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What are the four marks of
maturity of the church?
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Acts 6:1-6
1In those days when the
number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained
against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the
daily distribution of food.
2So the Twelve gathered all
the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the
ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.
3Brothers, choose seven men
from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn
this responsibility over to them
4and will give our attention
to prayer and the ministry of the word.”
5This proposal pleased the
whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit;
also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from
6They presented these men to
the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
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1)
According to verses 2 and 3 who gathered the church
together and asked them to choose seven men from among them who were known to
be full of the Spirit and wisdom?
2)
According to verse 5 what did the church do?
3)
Why did the apostles
ask the church to choose the seven deacons instead of appointing the deacons
themselves?
4)
When a church
follows the instruction in the bible to choose a deacon, what is the church doing in terms of governing?
5)
What is the first
mark of maturity of a church?
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Acts 4:32-35
32All the believers were one
in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own,
but they shared everything they had.
33With great power the
apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s
grace was so powerfully at work in them all
34that there were no needy
persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold
them, brought the money from the sales
35and put it at the apostles’
feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
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6)
According to verse 32 what was the condition of
the heart and mind of the church?
7)
According to verse 32 how did the church
share their resources?
8)
According to verses 32 and 33 what were the apostles
doing while the church shared their resources with one another?
9)
According to verses 33 and 34 how was God’s
grace seen to be powerfully at work in the church?
10)
According to verses 34 and 35 what was the manifestation
of the generosity of the church?
11)
Was the church
able to support the ministry of meeting their own needs with the resources
found within the church?
12)
What is the
second mark of maturity of a church?
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2 Timothy 3:16-17
16All Scripture is
God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
righteousness,
17so that the servant of God
may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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13)
What is Scripture?
14)
According to verse 16 how does the
bible come about?
15)
According to verse 16 what is the bible useful
for?
16)
According to verses 16 and 17 what is the outcome of
obedience to instructions in the bible?
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Acts 17:2-11
2As was his custom, Paul went
into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the
Scriptures,
3explaining and proving that
the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming
to you is the Christ,” he said.
…
11Now the Berean Jews were of
more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message
with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul
said was true.
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17)
According to verse 2 where did Paul go on the
Sabbath as was his custom?
18)
According to verses 2 and 3 what did Paul go into the
synagogue to do?
19)
According to verse 11, with what eagerness did the
Berean Jews receive the message from Paul?
20)
According to verse 11 how did the
Berean Jews find out if what Paul said was true?
21)
What would be the
outcome for the Berean Jews when they obeyed Scriptures as they examined them
in response to Paul’s message about Jesus?
22)
What is the third
mark of maturity of a church?
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Acts 13:1-4
1Now in the church at
2While they were worshiping
the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul
for the work to which I have called them.”
3So after they had fasted and
prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
4The two of them, sent on
their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to
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23)
According to verse 1 what kind of disciples were
in the church at
24)
According to verse 2 who spoke when the
church at
25)
According to verse 2 what did the Holy Spirit say?
26)
What was the work
to which the Holy Spirit had called Barnabas and Saul?
27)
According to verse 3 how did the church
at
28)
According to verse 4 what did Barnabas and Saul
do?
29)
According to verse 4 how did Barnabas
and Saul decide their travel plan?
30)
How did the
church at
31)
What was the church
at
32)
What is the
fourth mark of maturity of a church?
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What are the four marks of
maturity of the church?
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What are the five functions of
the church?
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Acts 1:8
8But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in
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33)
Whom does ‘my’
refer to?
34)
Whom does ‘you’
refer to?
35)
How will the
church in
36)
What will the
church in
37)
What does it mean
to be Jesus’ witnesses?
38)
What does it mean
to be Jesus’ witnesses in
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Matthew 28:18-20
18Then Jesus came to them and
said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very
end of the age.”
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39)
What does the
word ‘nation’ in verse 19 mean?
40)
What is a people
group for evangelization purposes?
41)
What does all nations
mean?
42)
In accordance
with verse 19 what is the full ethnographical scope of making disciples?
