2 Peter 1:1-18Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.His divine power has granted…
1 Corinthians 1:10-17I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling…
1. Principles of true Christian fellowship (its definition and description).2. Its Parameters (the directives).3. Its Prohibitions (the discipline).4. Its Propriety (the decency).5. Its Practice (the delight). Parameters and Prohibitions of Fellowship:Two dangers: a. Overreach by Leaders – heavy-shepherding, controlling behaviour. b. Overreach by Members – busy-bodying, unsanctioned authority, spiritual freelancing. The Propriety of Fellowship:(The Decency).…
1 Timothy 3v15“…if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.” (ESV)
1 Corinthians 11:23-26For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was betrayed took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is My body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same…
1. The Word of God (Christ, and about Christ) 2. The Sacraments (Ordinances): Baptism and the Lord’s Supper These are visible signs and seals of the covenant of grace IN Christ:2.1 Baptism.2.2 The Lord’s Supper.2.3 Prayer – A personal AND corporate means of grace. 3. The Fellowship of the Saints and the Corporate Worship of…
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (ESV) Definition:The Gospel is “the Good News that Jesus died for our sins and rose again (two events), according to the Old- and New…
John 13:1-17Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot,…
Luke 15:1-10Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So He told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the…
Colossians 3:12-17Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in…