SEMESTER 2 318 – Recorded Historicity of Church Perpetuity BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 18 RECORDED HISTORICITY OF CHURCH PERPETUITY INTRODUCTION: 1. By this title, I mean a written pedigree on a church. III: YOU ARE 13 STEPS FROM JORDAN. 2. For this subject I can offer no Scripture. i. It…

SEMESTER 2 319 – The Slandering and Pollution of the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 19 THE SLANDERING AND POLLUTION OF THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION: 1. There are few, if any, administrative acts of God, in which Satan has not involved himself. i. He always tries to slander them. (Devil means…

SEMESTER 2 320 – The Counterfeiting of the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 20 THE COUNTERFEITING OF THE CHURCH Read carefully Acts 19:13-17, Acts 8:9-25, Heb. 5:1-4. INTRODUCTION: 1. Satan, as mentioned in the previous lesson, is the great counter­feiter. i. He spoke as if for man’s benefit in the garden. ii. His…

SEMESTER 2 321 – Membership in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 21 MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHURCH Read carefully Acts 1:15-26, I Cor. 12:1-27. INTRODUCTION: 1. The variation of opinion on church membership is astronomical. i. One extremity is to assert salvation by church membership. ii. The other extremity is to deny…

SEMESTER 2 322 – Interrelationship of Members of the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 22 INTERRELATIONSHIP OF MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH Read I Cor. 12:1–I Cor. 13:3. INTRODUCTION: 1. Every basic illustration of the church implies interrelationship and interdepen­dency. i. The husband-wife relationship. (Eph. 5:22-33) ii. The building. (I Cor. 3:9, Eph.…

SEMESTER 2 323 – Sin in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 23 SIN IN THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION: 1. The subject of sin in the church is relevant to both membership and discipline. 2. This subject must be separated from discipline, for sin will have devastating effects, whether or not…

SEMESTER 2 324 – Discipline in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 24 DISCIPLINE IN THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION: 1. This subject has been touched briefly in the previous lesson, because of its interrelationship with sin in the church. 2. Church discipline arises out of, and relates to sin in the…

SEMESTER 2 325 – The Church Covenant BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 25 THE CHURCH COVENANT Read Acts 1:14; 2:1, 46; 4:24; 5:12; 15:25, Phil. 2:2 INTRODUCTION: 1. Each of these verses reveals an ideal spirit in the church. 2. The word homothumadon does not mean that they had the same opinion about every issue of life. 3.…

SEMESTER 2 326 – The Church’s Articles of Faith BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 26 THE CHURCH’S ARTICLES OF FAITH INTRODUCTION: 1. The term “Articles of Faith” simply denotes the plurality of doctrinal issues addressed in a “Confession of Faith” the terms essentially mean the same thing. 2. Justification for the…

SEMESTER 2 327 – The Church’s Constitution and Bylaws BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 27 THE CHURCH’S CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Read I Cor. 14:40, II Thes. 2:15. INTRODUCTION: 1. These verses address themselves to order, and probably best describe the reason for the adoption of the Constitution and Bylaws. 2. Again, these are…