denominations.
The church is composed of the vigilant, the suffering, and the triumphant believers. (RCC)
What we believe: Part of Christianity departed from the true faith beginning at the time of the apostles, and will take its final form in the Antichrist.
What we believe: Part of Christianity departed from the true faith beginning at the time of the apostles, and will take its final form in the Antichrist.
Revelation 1-3
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What we believe: The true church of Jesus Christ is composed purely of Spirit-baptized men and women throughout the Seven Church Ages.
What we believe: The true church of Jesus Christ is composed purely of Spirit-baptized men and women throughout the Seven Church Ages.
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
Our Distinctive Beliefs about the Last Days
Our Distinctive Beliefs about the Last Days
Common beliefs:
The world will end with the coming of Christ and all humans will appear before the judgment throne of God.
What we believe: The last days began with the earthly ministry of Christ and will continue to the end of the age at the second coming of Christ.
What we believe: The last days began with the earthly ministry of Christ and will continue to the end of the age at the second coming of Christ.
1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
What we believe: The true church in the end-time is called out of denominational Christianity by an Elijah ministry.
What we believe: The true church in the end-time is called out of denominational Christianity by an Elijah ministry.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
10 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
11 Jesus answered and said to them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all things.
20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.
What we believe: The Rapture, which takes place before the tribulation period, is preceded by three successive events, namely, the shout, the voice of archangel and the last trumpet.
What we believe: The Rapture, which takes place before the tribulation period, is preceded by three successive events, namely, the shout, the voice of archangel and the last trumpet.
13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
What we believe: The opening of the seven-sealed book takes place at the same time that it is revealed to the Bride of Christ through the ministry of Seventh Messenger.
What we believe: The opening of the seven-sealed book takes place at the same time that it is revealed to the Bride of Christ through the ministry of Seventh Messenger.
Revelation 5.1-8.1
Revelation 10.1-7
What we believe: The seventh seal contains the mystery of the seven thunders, who will utter the great revelation of the His coming.
What we believe: The seventh seal contains the mystery of the seven thunders, who will utter the great revelation of the His coming.
Revelation 8.1
Revelation 10.1-3
What we believe: The second coming of Christ marks the end of the present age and the dawn of the new age, which is the new heaven and new earth.
What we believe: The second coming of Christ marks the end of the present age and the dawn of the new age, which is the new heaven and new earth.
Matthew 24.3
Matthew 24.30
Jesus Christ take over the rule of the kingdoms of this world.
Revelation 11.15-18
Revelation 19.11-16
Jesus Christ’s millennial kingdom is the beginning of the new heaven and new earth.
Revelation 20.4-6
Isaiah 65.17-25
Revelation 21
Summary
Summary