43)
In accordance
with verse 20, until when should the church make disciples?
44)
What is the full
chronological scope of making disciples?
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The mission of the church
45)
From the
perspective of the various scopes of being Jesus’ witnesses and making disciples
what is the mission of the church?
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Acts 2:38-47
38Peter replied, “Repent and
be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness
of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39The promise is for you and
your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will
call.”
40With many other words he
warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt
generation.”
41Those who accepted his
message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that
day.
42They devoted themselves to
the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to
prayer.
43Everyone was filled with
awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.
44All the believers were
together and had everything in common.
45They sold property and
possessions to give to anyone who had need.
46Every day they continued to
meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate
together with glad and sincere hearts,
47praising God and enjoying
the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who
were being saved.
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46)
Did we study this
passage of the bible while investigating what the church does earlier?
47)
Let’s categorize
what the church does into functions:
o
What is locally
telling Jews in
o
What is traveling
away from
o
What is baptizing
those who repent and believe the good news of Jesus Christ?
o
What is the
disciples devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching?
o
What is practicing
fellowship?
o
What is the
disciples devoting themselves to the breaking of bread?
o
What is the
disciples devoting themselves to praying?
o
What is giving to
anyone who had need?
o
What is meeting in
the temple courts every day?
o
What is praising
God?
48)
What are the five
functions of the church?
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What are the five functions of
the church?
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What is the identity of the
church?
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1 Peter 2:4-5
4As you come to him, the
living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him-
5you also, like living
stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood,
offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel replied: “Does the
Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed
is better than the fat of rams.
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49)
Who is the living
Stone in verse 4?
50)
According to verse 4 what is the contrast in
attitude between humans and God toward the living Stone?
51)
According to verse 5 what is the church like?
52)
According to verse 5 what is the church like living
stones being built into?
53)
According to verse 5 what is the holy priesthood
for?
54)
What is a spiritual
sacrifice to God?
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud 1 Samuel 15:22.
55)
According to verse 5 how are spiritual
sacrifices made acceptable to God?
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1 Peter 2:9-10
9But you are a chosen people,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may
declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful
light.
10Once you were not a people,
but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you
have received mercy.
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Do you not know that your
bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received
from God? You are not your own;
you were bought at a price.
Therefore honor God with your bodies.
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56)
Whom does ‘you’
in verse 9 refer to?
57)
According to verse 9 what is the
identity of the church?
58)
According to verse 9, by whom and of what
is the church called out?
59)
According to verse 9 what is the church
called into?
60)
According to verse 9 what does the
church do as a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special
possession?
61)
What does it mean
for the church to be a chosen people?
62)
Does a priest offer
sacrifices?
63)
How does the
church fulfill their royal priesthood?
64)
What does the
holy nation refer to?
65)
How does the
church become God’s special possession?
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.
66)
According to verse 10 what is the
contrast of the condition of those who were called out by God before and after?
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Ephesians 1:22-23
22And God placed all things
under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
23which is his body, the
fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
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67)
According to verse 22 under whose feet
did God place all things?
68)
According to verse 22 what did God appoint
Christ to be?
69)
According to verses 22 and 23 what is
the identity of the church in relation to the body of Christ?
70)
According to verse 23 what is the body of
Christ manifestation of?
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1 Corinthians 12:12-27
12Just as a body, though one,
has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
13For we were all baptized by
one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and
we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14Even so the body is not
made up of one part but of many.
15Now if the foot should say,
“Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that
reason stop being part of the body.
16And if the ear should say,
“Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that
reason stop being part of the body.
17If the whole body were an
eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where
would the sense of smell be?
18But in fact God has placed
the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
19If they were all one part,
where would the body be?
20As it is, there are many
parts, but one body.
21The eye cannot say to the
hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need
you!”
22On the contrary, those
parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
23and the parts that we think
are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are
unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
24while our presentable parts
need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater
honor to the parts that lacked it,
25so that there should be no
division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each
other.
26If one part suffers, every
part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
27Now you are the body of
Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
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71)
Who wrote the current
passage of the bible and to whom?
