Ecclesiology – Semester 3
333 – Socializing in the Church
SEMESTER 3 333 – Socializing in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 33 SOCIALIZING IN THE CHURCH Read I Cor. 11:17-34. Note particularly verse 22. INTRODUCTION: 1. The subject is social activity within the church family. 2. Variation of conviction here has a very wide range. i. One extreme is a…
334 – Worship in the Church
SEMESTER 3 334 – Worship in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 34 WORSHIP IN THE CHURCH Read Jn. 4:19-24. INTRODUCTION: 1. The term worship is frequently used, but seldom considered analytically. 2. For this reason many people are religious, and even attend church regularly, who never worship. 3. Not only…
335 – Officers in the Church – Deacons
SEMESTER 3 335 – Officers in the Church – Deacons BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY LESSON # 35 OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH (DEACONS) Read Phil. 1:1, I Tim. 3:8-13. INTRODUCTION: 1. No area of church practice is more polluted by unbiblical tradition, than the “use of the office of a deacon.” 2. The broad variation of…
336 – Officers in the Church – Bishops or Elders
SEMESTER 3 336 – Officers in the Church – Bishops or Elders BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 36 OFFICERS IN THE CHURCH (BISHOPS OR ELDERS) Read I Tim. 5:1, 17, 19, Titus 1:5, I Pet. 5:1, 5, I Tim. 3:1, 2, Acts 20:28, Titus 1:7, I Pet. 2:25. INTRODUCTION: 1. Like the word deacon, the words elder and bishop are Bible words…
337 – The Ordinances of the Church – Symbolisms
SEMESTER 3 337 – The Ordinances of the Church – Symbolisms BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 37 THE ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH (SYMBOLISMS) Read Mat. 28:19, 20, Acts 2:41-47, Mat. 26:26-30, Lk. 22:13-20, I Cor. 11:17-34. INTRODUCTION: These are but a few of the Scriptures pertinent to the symbolism of the ordinances. The violence of Satan against…
338 – The Ordinances of the Church – Baptism
SEMESTER 3 338 – The Ordinances of the Church – Baptism BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 38 ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH (BAPTISM) Read Mat. 28:19-20, Acts 2:41, Acts 22:12-16. INTRODUCTION: It would be shallow and foolish to minimize the significance of water baptism in the New Testament. It is so pre-eminent that a surface…
339 – The Ordinances of the Church – The Lord’s Table
SEMESTER 3 339 – The Ordinances of the Church – The Lord’s Table BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 39 THE ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH (THE LORD’S TABLE) Read Mat. 26:26-30, Mk. 14:22-26, Lk. 22:19-20. I Cor. 11:17-34. INTRODUCTION: The considerations surrounding the ordinance, referred to as the Lord’s Supper, the Lord’s Table, or Communion, are…
340 – The Elements of the Lord’s Table
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…
341 – Head Coverings in the Church
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…
342 – The Doctrine of Foot Washing in the Church
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…