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The Church — Topic Study

Examine Christ’s promise, the people added to the church, His headship, and the unity and work of His body.

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How Can Christians Learn Contentment?

Through Paul’s circumstances, Ahab’s dissatisfaction, Jesus’ parable of the rich fool, and the Macedonians’ generosity, this KJV study examines how Christians can learn contentment. Includes the context of Philippians 4:13, five connected…

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS FACE TRIALS?

How should Christians face trials? Compare KJV passages on seeking wisdom, prayer, endurance, steadfast faith, continuing in well doing, bearing one another’s burdens, and eternal hope. Examine the connected biblical pattern for…

How Should Christians Speak?

Scripture gives Christians a pattern for listening before answering, speaking truth that builds up, showing grace in difficult conversations, and letting God’s Word shape the heart.

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS PRAY?

Compare Jesus’s teaching with the apostles’ instructions to understand reverence, God’s will, thanksgiving, forgiveness, and persistence in prayer.

HOW DOES THE CHURCH REMAIN FAITHFUL?

Faithfulness requires more than a congregation’s name or history. Follow the repeated biblical pattern of examining teaching, holding fast to truth, and practicing God’s Word.

WHO LEADS THE CHURCH?

The Biblical Pattern of Church Organization Who has the right to determine how the church is organized? The answer begins with Christ. His Word establishes the pattern, identifies the responsibilities, […]

WHAT WORK HAS GOD GIVEN HIS CHURCH?

When we ask what the church should do, where should we begin? With what attracts the largest crowd? With what other religious groups are doing? With what people would like […]

CAN WE FOLLOW CHRIST WITHOUT FOLLOWING HIS WORD?

Many people sincerely say: “I FOLLOW JESUS.” That is exactly what every Christian should desire to do. But sometimes another statement follows: “I FOLLOW JESUS, NOT A BOOK.” That raises […]

DOES IT MATTER HOW THE CHURCH WORSHIPS IN MUSIC?

Music in worship is one of the most noticeable differences among religious groups today. Some congregations use organs. Some use pianos. Some use guitars and drums. Some have praise bands […]

CAN WE BE SAVED OUTSIDE OF CHRIST?

Most people who believe the Bible would agree that salvation is found in Jesus Christ. But that raises an extremely important question: HOW DOES A PERSON GET INTO CHRIST? Before […]

CHRISTIANS ONLY — AND THE ONLY CHRISTIANS?

When the gospel was preached in the first century, those who obeyed it were not Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Lutherans, or members of any other denomination. Those religious organizations […]

DID JESUS BUILD ONE CHURCH OR MANY CHURCHES?

When Jesus spoke about His church, He did not speak of establishing many different churches teaching different doctrines. He said: “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, […]

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE “IN CHRIST”?.

The New Testament repeatedly uses a small but extremely important expression: “IN CHRIST.” Paul wrote: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature…” 2 Corinthians 5:17 […]

THE BIBLICAL PATTERN FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING

Obeying the gospel is the beginning of the Christian life—not the end. When a person hears the gospel, believes in Jesus Christ, repents of sin, confesses Christ, and is baptized […]

THE BIBLICAL PATTERN FOR THE CHURCH

Jesus did not come into the world to establish hundreds or thousands of different churches teaching conflicting doctrines. He promised to build His church. Jesus said: “…upon this rock I […]

What Does It Mean to Fear God?

What does the Bible mean when it commands us to fear God? Through Josiah, Joseph, Noah, Cornelius, and the early church, this KJV study examines reverence, receiving God’s word, refusing sin, obedient…

What Does Biblical Hospitality Look Like?

What do Abraham, Lot, Lydia, Levi, Gaius, and Diotrephes teach us about hospitality? This KJV study examines receiving strangers—including those who entertained angels unawares—sharing available resources, including overlooked people, and serving willingly.…

How Can We Tell Whether a Teaching Is from God?

Quoting Scripture does not guarantee a correct interpretation. Examine Satan’s misuse of a promise, the Sadducees’ resurrection argument, the Pharisees’ divorce argument, and Peter’s warning about distorted Scripture. This KJV study develops…

What Does It Mean to Repent?

