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1. Pursuing the Pattern (The Ideal: Spirit Led and Uncompromised Truth) Since we are living in the last days, we must be completely open to the moving of the Holy Ghost, who is endeavoring to restore the New Testament pattern to the Local Church. The ministry ...

1. The Church in God's Mind The Church was in God's Mind throughout the ages Eph 1:9; 3:3,5; Col 1:16,26 The Church was birthed on the Day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-33 The primary theme of our study is the "local church" and not so much the spiritual "Body of Chri...

In this section we will examine the Kingdom of God. The term itself denotes sovereignty, power, and dominion. As we consider the Kingdom in relation to God and his sovereignty, power and dominion, we will see the many facets of his Kingdom. God's sovereignty ...

The Church and the Churches It is imperative to our study of the local church that we understand the difference between the "Church" and "Churches". The Church, when it refers to the universal body of believers, speaks of god's general overall plan as given in...

Every New Testament church was an independent church. They were "self-governing", "self-supporting", and "self-propagating". Each was completely free of all ecclesiastical authority outside of it's own local membership. Organized groups of churches with a cent...

!! INCOMPLETE, add outline points !! Care is taken to insure proper balance in all of God's dealings with men. The same is true of principle pertaining to church government. There are two extremes used by churches to maintain proper balance in church governmen...

The Scriptures speak of only two groups of ruling bodies within the local church—Elders and Deacons. All of those ruling in the house of God MUST meet the qualifications found in I Timothy 3. We see the results in many churches today of deviating from the qual...

In the next few chapters of this book we will be looking at the separate ministries of the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher. We will be looking at them in the order given in Ephesians 4:11 not because this is necessarily their order of importa...

The ministry of the prophet is mentioned more frequently in Scripture than any of the other five-fold ministries. It is mentioned more than five hundred times throughout Scripture. In the Old Testament the Priests and Levites who are types of the Elders and De...

The Ministry of the Evangelist The term evangelist designates one who announces the Good News. He is a herald of Good News. There are three direct references to evangelists in the New Testament. We will examine all of them in an attempt to understand the scope...

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SHEEP Both __________ and __________ teach that most flocks receive the Pastors that they deserve. An example of this is seen in 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts ...

The Lord Jesus himself is the first example I will discuss of one who was called to the teaching ministry. The teaching ministry is vividly seen in his life and ministry. His teaching and preaching are tactfully blended together. This is seen clearly in Matthe...

In this chapter we will examine the necessary scriptural qualifications for Elders. Some churches go far beyond the scriptural standard on such points as education, wife's musical ability and many other such non-scriptural requirements. On the other end of the...

extended periods of study is to take time to worship, praise, and pray and, I could add, to physically relax. If you try to treat the Bible as you would any other written book, you will operate solely on the human level. You will never be fit or qualified to s...

WHAT OFFENSES REQUIRE CHURCH DISCIPLINE? A person should not be ____________ under church discipline for every ___________ that he makes. __________ mistakes within the individual ________ and _________ are disciplined by God himself. There are ________ of sin...

The following is a list of streams I listen to. I'll continue to add to the list as I remember more. -- Stephen Reynolds, Jr. last updated: September 22, 2021 Deliverance Center, Arundel, Maine https://www.facebook.com/deliverancecenter/live Pastor Stephen R...

Cults Confronting the Enemies of Truth Introduction to Course Why People are Attracted to Cults The Marks of a Cult The Christian Responsibility to Cults Personal Safeguards Against Cults Cultic Philosophies in the Church Curious Fascination of the Darkness D...

INTRODUCTIONClass Purpose & ExplanationThe Purpose of this course is to identify the errors of our day and is not an in–depth study of the cults. NO CULT deserves that much of your attention. It is important to be careful when investigating the cults because y...

They have rejected the Gospel.Because they have rejected the Gospel many are open to just about anything and especially susceptible to the cults.Many people refuse to believe the Gospel because it exposes sin and calls to repentance and there is no fear of God...

Extra-Biblical RevelationsPeople that get involved with revelations that are not in the bible are rebelling against the Supreme Authority. They do not believe that the bible is the only authority for revelation. Extra-Biblical Revelations are not of God. All r...