72)
According to verse 12 what is the
relationship between a body and its parts?
73)
According to verses 12 and 13 what is
the relationship between a body and its parts applicable to?
74)
According to verse 13 who is the one
Spirit that baptizes all disciples?
75)
According to verse 13 what are all
disciples baptized by the Holy Spirit to form?
76)
According to verse 13 what was the
ethnic and social makeup of the disciples at the Corinthian church?
77)
What does it mean
for all the disciples to be given the one Spirit to drink?
78)
Does the foot not
belong to the body just because it is not the hand and why?
79)
Does the ear not
belong to the body just because it is not the eye and why?
80)
According to verse 17 what happens if
the whole body were an eye or an ear?
81)
What enables the
proper functioning of the whole body?
82)
According to verse 18 who is the cause
behind the constitution of the body with all the parts?
83)
According to verse 19 can a body be a
body if it has only one part?
84)
According to verse 20 what is the
proper view of a body and its parts?
85)
According to
verse 21 can parts of a body reject one another?
86)
According to verse 22 how do we treat the
weaker parts of our body?
87)
According to verse 23 how do we treat the
parts of our body that we think are less honorable?
88)
According to verse 23 how do we treat the
parts of our body that are unpresentable?
89)
According to verse 24 how do we treat presentable
parts of our body?
90)
According to verse 24 what does God do to
the parts that lack honor when he puts the body of Christ together?
91)
According to verse 25 what is God’s
intent when he gives greater honor to the parts of the body of Christ that lack
it?
92)
According to verses 25 and 26 what is the
indication that the parts of the body of Christ have equal concern for each
other as God intends?
93)
What was Paul’s
intent in writing to the Corinthian church?
94)
What was the
superficial reason the disciples at the Corinthian church rejected one another?
95)
Do people who come
from diverse backgrounds necessarily reject one another?
96)
What did the
disciples at the Corinthian church fail to do such that they rejected one
another?
97)
Did the
Corinthian church cease to be the body of Christ even when they rejected one
another?
98)
How would
division lose its grip among the disciples at the Corinthian church?
99)
According to verse 27 what is the
identity of the church in relation to the body of Christ as a whole and the
disciples as its parts?
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2 Corinthians 5:17-21
17Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
18All this is from God, who
reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of
reconciliation:
19that God was reconciling
the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he
has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
20We are therefore Christ’s
ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on
Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
21God made him who had no sin
to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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100) What does it mean for a person to be in Christ?
101) According to verse 17 what becomes of a person when the person is in Christ?
102) According to verse 17 what is the exchange between the old and the new for the
person?
103) According to verse 18 who has brought about the exchange?
104) What does ‘us’ in verse 18 refer to?
105) According to verse 18 how did God reconcile the church to himself?
106) According to verse 18 what is the ministry that God gave the church?
107) According to verses 18 and 19 how did God give the church the ministry of
reconciliation?
108) According to verse 20 what is the role of the church when God gave them the
ministry of reconciliation?
109) According to verse 20 what was Paul’s imploration
on Christ’s behalf for the Corinthian church?
110) What does it mean for God to make Christ who had no
sin to be sin for us?
111) According to verse 21 how did God reconcile the world to himself in Christ,
not counting people’s sins against them?
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1 Timothy 3:15
15If I am delayed, you will
know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the
church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
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John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth;
your word is truth.
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112) What role does the church of the living God serve in
regard to the truth?
113) What is truth?
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 17:17.
114) Where is God’s word found?
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Matthew 5:13-16
13“You are the salt of the
earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It
is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
14“You are the light of the
world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
15Neither do people light a
lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives
light to everyone in the house.
16In the same way, let your
light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your
Father in heaven.
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115) What does ‘you’ in verse 13 refer to?
116) According to verse 13 who is the salt of the earth?
117) According to verse 13 what does salt owe its usefulness to?
118) According to verse 13 what is the consequence for salt to lose its saltiness?
119) What does it mean for salt to lose its saltiness in
the current context?
120) What is the consequence for the church to lose their usefulness?
121) According to verse 14 who is the light of the world?