Repentance involves more than feeling sorry. Compare seven biblical teachings about hearing God’s Word, recognizing sin, godly sorrow, turning from wrongdoing, bringing forth fruit, obeying the gospel, and continuing faithfully.

HOW DO WE RESTORE A BROTHER?

Compare Matthew 18 with apostolic instructions to understand correction, local congregational responsibility, discipline, and loving restoration.

EVERY MEMBER HAS WORK TO DO

The Biblical Pattern of Service When we think about the work of a congregation, do we think only of its elders, deacons, and preacher? What about the other members? The […]

Scriptural Answers — False Doctrine Refuted

Can a human creed become binding law for Christ’s church?

Second Timothy 3 describes Scripture’s role in furnishing the man of God; Second John 9 requires abiding in Christ’s doctrine. A human summary can be tested and used as an explanation, but it cannot become a new source of divine law.

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Aids and Additions

Aids and Additions: There is quite a difference between Aids and Additions.

Anti-ism, Authority and Expediency

Anti-ism, as used in this study, means forbidding what God permits or binding an optional arrangement as divine law. It is not a license to dismiss a person with a label. Examine…

Apocrypha

Apocrypha The apocrypha means something hidden or covered. These books were written around 200 BC to 100 AD. The Roman Catholic Church accepts these Old Testament era books. These books are placed…

Auricular Confession

Auricular Confession – Derives its name from the Latin word “Auris” which means “hear”. A confession made into the priests ear, therefore auricular. It was unknown in the primitive days of Christianity…

BAPTISM/SAVES

BAPTISM/SAVES: Read 1 Cor 12:13; Mk 16:16; 1 Pet 3:21

Being a New Christian

New life in Christ calls for continued growth. Learn the apostolic teaching and develop steady habits of fellowship and obedience.

BENEVOLENCE

BENEVOLENCE: church: Acts 2:44,45; 4:32-5:11; 6:1-6; 11:27-30; Rom 15:25-27; 1 Co 16:1-4; 2 Cor 8:4; 9:1,12; 1 Tim 5:3-16. Individual: 1 Tim 5:4,8,16; Matt 15:4-6; 25:31-46; Ester 2:7; Lk 10:25-37; Eph 4:28;…

BLOOD OF CHRIST

BLOOD OF CHRIST: Matt 26:28; Rom 5:9; Rev 1:5; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14; 1 Jn 1:7; 1 Pet 1:18-19

BUDDHISM

BUDDHISM: Though there are a number of different branches of Buddhism, the four noble truths and the eightfold path are at the heart of this teaching. The four noble truths are: (1)…

CATHOLIC CHURCH

CATHOLIC CHURCH – Continuing Revelation from God??? Jn 16:13; Heb 1:1-2; Heb 2:1-4; Heb 12:25

Christ, In

Christ, In A phrase frequently used in the writings of Paul to describe those who are in the body of Christ, the church. To be "in Christ" is to be united with…

Christian

Christian One who belongs to Christ and thus follows Him. The word was first used in Antioch a few years after Jesus' resurrection and the beginning of the church (Acts 11:26). Surprisingly,…

Church

Church The word church is used in three different ways. It is most often used to refer to the world-wide body or kingdom of Christ, comprised of all who have obeyed the…

Church Nature of

Church Nature of a. Bride of Christ - 2 Cor 11:2-3; Eph 5:22-27 b. Temple of God - 1 Cor 3:16-17; 1 Cor 6:19-20; Eph 2:21-22 c. House of God - 1…

CHURCH – SAVED OUTSIDE OF

CHURCH – SAVED OUTSIDE OF??? Matt 16:18; Acts 2:47; Eph 1:22-23; 2 Tim 2:10; 2 Cor 5:17; Gal 3:26-27; 1 Cor 12:13; Eph 1:22-23; Eph 4:4; Acts 20:28; Eph 5:23. Though the…

Confession to a Catholic Priest

Confession to a Catholic Priest? The Bible DOES NOT teach any such NONSENSE about Confessing your sins to a priest. ONLY God has the power to forgive sins, and no man can…

Denomination

Denomination The organized grouping of congregations with similar names, creeds, beliefs, structures and practices. This concept is foreign to the NT, since Jesus Christ only built one church. The belief that there…

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