FRIDAY    NITE   DEACON’S   LESSON             

       LECTURE  # 2-----“CHURCH   MEMBERSHIP”  

Lesson    AIM----NO--  FELLOWSHIP   HERE---NO FELLOWSHIP IN  HEAVE[1]N

1, THE  MEANING  OF   CHURCH{EKKLESIA}  MEMBERSHIP----

              Introduction------ 

              Ephesians 5;25----   Rev.   1;4  

              Remember  we  are  under  the  Toras  (Law[2])of  Christ—

 2. The Church  is  a divine  Institution--------------------- 

             Jesus’ establish  the  Church------Matt;16;18  

             The  great  Commission-------      Matt. 28; 19—20  

             Victory  Promise  to  the  Ecclesia---Matt. 16;18   

             Unredeemed  on  the  Church  Roll   /   1stJonh 2;19   

3. CONDITION  OF  CHURCH  MEMBER SHIP   ----------- 

               There  are  four  scriptural    Qualification------

             1.  Regenerate  heart (conversion)    Acts 2;  38-41----Rm.1;7---- 

             2.Confession-----of  Pistis (faith)        Romans 10;9—f----

             3. The   reception  of baptism----(Symbolic)   

             4.Christian life   Col. 3;1-7   Paul  say also  “walk  worthly--------

4;  MODES  OF  ADMISSION--------------------

            By    Letter----

            By  Baptism------

            By Experience------

5.MODES  OF  DISMISSION-----------------

           By    Letter 

                    Exclusion---

                    Death----- 

6.THE  ORDINANCES------------OF  THE  ECCLESIA    

          Each  portray  a Spiritual    Truth---(alethes) 

          Baptism--    and  Lord’s  Supper  

         Romans 6;4---      1st,cor. 11;25

        1st.John 1; 7      

7.THE  DEMOCRACY   OF  THE  CHURCH   

         All  members  has  equal    right-   1st,Cor. 12; 14—27  

         Priesthood  of  believers-----1st.peter 2;5—

        Unionizing forces Would Comprise  our  belief     2nd Tim 3;5   

8;  THE  KOINONEO  OF  THE  EKKLESIA----1ST.JOHN 3;14

       Christian  fellowship  Superlative-------

       Strength  through  koinonia(fellowship)   Matt;18 ;20----  

       Foretaste  of  Fellowship  in  Heaven---(ouranos-) John 14;3

                      The  Home  of  No—More   

Come    alive  in  five  

 

 


 

[1] OURANOS----(Heaven )------Fellowship—Gk logos  koinonia-----koinoneo 

church---ekklesia----no  c  in  the  Greek  Truth---alethes 

[2] Tora—nomos  Pentateuch

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