122) Why can a town built on a hill not be hidden?
123) According to verse 15 what is the purpose of lighting a lamp?
124) According to verse 15 where must a lamp be put for it to give light to
everyone in the house?
125) According to verse 16 what does it mean for the church to let their light
shine before others?
126) According to verse 16 what is the purpose of the church doing good deeds that
others may see them?
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What is the identity of the
church?
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What are the four marks of
maturity of the church?
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Conclusion
· What are the four marks of maturity of the church?
o
The four marks of
maturity of the church are
§
Self-governing.
§
Self-supporting.
§
Self-equipping.
§
Self-reproducing.
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Acts 6:1-6
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1)
According to verses 2 and 3 who gathered the church
together and asked them to choose seven men from among them who were known to
be full of the Spirit and wisdom?
o
The twelve
apostles did.
2)
According to verse 5 what did the church do?
o
The church chose
the seven men.
o
That
o
The apostles
asked for.
3)
Why did the apostles
ask the church to choose the seven deacons instead of appointing the deacons
themselves?
o
They were helping
the church learn to govern themselves.
4)
When a church
follows the instruction in the bible to choose a deacon, what is the church doing in terms of governing?
o
The church is
governing themselves.
5)
What is the first
mark of maturity of a church?
o
The first mark of
maturity of a church is self-governing.
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Acts 4:32-35
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6)
According to verse 32 what was the condition of
the heart and mind of the church?
o
They were one in
§
Heart.
§
And mind.
7)
According to verse 32 how did the church
share their resources?
o
No one claimed
that any of their possessions was their own.
o
But they shared
everything.
o
That
o
They had.
8)
According to verses 32 and 33 what were the apostles
doing while the church shared their resources with one another?
o
With great power
the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
9)
According to verses 33 and 34 how was God’s
grace seen to be powerfully at work in the church?
o
God’s grace was
so powerfully at work in the church.
o
That
o
There were no
needy persons among them.
10)
According to verses 34 and 35 what was the manifestation
of the generosity of the church?
o
From time to time
those who owned land or houses
§
Sold them.
§
Brought the money
from the sales.
§
And put it at the
apostles’ feet.
o
The money was
then distributed to anyone who had need.
11)
Was the church
able to support the ministry of meeting their own needs with the resources
found within the church?
o
Yes.
12)
What is the
second mark of maturity of a church?
o
The second mark
of maturity of a church is self-supporting.
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2 Timothy 3:16-17
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13)
What is Scripture?
o
Scripture is the
bible.
14)
According to verse 16 how does the
bible come about?
o
The bible is
God-breathed.
15)
According to verse 16 what is the bible useful
for?
o
The bible is
useful for
§
Teaching.
§
Rebuking.
§
Correcting.
§
And training in
righteousness.
16)
According to verses 16 and 17 what is the outcome of
obedience to instructions in the bible?
o
The outcome is
that the servant of God is thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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Acts 17:2-11
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17)
According to verse 2 where did Paul go on the
Sabbath as was his custom?
o
He went into the
synagogue.
18)
According to verses 2 and 3 what did Paul go into the
synagogue to do?
o
He reasoned with people
in the synagogue from the Scriptures,
§
Explaining.
§
And proving.
o
That the Christ
had to
§
Suffer.
§
And rise from the
dead.
o
And that Jesus is
the Christ.
19)
According to verse 11, with what eagerness did the
Berean Jews receive the message from Paul?
o
They received it
with great eagerness.
20)
According to verse 11 how did the
Berean Jews find out if what Paul said was true?
o
They examined the
Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
21)
What would be the
outcome for the Berean Jews when they obeyed Scriptures as they examined them
in response to Paul’s message about Jesus?
o
They would equip
themselves for discerning
§
Truth.
§
From falsehood about
Jesus.
22)
What is the third
mark of maturity of a church?
o
The third mark of
maturity of a church is self-equipping.
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Acts 13:1-4
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23)
According to verse 1 what kind of disciples were
in the church at
o
There were
§
Prophets.
§
And teachers.
24)
According to verse 2 who spoke when the
church at
o
The Holy Spirit
did.
