SEMESTER 3 340 – The Elements of the Lord’s Table BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 40 THE ELEMENTS OF THE LORD’S TABLE Read Mat. 26:26-30, Mk. 14:22-26, Lk. 22:19-20, I Cor. 11:17-34. Read, in connection with this study, the enclosed tract, “Wine or Grape Juice.” INTRODUCTION: 1. For the last couple of generations there has…

SEMESTER 3 341 – Head Coverings in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 41 HEAD COVERINGS IN THE CHURCH Read I Cor. 11:1-6. INTRODUCTION: 1. This passage is the only specific Bible instruction on this subject (of course, one is sufficient). 2. There has, for years, been much controversy on this…

SEMESTER 3 342 – The Doctrine of Foot Washing in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 42 THE DOCTRINE OF FOOT WASHING IN THE CHURCH Read Jn. 13:1-17, I Tim. 5:9-10, Lk. 7:36-50. INTRODUCTION: 1. It is held in essentially all churches, which claim biblical foundation, that there are two ordinances of the…

SEMESTER 3 343 – Finances of the Church – The Tithe BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 43 FINANCES OF THE CHURCH (THE TITHE) Read Heb. 7:1-9, Mal. 3:7-12. INTRODUCTION: 1. Two questions should logically precede any talk of church financing. i. Is an ongoing ministry of the church God’s will? (The great commission…

SEMESTER 3 344 – Finances of the Church – The Offerings BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 44 FINANCES OF THE CHURCH (OFFERINGS) INTRODUCTION: 1. Many people feel strong obligations to tithe but no real obligation to give offerings, though the Bible puts equal em­phasis on both. 2. The reason for this…

SEMESTER 3 345 – Inter-church Affiliations BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 45 INTER-CHURCH AFFILIATIONS Read carefully, before this lesson, the tract “Baptized By One Spirit Into One body,” and Acts 13:1-3. INTRODUCTION: 1. One great issue of ecclesiastical discussion today is the necessity and/or the propriety of various inter-church affiliations. 2. Some…

SEMESTER 3 346 – Proper and Improper Recognition of Other Churches BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 46 PROPER AND IMPROPER RECOGNITION OF OTHER CHURCHES Read II Jn. 1:13 INTRODUCTION: 1. I cannot question seriously that the elect lady of II John 1:1 is a church, and that the elect sister of verse 13 is…

SEMESTER 3 347 – Acquiring and Holding of Church Property BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 47 ACQUIRING AND HOLDING OF CHURCH PROPERTY Read I Cor. 14:40, II Cor. 8:20-21. INTRODUCTION: 1. It is obvious that neither of these Scriptures, and so far as I know, no other one deals directly with the subject…

SEMESTER 3 348 – Auxiliary Organizations and Ministries BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 48 AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES Read I Tim. 1:1-7, I Tim. 2:1 through 3:16. INTRODUCTION: 1. The goals, purposes and methods of the church today are considered more intellectually than biblically and more tasteful­ly than intellec­tually. 2. Once we give way…

SEMESTER 2 317 – The Perpetuity of the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 17 THE PERPETUITY OF THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION: 1. By the word perpetuity, I mean the perpetual existence of the church, from its beginning to now. 2. This perpetuity is biblically assured by at least two truths: i.…