25)
According to verse 2 what did the Holy Spirit say?
o
The Holy Spirit
said,
§
“Set apart for me
Ø
Barnabas.
Ø
And Saul.
§
For the work to
which I have called them.”
26)
What was the work
to which the Holy Spirit had called Barnabas and Saul?
o
The Holy Spirit had
called
§
Barnabas.
§
And Saul.
o
To plant
churches.
o
If
o
We read on in the
book of Acts.
27)
According to verse 3 how did the church
at
o
They
§
Placed their
hands on
Ø
Barnabas.
Ø
And Saul.
§
And sent them off.
o
After
o
They had
§
Fasted.
§
And prayed.
28)
According to verse 4 what did Barnabas and Saul
do?
o
They
§
Went down to
§
And sailed from
there to
29)
According to verse 4 how did Barnabas
and Saul decide their travel plan?
o
They were sent on
their way by the Holy Spirit.
30)
How did the
church at
o
They
§
Listened to the
voice of the Holy Spirit.
§
And obeyed it.
31)
What was the church
at
o
The church at
32)
What is the
fourth mark of maturity of a church?
o
The fourth mark
of maturity of a church is self-reproducing.
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What are the four marks of
maturity of the church?
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What are the five functions of
the church?
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Conclusion
· What are the five functions of the church?
o
The five
functions of the church in alphabetical order are
§
Discipleship.
§
Fellowship.
§
Ministry.
§
§
And worship.
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Acts 1:8
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33)
Whom does ‘my’
refer to?
o
It refers to
Jesus.
34)
Whom does ‘you’
refer to?
o
It refers to the
church in
35)
How will the
church in
o
The church in
o
When
o
The Holy Spirit
comes on them.
36)
What will the
church in
o
The church in
o
So that
o
They will be Jesus’
witnesses
§
In
§
In all
Ø
Ø
And
§
And to the ends
of the earth.
37)
What does it mean
to be Jesus’ witnesses?
o
It means telling
people to
§
Repent.
§
And believe the
good news of Jesus Christ.
38)
What does it mean
to be Jesus’ witnesses in
o
This is the full
geographical scope of being Jesus’ witnesses.
o
Being Jesus’ witnesses
§
In
§
In all Judea and
Ø
The more remote
scope.
Ø
Than the local
scope.
§
To the ends of
the earth is the scope of the whole world.
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Matthew 28:18-20
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39)
What does the
word ‘nation’ in verse 19 mean?
o
The word ‘nation’
means people group.
40)
What is a people
group for evangelization purposes?
o
For
evangelization purposes, a people group is the largest group.
o
Within which
o
The good news of
Jesus Christ can spread as a church planting movement without encountering
barriers of
§
Understanding.
§
Or acceptance.
41)
What does all nations
mean?
o
It means all
people groups in the world.
42)
In accordance
with verse 19 what is the full ethnographical scope of making disciples?
o
The full
ethnographical scope of making disciples includes all people groups in the
world.
43)
In accordance
with verse 20, until when should the church make disciples?
o
They should make
disciples to the very end of the age.
44)
What is the full
chronological scope of making disciples?
o
The full chronological
scope of making disciples lasts.
o
Till
o
The very end of
the age.
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The mission of the church
45)
From the
perspective of the various scopes of being Jesus’ witnesses and making disciples
what is the mission of the church?
o
The mission of
the church is
§
Being Jesus’ witnesses.
§
And making disciples.
o
Across
§
The full
geographical scope.
§
The full
ethnographical scope.
§
And the full chronological
scope.
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Acts 2:38-47
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46)
Did we study this
passage of the bible while investigating what the church does earlier?
o
Yes.
47)
Let’s categorize
what the church does into functions:
o
What is locally
telling Jews in
§
o
What is traveling
away from
§
o
What is baptizing
those who repent and believe the good news of Jesus Christ?
§
Discipleship.
o
What is the
disciples devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching?
§
Discipleship.
o
What is practicing
fellowship?
§
Fellowship.
o
What is the
disciples devoting themselves to the breaking of bread?
§
Worship.
o
What is the
disciples devoting themselves to praying?
§
Worship.
o
What is giving to
anyone who had need?
§
Ministry.
o
What is meeting in
the temple courts every day?
§
Worship.
o
What is praising
God?
§
Worship.
48)
What are the five
functions of the church?
o
The five
functions of the church in alphabetical order are
§
Discipleship.
§
Fellowship.
§
Ministry.
§
§
And worship.
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What are the five functions of
the church?
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What are we going to do?
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· What are we going to do?
o
We are going to
investigate the Identity of the church.
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What are we going to do?
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Summary findings of the identity
of the church
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· What is the identity of the church?
o
The church is
§
A chosen people.
§
A royal
priesthood.
§
A holy nation.
§
God’s special
possession.
§
The body of Christ
with as many different parts as there are disciples in the church.
§
Christ’s
ambassadors.
§
The pillar and
foundation of the truth.
§
And the salt of
the earth and the light of the world.
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Summary findings of the identity
of the church
========================
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What is the identity of the
church?
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1 Peter 2:4-5
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1 Samuel 15:22
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49)
Who is the living
Stone in verse 4?
o
Jesus is the
living Stone.
50)
According to verse 4 what is the contrast in
attitude between humans and God toward the living Stone?
o
The living Stone is
§
Rejected by
humans.
§
But chosen by God.
§
And precious to
him.
51)
According to verse 5 what is the church like?
o
The church is
like living stones.
52)
According to verse 5 what is the church like living
stones being built into?
o
The church like living
stones is being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood.
53)
According to verse 5 what is the holy priesthood
for?
o
The holy
priesthood is for offering spiritual sacrifices to God.
54)
What is a spiritual
sacrifice to God?
o
A spiritual
sacrifice to God is obeying God, which is better than physical sacrifices per 1
Samuel 15:22.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud 1 Samuel 15:22.
55)
According to verse 5 how are spiritual
sacrifices made acceptable to God?
o
Spiritual
sacrifices are made acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
o
Everything the
church does in obedience to instructions in the bible must be done in the name
of Jesus Christ.
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1 Peter 2:9-10
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20
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56)
Whom does ‘you’
in verse 9 refer to?
o
‘You’ in verse 9 refers
to the church.
57)
According to verse 9 what is the
identity of the church?
o
The church is
§
A chosen people.
§
A royal
priesthood.
§
A holy nation.
§
And God’s special
possession.
58)
According to verse 9, by whom and of what
is the church called out?
o
The church is
§
Called out by God.
§
And called out of
darkness.
59)
According to verse 9 what is the church
called into?
o
The church is called
into God’s wonderful light.
60)
According to verse 9 what does the
church do as a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special
possession?
o
The church declares
the praises of God who called them
§
Out of darkness.
§
Into his
wonderful light.
61)
What does it mean
for the church to be a chosen people?
o
It means that the
church is chosen by God to be his people.
62)
Does a priest offer
sacrifices?
o
Yes.
63)
How does the
church fulfill their royal priesthood?
o
The church
fulfills their royal priesthood
§
Through offering spiritual
sacrifices to God.
§
By way of
obedience to instructions in the bible.
§
In the name of Jesus
Christ.
64)
What does the
holy nation refer to?
o
The holy nation refers
to the
65)
How does the
church become God’s special possession?
o
Each disciple is
bought by God at a price to become God’s special possession per 1 Corinthians
6:19-20.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.
66)
According to verse 10 what is the
contrast of the condition of those who were called out by God before and after?
o
Before they were
not a people.
o
But now they are
the people of God.
o
Before they had
not received mercy.
o
But now they have
received mercy.
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Ephesians 1:22-23
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67)
According to verse 22 under whose feet
did God place all things?
o
God placed all
things under Christ’s feet.
68)
According to verse 22 what did God appoint
Christ to be?
o
God appointed Christ
to be head over everything for the church.
69)
According to verses 22 and 23 what is
the identity of the church in relation to the body of Christ?
o
The church is the
body of Christ.
70)
According to verse 23 what is the body of
Christ manifestation of?
o
The body of Christ
is the fullness of Christ who fills everything in every way.
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1 Corinthians 12:12-27
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71)
Who wrote the current
passage of the bible and to whom?
o
Paul wrote the current
passage of the bible in a letter to the Corinthian church.
72)
According to verse 12 what is the
relationship between a body and its parts?
o
A body has many
parts.
o
And the many
parts constitute one single body.
73)
According to verses 12 and 13 what is
the relationship between a body and its parts applicable to?
o
It is applicable to
the church as the body of Christ.
74)
According to verse 13 who is the one
Spirit that baptizes all disciples?
o
The Holy Spirit is
the one Spirit.
75)
According to verse 13 what are all
disciples baptized by the Holy Spirit to form?
o
All disciples are
baptized by the Holy Spirit to form
§
One body.
§
The body of Christ.
76)
According to verse 13 what was the
ethnic and social makeup of the disciples at the Corinthian church?
o
They were
§
Jews and Gentiles.
§
Slave and free.
77)
What does it mean
for all the disciples to be given the one Spirit to drink?
o
It means that all
the disciples draw their
§
Guidance.
§
And power from the
Holy Spirit.
78)
Does the foot not
belong to the body just because it is not the hand and why?
o
Yes, it does belong
to the body.
o
Because
o
The body is not
made up of
§
One part.
§
But of many
including.
Ø
The hand.
Ø
And the foot.
79)
Does the ear not
belong to the body just because it is not the eye and why?
o
Yes, it does belong
to the body.
o
Because
o
The body is not
made up of
§
One part.
§
But of many
including.
Ø
The eye.
Ø
And the ear.
80)
According to verse 17 what happens if
the whole body were an eye or an ear?
o
Other senses such
as
§
Hearing.
§
And smell.
o
Would be missing.
81)
What enables the
proper functioning of the whole body?
o
The presence of
the various body parts enables the proper functioning of the whole body.
82)
According to verse 18 who is the cause
behind the constitution of the body with all the parts?
o
God is.
83)
According to verse 19 can a body be a
body if it has only one part?
o
No.
84)
According to verse 20 what is the
proper view of a body and its parts?
o
There are
§
Many parts.
§
But one body.
85)
According to verse 21 can parts of a
body reject one another?
o
No.
86)
According to verse 22 how do we treat the
weaker parts of our body?
o
We treat them as indispensable.
87)
According to verse 23 how do we treat the
parts of our body that we think are less honorable?
o
We treat them with
special honor.
88)
According to verse 23 how do we treat the
parts of our body that are unpresentable?
o
We treat them with
special modesty.
89)
According to verse 24 how do we treat presentable
parts of our body?
o
We don’t give them
any special treatment.
90)
According to verse 24 what does God do to
the parts that lack honor when he puts the body of Christ together?
o
God gives them greater
honor.
91)
According to verse 25 what is God’s
intent when he gives greater honor to the parts of the body of Christ that lack
it?
o
God does it
§
So that there should
be no division in the body of Christ.
§
And that the parts
of the body of Christ should have equal concern for each other.
92)
According to verses 25 and 26 what is
the indication that the parts of the body of Christ have equal concern for each
other as God intends?
o
The parts of the
body of Christ have equal concern for each other.
o
When
o
One part of the
body suffers, every part suffers with it.
o
And when
o
One part of the
body is honored, every part rejoices with it.
93)
What was Paul’s
intent in writing to the Corinthian church?
o
Paul was
attempting to reconcile the division among them.
o
Since
o
They were
rejecting one another.
94)
What was the
superficial reason the disciples at the Corinthian church rejected one another?
o
They rejected one
another.
o
Because
o
They came from
diverse backgrounds -
§
Jews and Gentiles.
§
Slave and free.
95)
Do people who come
from diverse backgrounds necessarily reject one another?
o
No.
96)
What did the
disciples at the Corinthian church fail to do such that they rejected one
another?
o
They rejected one
another.
o
Because
o
They did not treat
the parts of the body of Christ.
o
As
o
They would the parts
of their body.
97)
Did the
Corinthian church cease to be the body of Christ even when they rejected one
another?
o
No.
98)
How would
division lose its grip among the disciples at the Corinthian church?
o
It is in their treating
the parts of the body of Christ.
o
As
o
They would the parts
of their body.
o
That
o
Division would
lose its grip on them.
99)
According to verse 27 what is the
identity of the church in relation to the body of Christ as a whole and the
disciples as its parts?
o
The church is the
body of Christ with
§
As many different
indispensable parts.
§
As there are
disciples.
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2 Corinthians 5:17-21
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100) What does it mean for a person to be in Christ?
o
A person is in
Christ.
o
When
o
The person
becomes
§
A disciple.
§
And therefore a
part of the body of Christ.
101) According to verse 17 what becomes of a person when the person is in Christ?
o
The person
becomes a new creation.
102) According to verse 17 what is the exchange between the old and the new for the
person?
o
The old has gone.
o
The new is here!
103) According to verse 18 who has brought about the exchange?
o
God has.
104) What does ‘us’ in verse 18 refer to?
o
‘Us’ in verse 18
refers to the church.
105) According to verse 18 how did God reconcile the church to himself?
o
God reconciled the
church to himself through Christ.
106) According to verse 18 what is the ministry that God gave the church?
o
God gave the
church the ministry of reconciliation.
107) According to verses 18 and 19 how did God give the church the ministry of
reconciliation?
o
God gave the
church the ministry of reconciliation by committing to them the message of
reconciliation.
o
That
o
God was
reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against
them.
108) According to verse 20 what is the role of the church when God gave them the
ministry of reconciliation?
o
The church is Christ’s
ambassadors.
o
As though
o
God were making
his appeal through them.
109) According to verse 20 what was Paul’s imploration
on Christ’s behalf for the Corinthian church?
o
Be reconciled to
God.
110) What does it mean for God to make Christ who had no
sin to be sin for us?
o
It means that God
§
Laid our sins
upon Christ who is sinless.
§
And punished him
for our sins.
111) According to verse 21 how did God reconcile the world to himself in Christ,
not counting people’s sins against them?
o
God
§
Laid our sins
upon Christ.
§
And punished him
for our sins.
o
So that
o
We might become
the righteousness of God.
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1 Timothy 3:15
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John 17:17
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112) What role does the church of the living God serve in
regard to the truth?
o
The church of the
living God is
§
The pillar.
§
And foundation of
the truth.
113) What is truth?
o
God’s word is truth
per John 17:17.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read out
loud John 17:17.
114) Where is God’s word found?
o
God’s word is
found in the bible.
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Matthew 5:13-16
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115) What does ‘you’ in verse 13 refer to?
o
‘You’ in verse 13
refers to the church.
116) According to verse 13 who is the salt of the earth?
o
The church is the
salt of the earth.
117) According to verse 13 what does salt owe its usefulness to?
o
Salt owes its
usefulness to its saltiness.
118) According to verse 13 what is the consequence for salt to lose its saltiness?
o
It is no longer
good for anything, except to be
§
Thrown out.
§
And trampled
underfoot.
119) What does it mean for salt to lose its saltiness in
the current context?
o
It means that the
church has lost their usefulness.
120) What is the consequence for the church to lose their usefulness?
o
They are no
longer good for anything, except to be thrown out of the
121) According to verse 14 who is the light of the world?
o
The church is the
light of the world.
122) Why can a town built on a hill not be hidden?
o
It is because the
lights of the town would reveal it.
123) According to verse 15 what is the purpose of lighting a lamp?
o
It is for the
purpose of giving light to everyone in the house.
124) According to verse 15 where must a lamp be put for it to give light to
everyone in the house?
o
It must be put on
its stand.
125) According to verse 16 what does it mean for the church to let their light
shine before others?
o
The church needs
to do good deeds.
o
That
o
Others may see
them.
126) According to verse 16 what is the purpose of the church doing good deeds that
others may see them?
o
Others may
§
See the good
deeds of the church.
§
And glorify their
Father in heaven.
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What is the identity of the
church?
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